Category: Health & Wellness

What is Ear Seeding? And Can it Help You?

Sure, your necklace looks cute around your neck, your dangly earrings add some flair to your outfit, and your chunky ring spices up your pretty mani. But are your bangles helping your sciatica?  Then maybe it’s time you tried ear seeds—little ear accessories that can actually double as pain-reducing, good-for-you mental health tools. Yahoo Life […]

Studies show Breakthrough Covid cases are rare. So, what Raises Your Risk?

Breakthrough cases of COVID-19 among vaccinated people remain rare (and are generally less serious when they do occur), despite the surge of the hypercontagious Delta variant. The attention that these cases get in the media, have put a spotlight on breakthrough cases and raised questions about the continued effectiveness of vaccines in the face of […]

How to tell if you’ve got a case of Breakthrough COVID

Sick man lying on his side in bed covering his nose and mouth with a tissue, flu remedies on bedside table

Two weeks after your second COVID-19 vaccine dose, the protective effects of vaccination will be at their highest. At this point, you’re fully vaccinated. After this point, if you still get COVID-19, most likely due to a new variant like Delta or Mu, you’ve suffered a “breakthrough” infection. Broadly speaking, breakthrough infections are similar to […]

Alex Trebek’s family honors his memory with New Trebek Center offering Social Services, Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse Counseling and More

Every night, fans remember longtime game show host Alex Trebek while watching Jeopardy!. Now, more will feel his incredible impact through a new center aiming to help people experiencing homelessness, struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse in Los Angeles. The Trebek family has announced that the new Trebek Center at the Hope of the […]

Buckle Up, there’s a new COVID-19 Variant in the U.S.

Business Insider reports that a new variant of COVID-19, which the World Health Organization (WHO) says could have the ability to evade the immunity people get from vaccines and previous infections, has been detected in almost every US state, according to data from epidemiology and genomic database Outbreak.info.  Insider’s Cheryl Teh reported the WHO noted in […]

Why Your Fall Allergies Feel Worse Than Usual

Over the past year and a half of the pandemic, you’ve probably spent more time indoors than you ever have before. But when you and many other people in the country start stepping out to enjoy the fall weather, don’t be surprised if your allergies feel worse than usual this year.  According to Yahoo Life, […]

Medical Doctor and CNN Medical Analyst takes on Joe Rogan over his COVID “nonsense therapeutic mix”

CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner laid into influential podcast host and comedian Joe Rogan on the Don Lemon Tonight CNN program last week. In an Instagram post earlier in the day, Rogan revealed that he is currently fighting COVID-19, and went on to list the multiple unproven or disproven drugs he took in an […]

It’s National Suicide Prevention Week, culminating with a special Facebook Live Event on September 10th

Cartoon graphic of two hands clasping for Suicide Prevention

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and this week, from September 5th through the 11th, is National Suicide Prevention Week.  The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has put together a lot of resources, walks, social media outlets, and even “Out of the Darkness Radio by Audacy” to help bring the topic out of the darkness […]

Research shows eating Walnuts can lower your Cholesterol

Walnuts are not only good for cooking – they are healthy nuts that can also help your heart. The discovery of the benefits of walnuts come from many clinical studies performed by various research institutions all over the world, including Loma Linda in 1993 and Harvard in 2002.  The results show consuming walnuts is beneficial in […]

FDA orders Three E-Cigarette makers to Pull Products from the Market

The Washington Post reports that the Food and Drug Administration has ordered three small e-cigarette manufacturers not to sell their flavored products, the first in a series of decisions that could imperil products sold by Juul and hundreds of other e-cigarette, hookah, cigar and pipe manufacturers. Under the FDA’s orders, the manufacturers – JD Nova […]