Category: Health & Wellness

Amongst Much Confusion, RFK Jr’s Hand-Picked CDC Advisory Panel Votes to Radically Change Children’s and COVID Vaccine Recommendations 

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine recommendations committee on Friday wrapped two days of meetings that involved votes on a range of recommendations regarding COVID-19, measles and more. As NBC News reports, the recommendations panel, known as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, has undergone changes in recent months, with all new members picked by Health and Human […]

September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: Could it Come Down to Mind over Matter?

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Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month  It is a time to promote healthy growth in children.  Weight gain occurs when an individual’s energy intake exceeds their energy expenditure — in other words, when calories in exceed calories out. What is less well understood is the fact […]

To Celebrate Mushroom Month, Here are 3 Wild Varieties that are Fun to Hunt, plus Safe AND Healthy to Eat

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National Mushroom Month is celebrated every September, recognizing the versatility, nutritional benefits, and fascinating world of fungi. The event was established by the U.S. Mushroom Council as part of the 1990 Mushroom Promotion, Research & Consumer Information Act, which became effective in 1993. September is an ideal time to explore mushrooms, from discovering them in […]

First Human Case of a Flesh Eating Parasite is Reported in the U.S.

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A Maryland resident who traveled to Central America came home last month with an unwelcome souvenir: larvae of the New World screwworm burrowing in their flesh. As Vox reports, the patient has since recovered from the painful parasite, and Maryland health officials confirmed that there’s no sign of transmission to anyone else. But the case is historic: […]

New FDA Leaders Move to Abandon Expert Reviews of New Drugs

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FDA leaders under President Trump are moving to abandon a decades-old policy of asking outside experts to review drug applications, a move critics say would shield the agency’s decisions from public scrutiny. As CBS News reports, the agency “would like to get away” from assembling panels of experts to examine and vote on individual drugs, […]

California Schools Are About to Say Goodbye to Ultra-Processed Foods

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The State of California isn’t waiting for Robert F Kennedy Jr and MAHA to do something about food additives.  As Food & Wine reports, last week, the California Senate approved legislation that will ban ultra-processed foods from public school meals by 2035. As Food & Wine previously reported, in March, Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) introduced Assembly Bill […]

Pay Attention to your Prostate

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September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. It’s an important time to raise awareness of this deadly – but preventable – disease. Prostate Cancer… Did You Know? Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancer) diagnosed in men in the United States. Furthermore, it’s the second leading cause of cancer deaths […]

New Study Shows Obstructed Sleep Apnea Numbers are Skyrocketing

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Resmed, a health technology company focused on sleep, breathing, and care delivered in the home, has published a study in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine that projected a significant rise in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in the United States over the next three decades due to a variety of factors, including an aging population and increasing body mass […]

September is Healthy Aging Month: Here are 10 Tips to Get You Going!

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September is Healthy Aging® Month and the time to get started on better health practices. Think it’s too late to “re-invent” yourself?   Think again. According to Carolyn Worthington, editor-in-chief of Healthy Aging® Magazine and executive director of Healthy Aging®, it’s never too late to find a new career, a new sport, passion or hobby. And, […]

In the Wake of CDC Firings and Resignations, Public is Confused about Status of Vaccines and Searching for Guidance

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Turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and states’ beginning to take more control of their own vaccine decisions threaten to fracture the once-national consensus around immunization, setting the stage for a reorganization of the way vaccination recommendations work across the United States. As NBC News reports, the moves together point toward […]