Category: Health & Wellness

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 […]

Can You Become Addicted to a GLP-1?

Man giving himself semiglutide injection into belly

About one in eight American adults say they’ve used a GLP-1 receptor agonist medication like Ozempic or Wegovy at some point, making this a very popular drug class. While these drugs can be used to treat type 2 diabetes, they’ve really taken off for their weight loss potential—this probably isn’t news to you. And now that the […]

The Many Health (and other) Benefits of Baking Soda

Baking soda in jar and bowl

December 30th is National Bicarbonate of Soda Day.  Just why do we have a day that pays homage to what is commonly known as Baking Soda?  Well, the day is celebrated to recognize and acknowledge the importance of this little baking ingredient and miracle household agent with numerous health benefits in our day to day […]

What You Need to Know about Norovirus, the Surging “winter vomiting bug”

Woman holding her head and leaning on toilet with her elbow

The highly contagious norovirus is spreading quickly across the country as the year comes to a close thanks to a new surging variant. As Axios reports, the new norovirus outbreaks come as the flu, whooping cough, measles and COVID have all seen spikes nationwide. Sickness from norovirus, often referred to as the “winter vomiting disease” or “winter vomiting bug,” […]

A New, Potentially Life-Threatening Flu Variant Is Spreading in the US

Woman in bed taking her temperature, blowing her nose next to side table with tea

A mutated strain of influenza that caused severe outbreaks abroad is spreading rapidly across the United States, and with holidays in full swing, it’s prime time for the virus to surge. As NBC’s Today Show reports, experts are already warning that this flu season seems more severe and earlier than usual, especially among children who […]

FDA Officially Approves Wegovy GLP-1 for Weight Loss

Paper stating Wegovy semaglutide injection

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the once-daily Wegovy pill, as the first oral GLP-1 medicine for obesity in the US.  “The launch of Wegovy in 2021 changed how obesity was viewed and treated in the US. Now, with Wegovy pill, we are offering a magnitude of weight loss that no other oral GLP-1 obesity candidate has been able […]