It’s easy to let high stress steal our full attention. Often, high stress leaves us vulnerable to a dysregulated, unproductive state. This means we need reliable resources we can connect to in order to renew and maintain our mental,...
At her sickest, maybe on a day she puked 70 times or when walking down a hospital hallway felt like the brutal training that made her a world champion triathlete, Siri Lindley visualized running up her favorite mountain trail in Lyons. Years...
If you’ve been exercising your vocal cords to Taylor Swift’s album The Tortured Poets Department, it might be time to move on to other body parts—like your arms, legs, and core. We asked three fitness trainers how to turn a handful...
When it comes to running, there are few better fitness trackers you can pick up than something from Garmin's ever-expanding range.We gave the Instinct 2 an impressive 4 stars, and although this deal is for the previous model, this...
The nation's school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.The final rule also trims sodium in kids' meals, although...
In the first medical procedure of its kind, a New Jersey woman received a new heart pump along with a kidney and thymus gland from a pig.Lisa Pisano, 54, had both heart failure and end-stage kidney disease, the latter of which required...
April Leonard likes to blame her bunions on her husband. In 2017, she accompanied him to a podiatrist appointment for calluses—and went home scheduled for surgery to correct her misaligned toe bone.In retrospect, it was a good thing....
“Don’t google your cancer,” the oncology nurse said to me as she drew my blood ahead of my first round of chemotherapy. It was 2006 and I was 17 years old. I was very confused by the emphasis she put on this advice. Still, I...
Extreme weather can be deadly, and the deadliest of all is extreme heat. Approximately 1,220 Americans die every year due to extreme heat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And more Americans die from heat...
It’s common to meet the idea of intuition with an eye roll. We tend to value reason over everything else, using expressions like “think before you act,” “think twice,” and “look before you leap.” We don’t trust intuition....
A man's eyelashes grew unusually long and developed a dramatic curl — and it turned out to be a side effect of his cancer treatment.In a report of the man's case, published Wednesday (April 24) in the journal JAMA Dermatology,...
Scientists created realistic, miniature versions of a colon in the lab and gave them tumors, allowing the team to study colorectal cancer in exquisite new detail. These "minicolons"' are so-called organoids, which are 3D structures...
Myopia, or the need for corrected vision to focus or see objects at a distance, has become a lot more common in recent decades. Some even consider myopia, also known as nearsightedness, an epidemic. Optometry researchers estimate...
There is increasing evidence that implicit bias – non-conscious attitudes toward specific groups – is a source of racial inequities in certain aspects of health care, and lawmakers are taking note. Since the tragic murder of George...
Instagram users went crazy a few months ago over Nicola Coughlan’s photos of her weight loss makeover. Most people are familiar with the Irish actress from her performances and contagious attitude. Her physique is a gift to her...
Having once experienced the miracles of the Four Seasons Spa motherhood programme, I’ve come to trust Dr Tania Bardhan and her spa team fully on what’s well and good in the wellness sector – and when she sings...
Local US Coast Guard Veteran, Louis Dolce Sr. turns 100 – today. Among many of the birthday cards and gifts Louie has and will be receiving have been Happy Birthday wishes from the ownership of the New England Patriots, Josh...
In recent months, 22 people across 11 U.S. states have developed symptoms like blurry vision and shortness of breath after getting "counterfeit or mishandled" Botox injections outside medical settings, such as in spas and people's...
Within the last century, researchers’ understanding of genetics has undergone a profound transformation. Genes, regions of DNA that are largely responsible for our physical characteristics, were considered unchanging under the original...
Rest is essential. People who make true rest—not just sleep—part of their everyday routine have better outcomes across different aspects of their Health. Their sleep quality is better, life satisfaction is higher, chronic pain...
On April 24, the Supreme Court will hear arguments weighing whether Idaho politicians have the power to block doctors from giving emergency medical care to patients experiencing pregnancy complications—a case that will open the door...
