Face blindness had been previously estimated to affect between 2 and 2.5 percent of people in the world. But in a study published last year by researchers at Harvard Medical School and the VA Boston Healthcare System is providing fresh insights into the disorder, suggesting it may be more common than currently believed. In the […]
If your go-to snack includes baby carrots, congratulations: you’re doing great things for your health. New research presented at the Nutrition 2024 conference found that a snack of baby carrots just three times a week increased skin carotenoids in young adults. As Yahoo Life reports, carotenoids are the pigments found in fruits and vegetables that give them their bright […]
Totally Cool — a Maryland company that manufactures ice cream sandwiches, ice cream cakes, ice cream, sorbet, and other frozen treats for a slew of well-known brands such as Hershey’s and Jeni’s — has voluntarily recalled 65 products across 13 brands due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. It’s summer, it’s hot outside, and it’s National Ice Cream month, […]
If you’re taking a multivitamin to help you live longer, a new study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute may prompt you to reconsider. As the Los Angeles Times reports, after analyzing health and nutrition data from nearly 400,000 Americans, the researchers found that people who took multivitamins had a small but significantly greater […]
It’s not your imagination. More people around you are definitely coming down with Covid lately, because infections are on the rise nationally. As NBC News reports, cases are most likely increasing in 39 states and aren’t declining anywhere in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — evidence that an anticipated summer wave is […]
Many health-conscious consumers have already cut back on red and processed meats for poultry or seafood. Those protein sources are better than beef, and not just because they’re linked to a lower risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Chicken and fish are also better for the environment, as their production uses less land and […]
Researchers have discovered a rare genetic trait that could delay the onset of Alzheimer’s in people who face an overwhelming risk of developing the mind-robbing disease. As USA Today reports, in a study published this month in The New England Journal of Medicine, 27 people from an extended Colombian family who carried a genetic variant […]
Hiking and camping fanatics know all too well the risks of a tick bite. Ticks are tiny but carry mighty illnesses, including Lyme disease. They thrive in heavily wooded areas across the U.S. and although there’s greater risk in the northeast, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic regions, cases of tick-borne diseases are reported in every […]
A proposal by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy to place warning labels on social media platforms is finding support among doctors and advocates who are concerned that the sites contribute to mental health issues among teens. As CBS News reports, Murthy called for the warnings in an opinion piece in the New York Times last week. The […]
The start of the summer season is coming in hot, and you can expect plenty of scorching temperatures with it. Heat waves bringing soaring temperatures first hit the west, and then traced a dangerous path across the country to the midwest and northeast. As Yahoo News reports, it’s easy to forget about the risk of heat exhaustion […]