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When it comes to a long and joyous life who wouldn’t want to be able to add on a few more years? Increasing life expectancy allows many to enjoy their retirement and watch the children and grandchildren grow up. It’s common knowledge certain habits will deter this dream. Eating unhealthy foods, smoking, drinking excessively and not getting the adequate amount of exercise will […]
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(HealthDay)—Following implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), unemployed workers were less likely to be uninsured, and uninsurance rates decreased more in states with Medicaid expansion, according to a report from the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Anuj Gangopadhyaya, Ph.D., and Bowen Garrett, Ph.D., from the Urban Institute Health Policy Center, compared health insurance coverage for working-age […]
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He’s been doing all the grocery shopping, and Rebecca is sleeping in the guest room as an extra precaution, she says. The couple, like many others throughout the country, are practicing social distancing at home during the pandemic with their two youngest kids: Wynfrey, 17, and Isiah, 14. Crews says they’ve found ways to re-connect and step away from their […]
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Legislators throughout the nation are currently trying to slow the spread of the virus with “stay at home” orders. While the exact details of these regulations vary by location, the goal is the same: to reduce the rate of COVID-19 infection by requiring residents with non-essential jobs to stay in their homes, and only leave for necessary errands. President Donald […]
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Before they were banned about a half century ago, psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin showed promise for treating conditions including alcoholism and some psychiatric disorders. In a commentary publishing April 2 in the journal Cell, part of a special issue on medicine, researchers say it’s time for regulators, scientists, and the public to “revisit drugs that were once used […]
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Traditional Chinese and Western medicine diverge over the idea of what acupuncture accomplishes. Eastern medicine sees acupuncture as a way of balancing life energy or life force, otherwise known as qi, by inserting needles into specific points along “pathways” called meridians. Western acupuncturists, on the other hand, see the procedure as a way to “stimulate nerves, muscles, and connective tissue” […]
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The European League Against Rheumatism, EULAR, has published recommendations for the management of patients with Sjögren’s syndrome with topical and systemic therapies. The therapeutic management of Sjögren’s syndrome (SjS) has not changed substantially in recent decades: treatment decisions remain challenging in clinical practice, without a specific therapeutic target beyond the relief of symptoms as the most important goal. In view […]
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Coronavirus has hit many of us hard. And for care home residents, it’s been even more difficult and lonely as they can’t have any visitors. But some care homes have found brilliant ways to deal with the situation, like a massive game of Hungry Hippos which most of us now want to try out. And taking inspiration from that, another […]
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A six-week-old baby in Connecticut has died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont shared the news on Twitter Wednesday, confirming that the infant’s death is the first pediatric fatality in the state. Lamont also said that the baby is one of the youngest to die “anywhere” from COVID-19 complications. “It is with heartbreaking sadness […]
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Nausea is a very common condition, and isn’t usually anything to worry about. But, you can help to get rid of the annoyance by simply adding supplements to your daily routine. Feeling sick affects more than half of all people at least once every year. It can be caused by a number of different conditions, including food poisoning, acid reflux, […]
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