Category: Health & Wellness

Working Out at home these days? Here’s how to set up your very own “Home Gym”

The global COVID-19 pandemic isn’t just closing your office and favorite restaurants – gyms, spas and recreation centers throughout the U.S. have been shuttered as well as local, state and federal governments try to stifle the spread of the coronavirus.  Even if you don’t consider yourself a gym rat, you may be desperate to get […]

Dr. Anthony Fauci separates COVID-19 Fact from Fiction with Trevor Noah

Dr. Anthony Fauci — director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — spoke with Trevor Noah about the various misconceptions surrounding the coronavirus and the path forward on The Daily Home Distancing Show Thursday. The interview started with Fauci describing how COVID-19 is different from every other medical emergency he’s worked on, […]

How to Clean your Home to Protect Yourself and Others

The COVID-19 virus probably has you spending just about all of your time at home these days, so it’s important to expand your preventive measures beyond hand-washing to actively disinfect surfaces throughout your home – including those that are touched often but frequently overlooked in cleaning.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that […]

Picking up a Pingpong paddle may benefit people with Parkinson’s

Pingpong may hold promise as a possible form of physical therapy for Parkinson’s disease. People with Parkinson’s who participated in a pingpong exercise program once a week for six months showed improvement in their Parkinson’s symptoms, according to a preliminary study released today that is scheduled to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s […]

Seasonal Allergies or COVID-19? Here’s how you can tell the Difference

You’re sneezing, nose running, maybe a little congested, eyes burning.  Under normal circumstances, you’d probably reach for the antihistamine.  But because the COVID-19 outbreak overlaps with Spring allergy season, it can be difficult to determine if you are getting sick or just experiencing seasonal allergies. Dr. Sanjiv Sur, an allergist at Baylor College of Medicine, […]

Ideas to help you stay Fit and Healthy while Social Distancing and Self-Isolating

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has swooped on us, and over the course of a few short weeks upended lives and completely changed how we work, socialize, and interact. Many, either through choice or through contact with the novel coronavirus, are spending a lot more time at home. Being home is great, but it is crucial […]

Is Ibuprofen OK To Use For Coronavirus Symptoms?

There’s a lot of advice floating around about the novel coronavirus and how to limit the spread of the pandemic. Some of it is good, but some of it is just really, really terrible. One question that has come up is whether ibuprofen or other anti-inflammatory drugs are safe to use for symptoms of COVID-19, […]

Lady Gaga Works Her Butt Off, and It Shows

Leading up to the release of Lady Gaga’s long-awaited sixth album, Chromatica, the “Stupid Love” singer posed naked for the cover of Paper magazine, showing off her stupidly toned butt. The publication’s cover story explained how the photoshoot went down, with Gaga noting the importance of feeling safe and in control on set. “I consent […]

Here’s The Difference Between Coronavirus And COVID-19

A lot can be confusing during a pandemic, including the virus names and the language we use to talk about the disease itself.  Many media reports and people have used “coronavirus” and “COVID-19″ interchangeably. But one is actually a subset of the other. Here’s what you should know about the difference between coronavirus and COVID-19, […]

WHO declares Coronavirus a Pandemic — here’s what that means

The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on Wednesday, clarifying weeks of confusion over whether or not it constituted one. “We expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths and the number of affected countries, climb, even higher,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, told reporters […]