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Allison Palmer

Allison Palmer

Allison Palmer is a content specialist working with McClatchy Media’s national content team. She specializes in coverage of health, wellness and lifestyle topics, with a focus on emerging trends that help readers develop positive, sustainable habits. She has been a member of McClatchy Media since 2024, with bylines at The Sacramento Bee, The Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star, Us Weekly and Woman’s World, among others.

Prior to joining McClatchy Media, Allison worked as a content specialist at health technology company Withings, where she continued to build on her expertise in the wellness space. She began her career as a clinical research coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she assisted in enrolling and monitoring patients on breast cancer clinical trials — an experience that informs her evidence-based approach to covering health and lifestyle topics.

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Anti-Aging Drugs Reversed Tooth Decay and Wisdom Teeth Were the Key

Getting your wisdom teeth pulled has always felt like a quickly forgettable rite of passage. That framing is starting to look outdated. Two recent findings suggest the molars most oral surgeons drop into a biohazard bag carry both an anti-aging mechanism and a personal stem cell reserve, and wellness readers already tracking senolytics and cellular […]

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Are AirPods an Affordable Alternative to Traditional Hearing Aids?

You’ve probably owned a pair of AirPods for years without ever thinking of them as medical equipment. Apple’s AirPods Pro now doubles as an FDA authorized hearing aid, and the same earbuds sometimes blamed for damaging young ears can screen for and treat mild to moderate hearing loss too. It’s a genuinely surprising shift, and […]

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Lower Oral Microbiome Diversity Tied to Higher Death Risk, Study Finds

The gut microbiome has dominated wellness conversations for years, but the community of bacteria living in your mouth may deserve equal attention. New research links the oral microbiome directly to how long you live and how your brain ages, giving one of the body’s most diverse microbial habitats a starring role in whole-body health. The […]

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In-Home Sauna Benefits: Installation Costs and What to Know Before Buying

Home saunas have crossed from aspirational to achievable for a much wider range of buyers. The price range is genuinely wide though, stretching from $1,500 for a plug-in unit you assemble yourself to more than $10,000 for a custom build. Knowing which version fits your home, your budget and your lifestyle before you start shopping […]

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1 Billion More People Face Extreme Heat Stress Since 1970s, Study Says

If you’ve felt like summers keep hitting differently, the data backs you up. A study published June 22, 2026, in Nature Climate Change found that 1 billion more people now face at least one day of extreme heat stress every year than in the 1970s. And it’s not just hotter days driving the trend. Lead […]

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What the Science Says About Sauna Longevity Benefits and Lifespan

Saunas are showing up everywhere lately, from gym recovery suites to infrared blankets marketed as longevity tools. The science behind them is more substantial than most wellness trends, but also more specific about what actually works. Here’s what researchers have found. Can Sauna Use Actually Help You Live Longer? The evidence is genuinely strong, though […]

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Inside a Typical Biohacking Clinic Menu and How Much Procedures Cost

Biohacking isn’t just a Silicon Valley side project anymore. It’s at the strip mall, the wellness chain down the block and the concierge clinic charging five figures a year and the bills don’t even look like they’re from the same industry. A single visit can run anywhere from under $100 to thousands a year, depending on […]

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New Studies Found Your Blood May Hold Surprising Anti-Aging Power

Your blood might be doing more for your skin and your cells than anyone realized. Two studies released within months of each other suggest the bloodstream isn’t just a transport system. It might be one of the body’s most active tools for fighting the effects of aging. A bacterium that lives in your blood produces […]

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The World's Oldest Woman Had the Gut Microbiome of Someone Years Younger

When María Branyas Morera died in 2024 at 117, the world’s oldest verified living person, she left scientists something rare: a full set of biological samples collected while she was still alive. The resulting analysis, published in September 2025, is the most detailed look at a supercentenarian ever conducted, and what it found in her […]

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The Sonic Toothbrush Features That Actually Matter for Gum Health

