Many of Valerie Bertinelli’s fans associate the 59-year-old actress and current Food Network host with her upbeat personality. After all, the former One Day at a Time star has been quite vocal about her dedication to uplifting others; she previously shared her personal motto “choose happy” in a tell-all essay published by NBC’s TODAY Show, […]
Satiety, or a feeling of fullness after eating, holds an important place in both weight management and blood glucose level management for people with diabetes. For instance, we should feel full after eating a meal or snack. The body has a series of mechanisms that occur as we eat. The hypothalamus, a tiny area in […]
Few things bring more joy in one’s life than the birth of a child. It’s estimated that each year in the United States, at least four million babies are born. After nine months, there’s nothing quite like seeing your baby boy or baby girl and holding them in your arms. But the nine months leading […]
We all need to take better of our own lungs and each others. Apart from just the simple act of living, there are so many things that proper breathing helps us with. There are also 45 percent of women who have sleep disordered breathing and also developed mild cognitive impairment or dementia, as compared with […]
New research suggests that getting your surly teens off the couch might trigger a long-term turnaround in their moods. “Our findings show that young people who are inactive for large proportions of the day throughout adolescence face a greater risk of depression by age 18,” said study author Aaron Kandola, a psychiatry Ph.D. student at […]
Milk has had a bad rap in recent years. A rise in veganism and concerns around intolerance to the creamy white drink has seen a surge in popularity of milk alternatives, and multiple myths still surround the drink, including beliefs that it worsens the symptoms of a cold. But the experts say that when it […]
Anyone who has spent time on Twitter lately has likely read about #depressionnaps. People usually take these naps to escape emotions, surrender to depression, and temporarily avoid anything negative in your life—and while the connotations are serious in theory, Twitter users have quickly escalated depression naps to meme status. According to Daniel Amen, MD, a […]
San Francisco-based medical records startup Practice Fusion allegedly developed software for pharmaceutical companies to help increase the number of prescriptions doctors wrote for pain medications, according to a settlement with the US Department of Justice, Bloomberg reports. The company, which supplied its software to tens of thousands of doctors offices nationwide, admitted doing so as […]
The New York Times reports that a highly contagious patient, virus transmission inside a hospital and unexpected turns for the worse have emerged as part of the epidemic in China. One patient, admitted to a hospital in Wuhan, China, infected at least 10 health care workers and four other patients with the coronavirus that has […]
By screening for breast cancer, mammography has helped save hundreds of thousands of lives. Using the test to also screen for heart disease might someday help save many thousands more. Though expert guidelines vary, generally women are advised to have a mammogram every year or two starting at age 40 or 50. Nearly 40 […]