Category: Health & Wellness

The Top Wellness Tech of CES 2026

CES logo sculpture in front of convention center

Wellness tech abounds at CES. As PCMag reports, at this year’s tech convention, there were myriad devices that promise to combat loneliness, detect life-threatening food allergens, prevent hip fractures, track perimenopause symptoms, smooth wrinkles, and more.  Read on for PCMag’s picks of the top Wellness Tech from CES 2026. Peri Winner of the official Best Wellness Tech category […]

RFK Jr Flips the Food Pyramid Upside Down

Plates filled with keto diet foods, including salmon, bacon, eggs, chicken, avocado and various fruits and vegetables, no grains

Last week, Robert F Kennedy Jr announced and the Department of Agriculture released a new set of dietary guidelines, and it includes a food pyramid that looks very different from the one you probably remember. “As secretary of Health and Human Services, my message is clear: Eat real food,” Kennedy said. He called the change “the most […]

Deadly Flu Surge Sweeps Across the Country

sick Infant with mouth covered by oxygen mask

Doctors’ visits for flu-like symptoms — fevers, sore throat, extreme fatigue and body aches — have hit the highest level in nearly 30 years, according to the latest stats issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and are likely to continue to rise in the coming weeks. As NBC News reports, it’s not just a […]

National Apricot Day? In JANUARY? All About this Healthy, Happy, Stone Fruit

a bowl of apricots and fresh on a table, with two shot glasses and bottle of apricot brandy

January 9th is National Apricot day – in fact the entire month of January has been named Apple & Apricot Month – which may seem odd considering that the apricot’s growing season is during the Summer and you’d be hard pressed to find any fresh apricots in your grocer’s aisles right now. However, apricots are […]

Help Save Lives During National Blood Donor Month

Womans hands, palms up, holding small red heart pillow with white cross, surrounded by graphic drop outline

More than 50 years ago – on December 31, 1969 – President Richard Nixon signed a proclamation designating January as National Blood Donor Month (NBDM). The new monthly observance was meant to honor voluntary blood donors and to encourage more people to give blood at a time when more blood is desperately needed. “National Blood Donor Month […]

CDC Slashes National Childhood Immunization Schedule

Stethoscope and vaccine needle lay on chart of Routine Baby Vaccines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Monday it is changing the childhood immunization schedule. As ABC News reports, the federal health agency – led by vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr – is removing the universal recommendation for multiple shots, in what it calls an attempt to mirror the schedules of peer […]

January is Thyroid Awareness Month

Woman in doctor's office getting an ultrasound on her thyroid gland (neck)

January is Thyroid Awareness Month. The American Thyroid Association states that approximately 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid cancer, so it is important to discuss because 60% of people who have some form of thyroid disease remain unaware of their condition. What is the Thyroid and what is its Function? According to the Pacific Neuroscience Institute, the […]