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1 month ago | wddty.com | Lynne McTaggart

Modern medicine has knocked in a hole in one. It hasn’t conquered obesity, but it has made doing so effortless. All you need to do is get yourself a weekly injection. This promise of no-sweat weight loss has captured the British and American public; the latest Gallup poll estimates 15.5 million US adults—some 6 percent of the entire population, have turned to drugs like Wegovy (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirzepatide), and 3 percent of American adults are currently on the drugs at any given time.

2 months ago | wddty.com | Lynne McTaggart

Hands up, anyone who wants to take a guess. What is the biggest risk factor for illness in modern times? Smoking? Big Macs? Alcohol? None of them in excess is very good for you, that’s for sure, but none of them may offer the health risks of one simple facet of modern life: being by yourself a bit too much. As our latest special report details, loneliness and isolation are not just regrettable social situations; they’re killers. They distort brain function, causing hallucinations and depression.

Feb 25, 2025 | wddty.com | Lynne McTaggart

It’s difficult to age naturally these days, particularly if you’re female. At last count according to several surveys, more than 9 million Botox injections are administered globally, some 86 percent of them to women. Botox, or botulinum neurotoxin, to give it its formal name, is the most common nonsurgical procedure, but the big surprise is who gets it done—mostly women between ages 30 and 50.

Feb 25, 2025 | wddty.com

If you’ve just been through the menopause, now’s the time to start low-impact resistance exercises. The exercises strengthen our bones and muscles, and reduce the risk of fracture and falls, which is a common problem after menopause. The benefits of the exercise can be even greater if you start before the menopause, from the age

Dec 20, 2024 | wddty.com | Celeste McGovern

You can drop the pounds, curb your appetite and get your blood sugar under control without surgery or drugs—and without horrifying side effects. Celeste McGovern reportsThere has never been a more sedentary and overweight population than ours today in the West. When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last counted, in March 2020, it found 42 percent of US adults over age 20 met the medical definition of obese, having a body mass index (BMI) score over 30.