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Eating pineapple regularly adds vitamin C, water, fiber, and other important nutrients to your diet, especially if you normally don’t eat a lot of fruit. 

One of my favorite movies of all time is Annie Hall, starring the late, great Diane Keaton. However, the original name of Woody Allen’s classic was “Anhedonia.” The studios didn’t think that title was marketable because it means the inability to feel pleasure. Probably not the best choice for a rom-com

This week, Mad in Americaexplores four new studies around financial stress and mental health. The first links financial stress to poor mental health in nursing students. The second finds that debt is strongly linked to anxiety, depression, and suicidality. The third finds that subjective financial well-being predicts loneliness, anxiety, and depression in young adults. The…

Nepal is a culture and lifestyle reporter/sub-editor at the Post. She is also a Psychology and English literature student

A patient of record walks in for what should be a routine six-month adult prophylaxis visit. As part of the initial assessment, the dental hygienist takes the patient’s blood pressure: 180/110. 

For months, Wendy logged onto AARP Wyoming’s free virtual exercise classes from home, working on her strength, coordination, and balance. She could see the progress little by little — stronger muscles, better coordination and a greater awareness of how she moved

Plant based diets support health in several ways, including benefits for the gut, immune system, metabolism, and cardiovascular system. Part of that effect comes from encouraging a diverse population of bacteria in the intestines. Scientists have long known that dietary fiber contributes to these benefits because gut microbes help break it down. Plants also contain…

It seems like the entire state is on fire right now. Unprecedented fires in Spokane and Stevens counties have displaced WSNA members and ravaged entire communities, while additional wildfires in the Upper Cascades are again creating hazardous conditions for our members throughout Central Washington. Western Washington isn’t immune to the effects of smoke and heat

Somewhere along the way, singlehood got filed under “problem to be solved.” Culturally, we treat it as a deficit state—something you’re in until you’re not, a stretch of life defined by what’s missing rather than what’s there. New research makes the case that this framing is not just uncharitable, it’s inaccurate. For a lot of…

Dental hygienist Kerry Lepicek joins Jackie Sanders and Andrew Johnston to share her personal experience with rapidly progressing glaucoma and the dramatic vision loss that followed. She discusses the subtle visual changes she initially dismissed, the importance of advocating for herself, and how the experience has changed the way she thinks about her health and…