Emma Suttie

As the days get shorter and the mornings colder, someone in your office may already be coughing. Cold and flu season is coming, and the habits you build now can help your body navigate it with ease. Start With Stress Fall is a natural time to turn inward, and a good time to ask whether any stress in your life has become chronic. The distinction matters.

Estrogen loss during menopause may leave women’s brains more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s. |Updated: A hormone best known for its role in reproduction may also help explain one of medicine’s mysteries: why women face a far higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease than men. Researchers are investigating whether estrogen’s decline during menopause contributes to women’s higher Alzheimer’s risk, alongside age, genetics, and other factors. Estrogen does far more than regulate the reproductive system.

Some families are traveling hundreds of miles to receive a little-known ear acupuncture protocol for red meat allergy. |Updated: Shelane Frederick drove her 10-year-old daughter more than 1,000 miles for a few acupuncture needles in her ear—that stayed taped there for a few weeks. Her daughter had developed a severe allergy to meat after a tick bite, a condition called alpha-gal syndrome.