Chances are excellent you have experience with diabetes. It could be a family member afflicted or you yourself have developed the disease. Because of its growing prevalence, this is an illness most of us need to be familiar with. In the US, billions of dollars are spent in the care of this ...
At-home gut microbiome tests are trending, selling insights to the curious, empowerment to the chronically ill and a claimed path to longevity to the wellness-conscious. Private companies are offering tests, costing $100 to $500 or more, that promise a bacterial inventory of your ...
In just 9 days, on Friday, October 31st, we will have our annual celebration of Halloween in the USA. Of course, on Halloween, there will be many kids out doing their trick-or-treating, and will also be carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, visiting haunted attractions, sharing scary ...
LANSING – Microplastics are everywhere: in our water, our food and even our bodies. At under 5mm in size – smaller than a pencil eraser – microplastics are a significant source of pollution in the Great Lakes, according to the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration. The ...
NEW YORK (AP) — “Being bald is sexy. It’s an attitude. It’s a luxury. It’s a lifestyle.” That’s how Brennan Nevada Johnson, who shaved her head voluntarily 14 years ago, opens the video podcast she launched last November to celebrate the advantages of choosing a bald ...
(AP) — Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps patients manage pain after surgery. Along with medications, he offers tunes on ...