With the advent of Apple Watches and Fitbits, it’s easy to track your own health metrics at home. But knowing what to track is just as important as having the equipment to do it. And, there is one important health metric many people aren’t tracking yet that health experts say you should: heart-rate variability, or HRV, the amount of […]
Do you remember those mini trampolines your parents (or grandparents) loved to use in the 80’s? Well, they’re back, and better (for you than ever), but this time, let’s call it Rebounding. Due to the pandemic and a host of celebrities like Goldie Hawn seen on TikTok and Instagram working it, there’s been a resurgence. […]
Pfizer announced on Tuesday that its experimental RSV vaccine for pregnant women protects newborns against severe illness for at least six months after birth. As Yahoo News reports, in phase III of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, considered the gold standard of epidemiologic studies, the vaccine was found to be about 82% effective at preventing […]
As Yahoo Life reports, Jonathan Van Ness is sharing his struggles with binge eating disorder. The Queer Eye star, 35, took to Instagram to post a video of himself in a split screen, doing a gymnastics routine. On the left, the hairstylist struggled with the landing, while in the right video, he significantly improved. “Always been a hot & sexy […]
As The New York Times reports, when the antiviral treatment Paxlovid came into wider use for COVID-19 infections earlier this year, doctors who prescribed it and patients who took it noticed that symptoms sometimes flared up again a few days after having gone away. Some people even tested negative before they experienced the rebound. But […]
A new study published in the journal of the American Diabetes Association, Diabetes Care, analyzed data from 1,654 women from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation, a multi-site, long-term study designed to examine the health of women during their middle years. The study found one surprising contributor to weight, as far as women are concerned: […]
Allergy medications like antihistamines can provide relief during autumn, but a new study suggests they may be lethal to victims of the opioid epidemic. As USA Today reports, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified approximately 92,000 drug overdose deaths in 43 states and Washington, D.C., between 2019 and 2020, […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Nestle Toll House has recalled one of its chocolate chip cookie products due to plastic contamination. The Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with Fudge Filling products were voluntarily recalled due to the “potential presence of white plastic pieces.” The cookie dough was produced between June […]
Respiratory illnesses in children are overwhelming hospitals across the United States right now. As Axios reports, physicians across the country have been reporting unseasonably high numbers of the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in children in recent weeks, putting a strain on hospitals that are already preparing for the typical wintertime surge of patients ill […]
As NBC News reports, a new study by the National Institutes of Health has found that women using chemical hair-straightening products are at a higher risk of uterine cancer than women who don’t. And, researchers noted that Black women may have a higher risk because they are more likely to use such products more frequently. […]