A dark green kayak resting on a pebble shore beside a still, fog-covered lake at dawn, a quiet image for an article on EMDR for PTSD.

Christopher Bray - 11 November 2026 - 10:25 am

EMDR Sounds Like a Gimmick. It’s in the VA’s Own PTSD Guideline.

Key Takeaways The 2023 VA/DoD guideline for posttraumatic stress disorder recommends three specific trauma-focused psychotherapies, prolonged exposure, cognitive processing therapy, and eye movement desensitization and[…]

A person lying on a grey yoga mat in a bright white room with one hand on the belly and one on the chest, photographed from the feet, practicing belly breathing.

Christopher Bray - 10 November 2026 - 12:28 pm

Watch Your Shoulders When You Breathe: Why Where the Breath Goes Matters More Than Counting

Key Takeaways A systematic review of 15 studies found that slow breathing, under 10 breaths a minute, raises heart rate variability, a marker of the[…]

Three handmade ceramic bowls holding clear broth, white rice and soft steamed carrots beside a steaming cup of ginger tea on a dark wood table lit by a lamp at night, illustrating gentle meals for diabetic gastroparesis.

Christopher Bray - 9 November 2026 - 9:35 am

Full After Three Bites? When Diabetes Changes the Way Your Stomach Empties

Key Takeaways Gastroparesis means food stays in the stomach too long with no blockage to explain it, and its key symptoms are nausea or vomiting,[…]

A woman in a knit beanie and green jacket choosing kale at an outdoor farmers market on an overcast day, with baskets of blueberries and walnuts in front, illustrating the MIND diet for Alzheimer's.

Christopher Bray - 8 November 2026 - 8:50 am

The Brain Diet With the Best Data Isn’t Keto, and Its Big Trial Didn’t Go the Way the Headlines Expected

Key Takeaways In the Rush Memory and Aging Project, older adults whose eating most closely matched the MIND diet had a 53 percent lower rate[…]

A white plate with a few bites of bread, arugula and cherry tomato left and a fork set down, on a marble café table on a sunny city street, illustrating fullness and the question of Ozempic and anesthesia.

Christopher Bray - 7 November 2026 - 8:45 am

Full for Hours on Ozempic or Mounjaro? That Feeling Is the Drug Working, and Your Procedure Team Needs to Know

Key Takeaways In a prospective ultrasound study of 220 surgical patients who had fasted by standard rules, 40 percent of those who had taken semaglutide[…]

Two mismatched handmade mugs, one cream and one sage green, side by side on a worn wooden kitchen table beside a rain-streaked window, evoking the comfort of seeing the same doctor for years.

Christopher Bray - 6 November 2026 - 1:08 pm

Tired of Retelling Your Story? Why Seeing the Same Doctor for Years Matters More Than You Think

Key Takeaways: In a registry study of about 4.5 million people in Norway, those who had kept the same regular family doctor for more than[…]

A person in a dark coat and knit hat seen from behind on a frosty mountain overlook at cold blue dawn, breath visible, a reminder to check lung cancer screening eligibility.

Christopher Bray - 5 November 2026 - 9:06 am

You Quit Smoking Years Ago. You Might Still Need a Lung Scan: Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility

Key Takeaways: The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends a yearly low-dose CT scan for adults aged 50 to 80 with at least a 20[…]

A high-fiber breakfast of oatmeal topped with raspberries and chia seeds beside a small bowl of lentils and a green pear on grey stone, illustrating fiber and GLP-1.

Christopher Bray - 4 November 2026 - 9:21 am

Your Gut Already Makes GLP-1: What Fiber Can and Can’t Do Next to the New Weight-Loss Drugs

Key Takeaways: GLP-1, the hormone that the new weight-loss and diabetes injections are designed to copy, is made naturally by L-cells in the lining of[…]

A full moon over the ocean at night as a soft tide washes across smooth, glassy wet sand, a symbol of the nightly cleanup linking sleep and Alzheimer's risk.

Christopher Bray - 3 November 2026 - 9:14 am

Your Brain Takes Out the Trash at Night: Sleep and Alzheimer’s Risk

Key Takeaways: After a single night without sleep, 20 healthy adults showed a measurable rise in beta-amyloid, the protein that clumps into plaques in Alzheimer’s[…]

A pair of faded blue jeans laid flat on a white linen bed with a worn leather belt buckled past its old hole, a quiet symbol of losing weight and fatty pancreas.

Christopher Bray - 2 November 2026 - 1:12 pm

You’ve Heard of Fatty Liver. Nobody Mentions Fatty Pancreas: The Organ Fat Behind Type 2 Diabetes Remission

Key Takeaways: In a meta-analysis of 12 studies and 6,369 people, about 54 percent of people with type 2 diabetes had fatty pancreas, meaning excess[…]

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