The next phase in America's "Great Resignation" is shaping up to be a huge problem for U.S. access to medical care.
You've probably heard the phrase, "everything in moderation" associated with consuming junk food. It can also hold true for certain superfoods like spinach, almonds, and raspberries. Many people may believe that if a food is good for us, then eating a lot of it is even better. However, in some cases, too much of a good thing can be bad.
Heart disease is America's leading cause of death, accounting for 20 percent of all fatalities. In fact, the CDC estimates one person dies every 34 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease.
When she was 33 years old, Kim Dolan Leto was crowned champion of ESPN's fitness America competition. Soon, she was on the cover of nearly every fitness magazine. You may think that she was the picture of health at that time. The truth is, Kim was going down a dangerous road.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has announced that his office has launched a multi-agency investigation into the Washington University Pediatric Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Whether we're worried about the cost of living, anxious over daily disappointments like traffic jams, or overwhelmed by negative thoughts, stress can prove toxic to our bodies. Medical research increasingly points to the ill health effects that can be triggered by chronic, sustained stress, such as a heightened risk for obesity, heart disease, diabetes, depression, and dementia.
Shoveling snow may seem like an ordinary chore, but it can be more dangerous than most other tasks we do around the house or yard. In fact, shoveling snow leads to thousands of injuries and approximately 100 deaths in the U.S. each year. Many of those deaths are from heart attacks.
A molecular biologist in Germany has announced he is creating a fully functional artificial womb and claims that in a few "short years" it would replace traditional birth.
Scientists believe two-thirds of all cancers are caused by bad choices such as smoking, tanning beds, not exercising and the granddaddy of them all: a poor diet.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have announced a safety monitoring system that has flagged a concern for ischemic stroke in people ages 65 and older who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent.