Interested in diabetes drugs for weight loss? Eight reasons to think carefully before starting semaglutide injections, also known as Wegovy or Ozempic. by Katie Kerwin McCrimmon, UCHealth If you’re interested in losing weight, perhaps your ears perked up when Jimmy Kimmel cracked a joke during his opening monologue at this year’s Academy Awards. “Everybody looks so great,”Continue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: Wegovy vs. Ozempic: The truth about new ‘weight-loss’ drugs”
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Healthcare Awareness Monday: The Common Winter Chore That Can Trigger a Heart Attack.
Unless you’re in great shape, it’s probably best to let someone else shovel the sidewalk by Michelle Crouch ’Tis the season for snowstorms, freezing rain and chilling winds in many areas of the country. But if you’re an older adult, you should think twice before digging yourself out of winter’s wrath, health experts say, especiallyContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Monday: The Common Winter Chore That Can Trigger a Heart Attack.”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: A Cancer Vaccine? Scientists are Working on It
by Adam Piore As cancer researchers expand the frontiers of their understanding of the basic science of cancer, biotech companies are using what they’ve already learned to mobilize the human immune system against cancer. One of the most exciting developments are cancer vaccines. Scientists are using artificial intelligence to identify mutations in cancerous tumors thatContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: A Cancer Vaccine? Scientists are Working on It”
Healthcare Awareness: Surprising Foods Contain Nutrient That Improves Immune Response to Cancer
BY Pandora Dewan When it comes to cancer, red meat is often thought to be the bad guy. But new research from the University of Chicago has shown that a nutrient found in red meat and dairy products may support our body’s ability to infiltrate and fight off cancer cells. The nutrient in question isContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness: Surprising Foods Contain Nutrient That Improves Immune Response to Cancer”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 14 Essential Facts You Need to Know About Alkaline Water
If you have done any research about drinking water, chances are you have come across the term alkaline water. Alkaline water is also referred to as ionized water. In order to be considered alkaline water the pH level of the water has to be more than 7. The main reason that people choose to drinkContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 14 Essential Facts You Need to Know About Alkaline Water”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: Health Panel: Adults Under 65 Should Be Screened for Anxiety
Doctors should be checking for the common mental health condition by Rachel Nania If you’re under 65, your next check-up could include a new screening — one for anxiety. A panel of medical experts is, for the first time, recommending that adults under the age of 65 get screened annually by their primary care physician for theContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: Health Panel: Adults Under 65 Should Be Screened for Anxiety”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 8 Ways to Get More Energy Fast.
Healthy tricks for quickly getting a boost when you feel tired by Beth Howard According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 15 percent of women and 10 percent of men in the United States regularly feel tired or exhausted. But there’s often a simple solution. “Your energy level during the day couldContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 8 Ways to Get More Energy Fast.”
Healthcare Mondays: How to Treat 11 Top Vision Problems
From floaters and flashes to dryness and sharp pain — know what symptoms may signal a bigger problem by Jessica Migala, AARP You may think that recent changes in your vision are just another sign you’re getting older. That may not be so. Although nearly half the people who struggle with a visual disability areContinue reading “Healthcare Mondays: How to Treat 11 Top Vision Problems”
Healthcare Mondays: 10 Condions that Doctors Often Miss
Cancers, heart attack, stroke top misdiagnosis list. Here’s what patients can do by Rachel Nania Colorectal cancer, lung cancer and breast cancer are the three most frequently missed diagnoses in outpatient clinics and academic medical centers, a January 2022 study published in JAMA Network Open found. Heart attack and prostate cancer round out the top five. Combing through dataContinue reading “Healthcare Mondays: 10 Condions that Doctors Often Miss”
Deadly fungal infection spreading at an alarming rate, CDC says
by Linda Carroll The fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris, or C. auris, can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems. A drug-resistant and potentially deadly fungus has been spreading rapidly through U.S. health care facilities, a new government study finds. The fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris, orContinue reading “Deadly fungal infection spreading at an alarming rate, CDC says”
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