wellness

The state of being in great health, and continually striving to attain all of your goals.

Finasteride and Dutasteride: What Patients Should Know About New MHRA Warnings
The UK medicines regulator has strengthened safety warnings for finasteride and dutasteride after reviewing evidence around possible psychiatric side effects and sexual dysfunction.
By Alex6 months ago in Longevity
If Sugar Ages Your Skin, Why Does Raw Honey Make It Glow?
For years, we have been told the same story about sugar: Too much of it ages the body. It damages collagen. Increases inflammation.
By Mohib Ullah 6 months ago in Longevity
It’s Not Laziness, It’s Survival: The Truth About Mental Health Days
If you have, you are not alone. This is the silent reality for millions of people today. In a world relentlessly confronting us with global crises and personal struggles, the pressure is immense. We are seeing a dramatic surge in mental health issues, particularly among Millennials and, even more prominently, Generation Z.
By Nozomi Rose6 months ago in Longevity
The Myth-Buster. AI-Generated.
A patient came into my clinic last month absolutely defeated. She had read all the self-help books. She had downloaded the habit trackers. She had tried to wake up at 5:00 AM to meditate, force herself to eat perfectly clean, and tackle her massive to-do list.
By Josh Ores6 months ago in Longevity
The Day the Brain Stopped Working: A Clinical Look at Burnout. AI-Generated.
It was a Tuesday afternoon when Elias sat in my office, staring at his hands as if he didn’t recognize them. He was thirty-four, a software engineer at the top of his game, and he had just spent forty-five minutes staring at a simple line of code that he could usually write in his sleep. He told me he felt like he was living behind a thick pane of glass. He could see his life, he could see his responsibilities, but he couldn't touch them. He wasn't sad, exactly. He was just empty.
By Josh Ores6 months ago in Longevity
Why I Stopped Telling My Patients They Were "Burnt Out"
A patient sat in my clinic last month, staring at the floor. She was a high-performing executive, and she told me she was completely burned out. She couldn't focus, she couldn't remember basic details, and she was sleeping ten hours a night without feeling rested.
By Josh Ores6 months ago in Longevity
The Science of Why We Cannot Just Turn Off Our Minds
I couldn't remember my own phone number last Tuesday. I was sitting in my living room, staring at a blank Word document, and my partner asked me to read a number off the fridge. I looked at it, looked away, and my mind was just... empty. Static.
By Josh Ores6 months ago in Longevity
The Architecture of Change: Why Your Brain Fights New Habits
In my years of research into human performance, I have noticed a recurring frustration among the most ambitious people I work with. They blame themselves for a lack of "discipline" or "grit" when a new habit fails to stick. We have been socially conditioned to believe that willpower is a moral muscle—that if you just wanted it enough, you would simply do it. But biology tells a much different story. From a neuroscientific perspective, willpower isn't a character trait; it is a metabolic currency. When we try to force a change without understanding the physical architecture of our brain, we aren't just fighting our history—we are fighting our own biology.
By Josh Ores6 months ago in Longevity
What Living on an Island Taught Me About Longevity (And Why Science Agrees)
In September 2006, I moved to Cyprus with a one-way ticket, nervous energy, and more stress than I knew how to carry. I was 20 years old.
By Mohib Ullah 6 months ago in Longevity
Somking. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
Smoking hooks people fast because it delivers a quick rush that feels like relief in a stressful world. You light up, inhale, and for a moment, everything sharpens—tension eases, focus returns. But this allure of cigarette dependence hides a trap: that "amazing" hit creates the very problems it seems to solve, pulling users into a cycle of need and regret.
By NGUYEN NGOC TRUNG6 months ago in Longevity
Bad Faith Does Not Deserve Comfort
There is a deeply ingrained belief in modern discourse that civility is always morally required, regardless of context. No matter how dishonest a question is, how manipulative the framing, or how distorted the premise, the expectation is that the response must remain gentle, patient, affirming, and emotionally managed. This belief is often treated as self-evident, as though politeness itself were synonymous with virtue.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Longevity
Why Comfort Fails and Discipline Endures
Modern culture increasingly treats comfort as a moral guide. Ease is framed as wisdom. Emotional smoothness is treated as maturity. Difficulty is often interpreted as a sign that something is wrong, unfair, or unnecessary. When a task feels heavy, when a conversation feels uncomfortable, or when effort feels draining, the instinct is often to stop and reconsider rather than persist.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Longevity