You want to stay healthy. How do you do that? By eating well and staying active, of course. Exercise and nutrition are widely recognized as the pillars of a healthy life. Yet, sleep is too often overlooked as another central part of your health. The truth is that sleep is vital to well-being, mood, and […]
Postmenopausal women who consumed more plant-based protein have a lower risk of premature death, cardiovascular disease, and dementia-related death, according to a study published online in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers compared types of protein intake with mortality for more than 100,000 post-menopausal women from the Women’s Health Initiative. Those who consumed the most […]
It’s inevitable that when kids mix — returning from camp or heading back to school — germs spread. And in a pandemic year fueled by the delta variant, some of those germs may cause COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advice for keeping your child protected from this highly contagious version of […]
People with type 2 diabetes diagnosed during youth have a high risk of developing complications at early ages and have a greater chance of multiple complications within 15 years after diagnosis. The findings are the culmination of a first-of-its-kind trial funded largely by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the […]
KEY POINTS Fully vaccinated people are still getting infected with Covid, though to a much lesser extent than unvaccinated people. No Covid vaccine is 100% effective but immunization greatly reduces the risk of hospitalization and death. Variants have posed a challenge to the effectiveness of Covid vaccines but whether booster shots will be needed is […]