Shopping for a sonic toothbrush for sensitive gums means wading through a large range of prices and a wall of confusing marketing claims. For most households the question isn’t whether to upgrade. It’s whether the upgrade actually does anything, and how to avoid wasting money on features that don’t matter. The ARU Sonic Toothbrush Starter […]

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Toothpaste Ingredients That Actually Matter for Enamel and Gum Health

For a product that lives in nearly every bathroom, toothpaste has gone surprisingly under-examined. Most of us still buy what our parents bought, what was on sale or what arrived in a dentist’s goody bag. But the ingredient conversation has finally caught up to oral care, and it now sounds a lot like the one […]

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The Best Way to Choose Toothpaste for Every Member of Your Family

Toothpaste is one of those products most families have never really chosen. You buy what your parents bought, what was on sale or whatever your dentist handed you as a sample. But formulation has changed significantly in the last decade, and the options have gotten specific enough that one tube for everyone in the house […]

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The Best Sonic Toothbrush Upgrade for Sensitive Gums and Better Oral Health

If you’ve rebuilt your morning routine around magnesium, a continuous glucose monitor and a meticulously curated supplement shelf, there’s one tool you probably haven’t reconsidered in years: the toothbrush by your sink. For a category most people grab off a drugstore shelf, oral care has become a surprisingly relevant frontier in preventive wellness. The ARU […]

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1 Banana in a Smoothie Can Cancel Out Nutrient Absorption by 84 Percent

Your healthy morning smoothie packed with berries and a banana may be quietly canceling itself out. A wave of renewed attention to research on food combinations is showing that some of the healthiest-sounding meals actually block the nutrients they’re supposed to deliver. The most striking example involves bananas and berries, but coffee, calcium and even […]

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Menstrual Cycle Syncing Might Be the Body Optimization Framework You Need

Cycle syncing has moved from wellness blogs to mainstream conversation, fueled by a femtech industry valued at $66.2 billion in 2025 and projected to reach $255.5 billion by 2035. The idea: align what you eat, how you work and how you rest with the four hormonal phases of your menstrual cycle. Some of the science […]

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Can HRT Protect Your Heart After Menopause? New Research Explains

New research is changing what doctors know about menopause and heart health, and the findings are more significant than most women realize. Here’s what you should actually be asking your doctor right now. Why Does My Heart Disease Risk Go Up at Menopause? Estrogen loss is part of the answer, but it’s not the whole […]

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What Is Zone 2 Cardio? The Tour de France Fitness Secret Explained

Zone 2 cardio used to live exclusively inside elite cycling labs and endurance coaches’ training logs. Now it’s all over wellness podcasts, fitness TikTok and longevity influencer feeds. And a major 2025 scientific review just made the story a lot more interesting. If you’ve been told that a slow, conversational jog is the single best […]

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Your Indoor Lighting Is Draining Your Energy: How to Fix It

You’ve slept enough. You’re hydrated. You ate breakfast. And you’re still dragging by early afternoon wondering what you’re doing wrong. There’s a real possibility the answer is hanging from your ceiling. Most of us pick light bulbs the way we pick paint colors, based on how they look in the room. But your body doesn’t […]

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What Time Should You Work Out? New Research Points to 1 Clear Window

There’s a long-running debate about whether when you work out matters as much as whether you do it at all. A study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 2026 Scientific Session just added compelling data to that conversation, pointing to a specific morning window with measurably better heart and metabolic outcomes. Here’s what you […]

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These Overlooked Insomnia Causes May Be Why You Still Can't Sleep

If you’ve already tried cutting caffeine, ditching your phone before bed and counting breaths until you pass out, and you’re still lying awake at 2 a.m., the problem probably isn’t your willpower. Researchers are finding that some of the biggest overlooked causes of insomnia hide in places most sleep advice never goes: your gut bacteria, […]

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How the 90-Minute Deep Work Block Can Change Your Focus

The work that still belongs to humans, the analysis, the writing, the hard thinking AI can’t finish for you, happens in uninterrupted stretches. Not in the gaps between notifications. That’s the case for building a deep work routine around 90-minute focus blocks, a structure backed by decades of sleep, attention and performance research. Here’s how […]

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