How to save your back and your heart but still shovel the snow
The white stuff drifting down is beautiful. But you have to get rid of it, and start getting rid of it very soon. Shoveling snow is a physically demanding…
Category: Health & Fitness
Study: Vaping has immediate negative health effects
New research presented recently at the Radiological Society of North America’s annual conference showed that e-cigarette users experience immediate…
Alzheimer’s drug trial halted
Texas-based biotechnology firm Cassava Sciences has halted an advanced clinical trial for the experimental Alzheimer’s drug simufilam after it failed to…
Weight loss drugs may help lower cancer risk
Drugs in the GLP-1 agonist class such as Ozempic and Wegovy have already transformed diabetes and obesity treatment, and now researchers say that they may…
More deadly heart attacks occur on Christmas and New Year’s Day
Strange, but evidently true: Deadly heart attacks spike during the holidays. According to a study published in Circulation, the journal of the American…
How to avoid holiday weight gain
From November to New Year’s, we are likely to be socializing and, according to both conventional wisdom and even some science, we are going to gain…
American Stroke Association releases updated guidelines
The American Stroke Association has updated its Guideline for the Primary Prevention of Stroke, adding new recommendations for clinicians and patients….
Physicians question widespread use of gabapentin
Gabapentin has become one of the nation’s most commonly prescribed drugs in recent years, and some physicians are calling for greater scrutiny. According…
Food recalls impact popular chain restaurants
Raw onions have been identified as the culprit in a recent E. coli outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in at least ten states and caused one…
New flu vaccines ready but one form of the virus is gone
The 2024-2025 flu vaccine will protect against three influenza viruses, which is unusual since previous vaccines worked against four viruses. But it seems…