Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Family physician Maxwell Self is doing his same old job for a new employer. For two decades he was a doctor with Mercy Hospital. But when Mercy packed up and left, a federally qualified health center moved to town — into the hospital building itself — and […]
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They Work in Several Nursing Homes to Eke Out a Living, Possibly Spreading the Virus
To make ends meet, Martha Tapia works 64 hours a week at two Orange County, California, nursing homes. She is one of thousands of certified nursing assistants who perform the intimate and physical work of bathing, dressing and feeding the nation’s fragile elderly. “We do everything for them. Everything you do for yourself, you have […]
LOL! Why Kristen Bell Says She Has ‘Officially Failed as a Parent'
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard may not be comfortable with sharing photos of their daughters, Lincoln and Delta, but the couple have been more than forthcoming about their experiences as parents. Scroll to revisit every time the pair delivered a dose of real talk about raising kids. In order to view the gallery, please allow […]
A Doctor Explains What it Means if You Get Tired After You Poop
We all have embarrassing health-related questions that just need to be answered. And chances are, more than half have to do with poop. Here’s one you may have pondered more than once while on your porcelain throne: Why am I so dang tired after I poop? Well, thankfully Dr. Sameer Islam is here to answer […]
Nearly 1 in 3 women who missed a smear test didn’t go because of coronavirus
Today marks the beginning of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, so it’s a good time to think about screenings. New research by The Eve Appeal, a gynaecological cancer charity, shows that Covid-19 has stopped women from getting a smear test. Over the last 12 months, 28% of women haven’t attended their screening despite receiving their invitation. […]
Discovery of a new form of a brain protein has clinical implications
A new study by University at Buffalo researchers has revealed that the absence of a single interaction within a brain receptor reduces its activity. The discovery advances the understanding of how certain brain diseases arise, and could lead to developing precision medicines for treating them. The study was published Dec. 31 in Proceedings of the […]
How a Fitness Instructor Recovers From COVID
I’ve been a healthy, active fitness instructor for the past 20 years, but on July 1, I woke up sick, and thought it was COVID. After some trouble getting tested, it came back positive. I kept getting weaker and had trouble breathing, and a nurse friend convinced me to go to the ER. I didn’t […]
From gummies to a tracker app, which is the best for IBS?
Boost your gut feeling: From a tummy massager to gummies and a tracker app, which is the best for IBS? Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects one in ten adults in the UK, causing bloating, diarrhoea, constipation and cramps. There is no one cause — which is why it’s notoriously difficult to treat — but triggers […]
How Olympic Wrestler Jordan Burroughs Became a Family Man in 2020
This article originally appeared in the December 2020 issue of Men’s Health. JORDAN BURROUGHS, the 2012 Olympic wrestling champion was ready for Tokyo, but then COVID-19 pushed the 2020 Olympics to 2021 (which even now seems … hopeful?). That’s when Burroughs went full-blown Dad. Wrestling gives me purpose. So it was depressing, honestly, for the […]
Health systems rush to use tech to tackle the coronavirus: A roundup of provider news 2020
Last New Year’s Eve, the first COVID-19 case was reported in Wuhan China. Since then the virus has spread all over the world. Today over 70 million coronavirus cases have been reported and nearly 1.6 million deaths associated with the virus, according to the World Health Organization. By February health systems were quickly responding and rethinking […]