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For retired medical assistant Cheryl Karian, 72, boxing is medicine. Karian received a diagnosis of Parkinson’s in 2020. She does not compete or spar [pessoa que auxilia o boxeador, simulando o adversário]but every Tuesday and Thursday he spends an hour training at Main Street Boxing and Muay Thai in downtown …

Satya Doyle Byock, a 39-year-old therapist, has noticed a shift in tone in recent years in the young people who come into her office: frantic, worn-out clients in their late 20s or early 30s, nervous, insecure, constantly feeling that there is something wrong with them. “Crashing anxiety, depression, distress, and …

Sally Snowman loves to be alone. Caretaker of the Boston Light, a century-old lighthouse on Little Brewster Island, in Boston Harbor, she already has this custom. For most of the last 19 years, she has lived there every year from April to October. She fills her days with work, cleaning …

We are all creatures with habits. We tend to wake up at the same time every day, brush our teeth, have breakfast and go to work, following the same everyday patterns. So why is it so difficult to adopt new healthy habits? Behavioral scientists who study habit formation say that …

I never saw pure anger up close until I became a mother of young children. My children, who are a little older today, were not very tantrums. But when they decided to be they didn’t really hold back: screams, sobs, full-body tremors – the whole job. Fortunately, their respective tantrum …

Go on a diet. Cheat. To give up. Repeat. If this cycle sounds familiar, welcome to the world of chronic dieting. Due to their restrictive nature, diets impose an all-or-nothing mentality that leads to failure. Breaking the rules of a diet usually leads to a new cycle of overeating, which …

Calling, texting, or emailing a friend simply to say “hi” may seem like an insignificant gesture or even a chore that isn’t worth the effort. Or maybe you’re afraid that if you get in touch unexpectedly, it won’t be welcome, since everyone is so busy. But recent research suggests that …

Judy Fog is 76 years old and one of the fittest people her daughter knows. Take, for example, her VO2 max — a common system for measuring physical fitness, measuring how much oxygen a person takes in when exercising. “Her VO2 max is not that different from a Nordic skier, …

The last two years or so have been universally turbulent. Couples therapists say they deal with the consequences daily in their offices. Even now, when the pandemic has ceased to dominate daily life, many continue to work, shop and countless other things online, which leads them to rely on their …

Hot dog at baseball games. Bacon on Sunday mornings. German sausage on the barbecue. American culture is full of joyous occasions that often include the consumption of processed meats. But, according to experts, the most recommendable thing is that this indulgence is nothing more than an occasional pleasure. “There is …