by Caroline C. Boyle If you’re after a nutrient-dense breakfast, boiled eggs are a quick and easy way to pack in a few essential nutrients –from antioxidants to B vitamins to choline. Because you’re not adding extra oils or fats into the cooking process, boiled eggs are considered to be one of the healthiest kinds of eggsContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: Are boiled eggs good for you? Here’s what experts have to say.”
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Healthcare Awareness Mondays: Scientists just figured out how many chemicals enter our bodies from food packaging
A new study details the chemicals finding their way into human bodies from contact with food. by Shannon Osaka Shrink-wrap sealed around a piece of raw meat. Takeout containers filled with restaurant leftovers. Plastic bottles filled with soft drinks. These are just a few types of food packaging that surround humans every day. And a new study released MondayContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: Scientists just figured out how many chemicals enter our bodies from food packaging”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: Changing Your Diet and Lifestyle May Slow Down Alzheimer’s
by Alice Park By Alice Park June 7, 2024 6:00 AM EDT Lately, the biggest news in Alzheimer’s has been around a new drug treatment that can slow cognitive decline by nearly 30% among people in the early stages of the disease. In coming months, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to make a decision aboutContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: Changing Your Diet and Lifestyle May Slow Down Alzheimer’s”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 12 Surprising Things That Can Raise Your Blood Pressure
It’s not just salt and stress — foods, drinks, drugs and other factors can affect your numbers by Rachel Nania and Nicole Pajer People who watch their blood pressure are generally familiar with the more common factors that can cause their numbers to spike — salt and stress, for example. But a handful of unsuspected foods,Continue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 12 Surprising Things That Can Raise Your Blood Pressure”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: The Warning Signs of a Stroke
by Kim Painter. This article is medically reviewed by Shruthi N, MD. When you have a stroke, your brain suddenly stops getting the blood and oxygen it needs. The most common cause is a blocked artery in your brain. Strokes also can be caused by bleeding in the brain, which not only disrupts normal blood flow,Continue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: The Warning Signs of a Stroke”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: What Is Silent Reflux?
by Kimberly Goad Many people are familiar with heartburn — that painful burning sensation in the chest, brought on by acid reflux. About 1 in 5 adults experiences frequent acid reflux, also known as GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease. What you may not know is GERD has a stealthy, lesser-known cousin that can also inflict misery,Continue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: What Is Silent Reflux?”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: A Simple Blood Test for Alzheimer’s? ‘It’s Not That Far Away’
Doctors could soon have a new tool to help them diagnose the most common form of dementia by Rachel Nania A new study adds to a growing sense of optimism that doctors could soon have a faster, simpler and more affordable way to tell if a patient’s symptoms of memory loss and confusion are causedContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: A Simple Blood Test for Alzheimer’s? ‘It’s Not That Far Away’ “
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: What to know about cheaper, imitation weight-loss drugs
Off-brand versions of GLP-1 weight loss drugs made by compounding pharmacies are often more accessible, but not without risks. by Daniel Gilbert and Teddy Amenabar The pitch is all over social media and irresistible for many people desperate to lose weight: Get an imitation version of pricey, hard-to-find drugs like Ozempic or Mounjaro for a fraction ofContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: What to know about cheaper, imitation weight-loss drugs”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: What causes migraines? Study of ‘brain blackout’ offers clues
The blinding headaches are poorly understood — a mouse study suggests that the content of spinal fluid is a trigger for pain. by Miryam Naddaf For one billion people worldwide, the symptoms can be debilitating: throbbing head pain, nausea, blurred vision and fatigue that can last for days. But how brain activity triggers these severest of headachesContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: What causes migraines? Study of ‘brain blackout’ offers clues”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 6 Good Habits That Might Cause Premature Aging
When does something healthy become unhealthy? When you do it too much, to the exclusion of other choices by Leslie Goldman Like most of us, you’ve probably been hit over the head for the past few years with the “power of habits”: the idea that locking in some simple, healthy everyday behaviors will set youContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 6 Good Habits That Might Cause Premature Aging”
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