Within days, many had died of severe dehydration. By Design - The drugs you'll take in the next century are likely to differ in appearance and action from the medicines you take today. Many people over age 65 owe their lives in part to new and improved medicines and vaccines. But for older adults, drug use may have risks, especially when several medicines are used at one time. By Jerry Adler, With Claudia Kalb and Adam Rogers, In the short term it's vital, but over time it turns destructive.
New research shows how chronic stress breaks down the body and makes way for disease.
We're learning that men and women process stress differently and that childhood stress can lead to adult health problems. In ancient Greece, there were temples with rooms to which sick people could retreat. This was a time of quiet introspection, based on the understanding that illness is a sacred space where inner work can be done, so that healing may come from the core of our being. This means that the goal of healing is peace of mind, and whether the body is ''fixed '' or not is irrelevant. But some parts of the body, such as the lungs, still cannot be visualized as clearly as physicians would like for assessing disease and planning treatments.