April 30 is National Therapy Animal Day, so it’s the perfect time to shine a spotlight on the many ways animals help ease our minds and hearts. Aside from beloved dogs and cats, research has shown that immersing yourself with other types of creatures, especially horses, can have healing effects on your emotional and mental […]
There’s been about a seven-fold increase in Google searches for the term “PFAS” over the last five years. When you do that quick search, you’re met with a deluge of scientific data, research, and a whole lot of jargon — including some rather alarming headlines about PFAS showing up in the water we drink, the seafood we […]
Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that a ransomware attack on its health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare earlier this year resulted in a huge theft of Americans’ private healthcare data. As TechCrunch reports, UnitedHealth said in a statement on April 22 that a ransomware gang took files containing personal data and protected health information that it […]
Soon after Christina Applegate received the “devastating” diagnosis that she had multiple sclerosis in June 2021, her friend Lance Bass reached out. “You need to talk to Jamie,” he told her. Jamie-Lynn Sigler had been living with the disease for two decades, so when Applegate got in touch, The Sopranos actress, who lives in Austin, was ready to help. “I wanted to give her […]
Shortages of popular weight loss medications are continuing amid an all-time high of drug scarcity in the United States. As ABC News reports, Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk, and Zepbound, made by Eli Lilly & Co., are in tight supply and may be hard to obtain for the next several months, according to the pharmaceutical companies. Last […]
If you’re feeling sleepy or tired while you read this and wish you could get some more shut-eye, you’re not alone. A majority of Americans say they would feel better if they could have more sleep, according to a new Gallup Poll. But in the good ol’ U.S. of A., the ethos of grinding and pulling […]
The YMCA wants Kids and their whole family to celebrate health on Healthy Kids Day®, celebrated this year on Saturday, April 20! Healthy Kids Day® is the Y’s national initiative to improve the mental and physical health and well-being of kids and their families. For over 30 years, YMCAs and their communities hosted free community events […]
The Oura Ring is getting a bit more experimental. Now, Oura users will get access to a new Oura Labs feature, which allows them to opt in to experimental features. The first will be something called Symptom Radar, which detects early signs of physiological strain. As The Verge reports, Symptom Radar isn’t quite illness detection — a […]
There’s a lot to see in the sky this April. In the short time span of only thirty days, there will be both a solar eclipse AND a meteor shower, making it a pretty special time for two such rare occurrences. But there’s something else that makes April special, too: It’s National Donate Life Month! […]
A person in Texas has been diagnosed with a highly virulent strain of bird flu, the first such case since the virus was detected in a handful of dairy cattle in several states across the country last week. As NBC News reports, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement Monday that the infected […]