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The issue links everyday habits—like aloe use, walking, citrus routines, and informed snack choices—to mood, stress reduction, and long-term wellbeing. It also highlights evidence-based prevention decisions, including which home health tests are worth attention and which to skip to save money.","SUMMER SKIN FIXES p 28  \nAugust 2026  \nFOODS THAT HEAL  \nDecode Your Cravingsto Lift  \nYour Mood + Soothe Your Spirit  \nPLUS!  \nGIVE YOURSELF  \nTHE BEST MASSAGE  \np 32  \nTHIS ONE SIMPLE THING MAY  \np 38  \n“MY ARMS STOPPED  \nWORKING!”—A WOMAN’S  \nMEDICAL MYSTERY  \nSAVE YOUR MONEY!  \nYOU SHOULD SKIP p 62  \nMAU R IC IO A L E JO .  \nP R E V E N T I O N  \nCONTENTS  \nA U G U S T 2 0 2 6  \nRESEARCH SHOWS THAT EVEN MILD HEARING LOSS CAN DOUBLE DEMENTIA RISK.  \np.38  \nON THE COVER  \n28 Summer Skin Fixes  \n72 Foods That Heal  \n38 This One Simple Thing May Lower Dementia Risk  \n50 ”My Arms Stopped Working!”A Woman’s Medical Mystery  \n32 Give Yourself the Best Massage  \n62 Save Your Money! Health Tests You Should Skip  \nA UG UST 2 0 2 6 • PR EVENTION. COM 1  \nCONTENTS  \np.16  \np.56  \np.72  \n2 PREVENTION. COM • AUGUST 2 0 2 6  \nPULSE  \n6 Surprising escapes, secret uses for aloe vera, mall walking is back, and more  \nWELLNESS  \n22 News or Noise?  \nOne way to not stop snoring, the upside of extra weight, and more  \n28 Save Your Skin  \nHow to avert (and treat) summer mishaps  \n32 You’re On a Roll!  \nSelf-massage tips to help muscle recovery  \n38 Listen Up!  \nLower your risk for hearing loss.  \nHEALTH  \n48 Frozen Shoulder  \nHow to handle this painful midlife symptom  \n50 My Arms Hurt Too Much for Me to Turn a Doorknob  \nA lingering illness derailed one woman’s life.  \n56 You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know  \nHer realization changed everything.  \n62 Making House Calls  \nWhich home  \ntests are worth it?  \nFOOD  \n72 Feed Your Soul  \nWhy healthy eating can include satisfying  \nyour cravings  \nIN EVERY  \nISSUE  \n4 Editor’s Note  \n96 Brain Games  \nMEMBERS GET  \nRead exclusive health articles, download wellness guides, and get another year of the magazine when you sign up at  \nP R E M I U M  \nF ROM TO P : G ETTY IMAG ES ; MATT CHAS E ; DAN I E L L E DA LY . ON TH E COV E R : T RUN K A RCH IV E .  \nEDITOR ’S NOTE  \nOR AT LEAST IT CAN BE . It’s love  \npotato pancakes reaches you from  \nbroth because you can’t talk without coughing. And it’s love bordering on sainthood when you prepare three  \nketo spouse, your vegan college kid, and your other child, who will eat only pasta with butter and cheese despite being 30.  \ncalorie or low-carb,“clean,” etc. ) and “bad” ones, which we describe as crappy, toxic, or even sinful, as if we’re talking about nuclear waste or a Victorian prostitute rather than chips or a piece of chocolate molten lava cake. The problem is never the foods—it’s that we attribute these virtues and vices to ourselves when we eat them, which is a diet-culture-induced setup for guilt and needless preoccupation with what we put in our mouths. I know of what I speak—I myself was caught in this trap for many years.  \nThat’s why our entire August food section (“Feed Your Soul,”page 72) is devoted to eating, emotions, why we crave specific things, and how our hankerings can be part of a healthy and nourishing relationship with food. We hope the information and recipes we offer will bring you the satisfaction you deserve.  \nAnd hit prevention.com later this month—at the time of this writing, our brilliant senior commerce editor, Charlotte Finigan, is orchestrating a massive footwear-testing operation for our Sneaker Awards. With all the pros, cons, and detailed tester opinions in our reviews, we know you’ ll find your perfect pair.  \nbutter cookies make my partner, Steve, extra happy.  \nST EV E N O D I E RNA .  \n4 PREVENTION. COM • AUGUST 2 0 2 6  \nYum!*  \n* Taste buds approved. 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