David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
New York Times Wins My First Annual Dimwit Health Reporting Award
The New York Times’ anti-alcohol article misrepresents health risks, failing to provide essential context and maintaining bias, while neglecting more pressing public health issues.
How to Include More Tofu in Your Cooking
When cooking, it makes good dietary sense to integrate more tofu. Tofu is nutrient-rich, an excellent source of protein, vitamins, and minerals. It’s made by coagulating soy milk. It becomes a solid curd that can be pressed and formed into…
Five Reasons Why Life Is Meant To Be Fun
Life can be a roller coaster of emotions – from joy to sorrow, and from peace to chaos. But at its core, life is meant to be fun. We are all here for the journey, and we don’t always understand…
Are You an Optimist? Could You Learn to Be? Your Health May Depend on It.
Judith GrahamDecember 13, 2022 Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News When you think about the future, do you expect good or bad things to happen? If you weigh in on the “good” side, you’re an optimist. And that…
Interesting Fact #6 – Apples, not coffee, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
While coffee has been traditionally used as a way to wake people up in the morning, apples are more effective. Apples contain a natural sugar called fructose which helps to wake up the brain and get you going in the…
Interesting Fact #3 – The average person spends about 3 years of their life on the toilet.
You might not want to think about it but the average person spends a lot of time on the toilet. The average person spends about 3 years of their life on the toilet. That’s a lot of time sitting on…
The Top Eight Perks of Having a Cat in Your Life Now
Is there anything cuter or more cuddly than a kitten? If you’re thinking about adding a furry friend to your family, you can’t go wrong with a cat. In addition to being adorably fuzzy creatures, cats offer a host of…
Coffee is healthy: The large scientific study that proves it
A shocking report – or at least one that should be shocking – appeared this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers studied data from 171, 616 people with a mean age of 55.6 years and found that, over…
Why you should start running and doing it today.
There are many reasons to start running – improved cardiovascular health, increased lung capacity and lower blood pressure. Running also helps to build strong bones and muscles and can help with weight loss. Running is a great way to reduce…
Take a walk on the wild side: The benefits of forest bathing
Forest bathing, also known as Shinrin-yoku, means “taking in the forest atmosphere.” It is a practice that has been used for centuries in Japan to promote physical and emotional health. Forest bathing is simple: you walk through the forest and…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor