Category: Health & Wellness

How to Keep your Dry January Healthy Habits Going All Year Long

Dry January, the annual no-alcohol challenge, offers a reprieve, a reset, a chance to reflect on the influence alcohol has on our lives. People vow to trade the haze of a hangover for 31 days of mental clarity. As USA Today reports, the popular trend can have a range of health benefits, including feeling more […]

New Study finds that Covid-19 Vaccinations do Not impair Fertility in Men or Women

CNN reports that a  new study adds to growing evidence that there is no connection between Covid-19 vaccinations and a reduced chance of conceiving. Rather, couples in the study had slightly lower chances of conception if the male partner had been infected with the coronavirus within 60 days — which offers even more reason to […]

Biden Administration has Free COVID-19 Tests available now, and 400 million N95 Masks available to Ship Soon across the U.S.: Here’s how to Get Yours

President Joe Biden’s administration made their promise of free COVID-19 home test kits a reality a day early this week. While COVIDTests.gov was expected to start accepting orders on Wednesday, an “Order free at-home tests” button was added Tuesday, which brings users to usps.com/covidtests to order four at-home free tests.  If you go to the USPS […]

Intermittent Fasting 101

If losing weight was one of your New Year’s Resolutions, you may be wondering which diet plan is right for you. Intermittent fasting, an eating plan that switches between fasting and eating on a regular schedule, has really taken off in popularity the last few years, reportedly followed by celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansen, […]

It’s Never Too Late to Get Health… At ANY Age

Elderly couple fixing a healthy meal in their kitchen

Was “get healthy” high on your list of New Year’s resolutions? Have you ever decided to make a healthy lifestyle change but quickly given up, telling yourself that it’s too late to learn new habits? It’s time to take charge and not let your age stop you, because there’s surprisingly not that much difference between […]

Rebel Wilson reveals the “Simple” Workout that helped her lose 75 Pounds

Rebel Wilson is an actress, writer, producer, and as of her self-declared “Year of Health” 2020, a health and fitness guru for many, so she doesn’t shy away from discussing how she continues to focus on her mental and physical health. But now, the star is going into more detail about her weight loss journey […]

How to Know if you have the COVID-19 Omicron variant or the Flu

Omicron has become the variant fastest to dominate COVID-19 infections among Americans, with officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicating that it may make up over 95% of cases traced in early January, per CNBC. And while the suite of potential symptoms caused by this particular form of SARS-CoV-2 hasn’t changed — […]

Shoveling Snow – Exercise or Heart Attack Risk?

Closeup of person shoveling snow on walkway

For those who are physically fit, you may see shoveling snow as exercise. It uses arm, back and leg muscles and increases your heart rate and burns about 300 calories in less than an hour. But shoveling snow isn’t for everyone. Thousands of people get injured and dozens die every year while taking care of […]

Apple Fitness Plus is adding “Time To Run” and “Collections” workouts on January 10

After launching Fitness Plus in December 2020, Apple has continuously added new features, including audio walks with celebrities like Dolly Parton and Shaun Mendes, and new workout programs for beginners, pregnant women, and older users. Now it’s announced a few more additions, with the standout being audio running experiences dubbed “Time to Run”. According to Apple’s press release, […]