Not all diets best for heart-healthy weight loss
Even though weight loss comes down to a simple formula — eat fewer calories than you burn — dieters should exercise caution when choosing how to eat….
Category: Health & Fitness
How mRNA technology may transform medicine
You might be forgiven for thinking that synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines are a new technology. After all, the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19…
Artificial intelligence offers hope for better colon cancer detection
It’s one of the most common — and deadliest — cancers in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), colorectal (colon)…
Medication shows promise for meth addiction
Methamphetamine overdose deaths are surging nationwide, but two common medications may be useful for addiction treatment, according to Harvard Women’s…
Vaccine safe for heart patients
Heart attack survivors are at much greater risk of complications from the COVID-19 virus than they are from the vaccine, according to the American Heart…
Cannabis may impact fertility
Women who use marijuana could have a harder time conceiving than women who don’t, a study concludes. According to a study conducted by the National…
Melatonin may help sleep, but untested
You may have heard of melatonin’the popular supplement that supposedly helps you achieve sound, restful sleep without troubling side effects or next-day…
Skin Cancer Awareness Month: Learn to perform a self-check
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and it’s a great time to start or continue good skin health habits to protect yourself against skin cancer. According…
You can tame heartburn with a healthy lifestyle, study suggests
Five factors appear to prevent about 40 percent of symptoms of Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). That conclusion comes from a research letter…
Too good to be true: Choosing the most effective sunscreens
Beauty fanatics called it a holy grail product’ HG for short. It layered beautifully under makeup, moisturized the skin and didn’t cause acne breakouts….