Pet Care

How to Help your Cat Lose Weight – Fetch! Pet Care

Historically, before the advent of commercial pet foods, cats were sleek, agile, athletic and active felines. In contrast, most of today’s cats are disturbingly overweight, and many are dangerously obese. Risk factors include diabetes, cancer, hepatic lipidosis (fatty liver), arthritis, low energy, and rectal contamination from the inability of the cat to clean itself. When […]

Pet Care

Best Holiday Gifts For Your Pet – Fetch! Pet Care

The holidays are here and it feels like “the most wonderful time of the year”! This is a great opportunity to remember what is truly important, and our pets certainly make that list.  In honor of the pets we’ve put together a list of the best pet gifts, so you can show your pet just how […]

Kids Health

School Supplies You'll Want to Steal From Your Kids

Pin Back-to-school often means a shopping excursion specifically for, well, office supplies for kids. But too often, school supplies leave something to be desired. Boring composition notebooks, bland folders and run-of-the-mill markers probably run rampant at your local office supply store. After all, pencils and paper aren’t exactly beautiful food for the aesthetic soul — […]

Health News

Snap, Polish, Post: Why Selfies May Be Bad for Your Health

TUESDAY, Aug. 7, 2018 — Photo-editing tools that make people look more perfect online than in real life may be a health threat, medical experts warn. The tidal wave of altered photos on social media is changing perceptions of beauty. And that can trigger a preoccupation with appearance that leads to risky efforts to hide […]

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Eating crickets may benefit your gut health, scientists say

Lately, more and more scientists are becoming interested in insects. They, as well as nutrition-curious people, are asking whether we might be missing a trick by not enriching our diets with a handful of ants, or a cricket or two. A study published earlier this year found that insects are no harder to digest than […]

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How your immune system promotes friendly gut bacteria

They found that immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies released by the gut can alter how bacteria express their genes. This encourages the microorganisms to form communities that work together to defend against disease and safeguard the health of their “host.” Antibodies are involved in the immune response and have long been recognized as fighters of harmful […]

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Life Is Short After Dementia Diagnosis, No Matter Your Age

SUNDAY, July 22, 2018 — Your age doesn’t determine how long you’ll live after a dementia diagnosis, new research contends. “These findings suggest that, despite all efforts, and despite being younger and perhaps physically ‘healthier’ than older people, survival time in people with young-onset dementia has not improved since 2000,” said study author Dr. Hanneke […]

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How Trying to 'Have It All' Impacts Your Mental Health

As children, some people wanted to be movie stars and queens of the universe, to have pet unicorns and cloaks of invisibility — we could have it all because all we needed was the power of our imaginations. Now that we’re older, having it all looks a lot different. We balance the spinning plates of […]