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Published: July 12, 2019 by Colman Andrews
We all know that exercise is good for us, both physically and psychologically, but many of us complain that we […]
Published: July 11, 2019 by Elzy Kolb
Do you think you live in a healthy community? Midwestern and Western residents who answer in the affirmative have a […]
Published: July 10, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
Grandparents spoil their grandkids. It’s a time-honored tradition. It’s not always a beneficial one, however. A meta-analysis of studies tracking […]
Published: July 10, 2019 by Colman Andrews
“Getting old,” actress Bette Davis once remarked, “isn’t for sissies.” Physical disabilities, waning energy levels, mental fog… It’s not a […]
Published: July 10, 2019 by Samuel Stebbins
More than half of all Americans are currently under 38 years of age. By 2060, however, the majority will be […]
According to U.S. Census Bureau projections, retirement-age adults will outnumber Americans under age 18 by 2035 for the first time […]
Published: July 3, 2019 by Colman Andrews
By now, presumably almost everybody knows about the dangers of second-hand tobacco smoke: Even if you don’t smoke, being around […]
Published: July 2, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
Dehydration is simply the condition in which the body loses more water – whether through sweating, urinating, or breathing — […]
Published: July 2, 2019 by Colman Andrews
The decoration on some beer, wine, and spirits bottles contains potentially dangerous levels of such toxic metals as lead and […]
Published: July 1, 2019 by Liz Blossom and Thomas C. Frohlich
Raw statistics about diseases and mortality don’t always reveal the underlying causes or health issues that contribute to these statistics. […]
Published: July 1, 2019 by Colman Andrews
Diabetics wearing implanted insulin pumps are potentially in danger, as their devices could be tampered with from afar. In a […]
Published: June 28, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes and Michael B. Sauter
Unpredictable weather disasters can take many forms, from hurricanes and blizzards to tornadoes and raging wildfires. While some are more […]
Published: June 28, 2019 by Colman Andrews
Five public health and consumer protection organizations have joined together to ask the U.S. government to require new warning labels […]
Published: June 27, 2019 by Elzy Kolb and Michael B. Sauter
The Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 killed tens of millions of people around the world, including over 670,000 Americans. The HIV/AIDS […]
Published: June 26, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
For decades, everyone from medical researchers to academic nutritionists to pop-culture dieticians has been telling us the same thing: For […]
Published: June 26, 2019 by Douglas A. McIntyre
A recent report shows that in some American cities, the lifespan can be nearly 30 years longer in one neighborhood than in another.
Published: June 26, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes and John Harrington
Throughout history, women have had to endure childbirth, take care of the home and children, and recently, also work outside […]
Published: June 24, 2019 by Colman Andrews
One piece of nutritional advice unfailingly drummed into the heads of women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant […]
Published: June 22, 2019 by John Harrington and Hristina Byrnes
Throughout human history, stoicism, or the endurance of pain or discomfort without complaint, was a trait people admired. That forbearance […]
Published: June 21, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
Losing weight is a very common goal year-round. And while eating healthier foods, avoiding junk and fatty foods, and being […]
Published: June 21, 2019 by Colman Andrews
A new large-scale study conducted by Korean researchers, the results of which were just published in the European Heart Journal, […]
Published: June 20, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
Trying to figure out which foods and drinks are unhealthy can be overwhelming and exhausting. Information overload can make it […]
Published: June 19, 2019 by Colman Andrews
Swiss researchers have established that tannins found in pomegranates are converted in the digestive system into a compound that appears […]
Published: June 19, 2019 by Chris Lange
Melinta Therapeutics shares nearly doubled early on Wednesday after the firm announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Baxdela (delafloxacin) for priority review.