Stay on top of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Stay on top of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter A finance manager who lost her mother to uterine cancer in her mid-twenties and later developed cervical cancer herself said she … Read more
This story is part of 12 days of tipsso you can make the most of your technology, home and health during the holiday season. Are you sleeping enough? Experts recommend 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night. Quality rest helps us promote a healthier mind and body as it can affect mood, knowledge retention, … Read more
To an unknown eye, the press release from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health two weeks ago looked rather routine. The language may have been a little unnerving, but carefully worded: Analysts had discovered a resident with a type of gonorrhea who showed “impaired response to multiple antibiotics,” but that person — and a second … Read more
Monica Monfre Scantlebury, who discovered she had the BRCA1 genetic mutation in 2017, in St. Paul, Minn., on Jan. 27, 2022. (Jenn Ackerman/The New York Times) There is no reliable screening test for ovarian cancer, so doctors urge women with a high genetic risk for the disease to have their ovaries and fallopian tubes removed … Read more
Cold weather is a challenge in itself, with travel disruptions, snow and ice making even the simplest tasks take twice as long. But winter also poses a risk to the physical health of those at higher risk of heart attack, angina or high blood pressure, because of the way the body reacts to the cold. … Read more
Natasha Robinson has long struggled with high glucose, insulin and A1C levels, causing her to gain weight and become extremely fatigued. The 37-year-old from Dallas took the diabetes drug metformin for years, but saw no progress. So as someone who works in higher education and has in-laws who are pharmacists, Robinson took matters into his … Read more
Imagine you are a virologist. You’re researching monkeypox, and in an effort to better understand what genes make monkeypox deadly, you take genetic components from one of the clades of monkeypox that’s more deadly and components from a clade that’s less deadly but more transmissible. (Because you’re a virologist, you know that a clade is … Read more
Lunch your way to better gut health with these RD-approved ideas. As more research emerges, we’re discovering more about the extent to which gut health and overall health are linked. The health of the gut microbiome is connected to so many different facets of our health and well-being beyond just digestion, and is in turn … Read more
This article has been updated with more expert insight since its initial publication date. While some weight gain isn’t all bad and is sometimes even necessary for our health, visceral fat is another matter. This type of fat, experts warn, is not seen with the naked eye and wraps deep in the body around the … Read more
Hypertension is sometimes referred to as a “silent killer” and feared by many. According to the 2017 American Heart Association guidelines, when blood pressure is measured during a calm, non-agitated state and reads high more than three times within two consecutive weeks, a person is considered to be suffering from high blood pressure (hypertension). Once … Read more
