Doctors urge patients to get their flu shots now The flu season normally starts towards the end of the fall, but seasonal influenza is reportedly starting much earlier this year. Fox News’ Dr. Manny Alvarez sits down with a Harvard Medical School doctor to discuss everything you need to know about this year’s flu season. […]
Drugs: 80 per cent co-payment is due
Despite the billions in record savings with discount contracts to health insurers to rid their Insured only in one out of five discount medicines from payment. The show current calculations by the German pharmacists Association (DAV) at the beginning of the year. Accordingly, since 1. January 2020 exempt only 4.989 of 23.564 discount drugs (21.2 […]
Gene therapy shown to offer long-term benefits for people with Haemophilia A
A breakthrough gene therapy treatment for Haemophilia A has been shown to offer long-term benefits that have already transformed the lives of 13 men in the UK. Clinical researchers led by Professor John Pasi from Queen Mary University of London first announced in 2017 that 85% of men treated with a single infusion of a […]
A New Study Says Intermittent Fasting Might Help You Live Longer
One of the most often debated wellness trends of the last decade has been about intermittent fasting: Does it work? Does it foster healthy thinking about food and nutrition? A new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that people who intermittent fast are seeing benefits in fighting heart disease, cancer, neurological […]
A breakfast fit for making your New Year’s resolutions
(HealthDay)—New Year’s Day is typically when you vow to start a new diet to take off any weight you put on over the holidays or have been carrying. This year, make your resolutions attainable—slight changes that improve health without making impossible-to-meet demands on yourself. If you enjoyed yourself last night, New Year’s Day morning is […]
The man with a five-inch HORN sticking out of his back due to cancer
Man has a five-inch ‘dragon’ HORN removed from his back after it turned out to be skin cancer that he ignored for three years The giant cutaneous horn is a build-up of skin and hair protein, called keratin It was the result of a common cancer called a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) Sun exposure is a […]
Can a lunchtime laser blast banish the curse of snoring?
Can a pain-free lunchtime laser blast to the throat banish the curse of snoring? A new treatment that targets the throat is being hailed as a snoring solution The procedure uses laser pulses to stiffen and strengthen the back of the mouth The treatment claims to reduce snoring by between 40 and 60% in a […]
There's Now a "Parenting Calculator" to Quantify Your Household Labor
In 2019, the ongoing battle for equal emotional labor between heterosexual partners is one of the most contested feminist debates. In other words, most women are tired of carrying the burden of solving problems at home and at work while men only carry the latter. In Harper’s Bazaar’s viral 2017 essay, Women Aren’t Nags — […]
Wait, Is The Whole 'Skinny Fat' Concept Actually A Real Thing?
The term “skinny fat” gets thrown around a lot these days, but it sounds a little backwards and confusing…right? And let’s face it: The term itself is loaded, contradictory, and shame-y. But metabolism and weight-management experts admit that it does describe a very real health issue. People who might be described as “skinny fat” are […]
Hate exercise? Small increases in physical activity can make a big difference
A new year typically brings new resolutions. While making resolutions is easy, sticking with them is not. Exercise-related resolutions consistently make the top 10 list, but up to 80% of resolutions to be healthier, including promises to exercise more, are tossed aside by February. You know physical activity is good for you. But, that isn’t […]