Busy people with busy lives can become overtired and the result has far-reaching implications for all activities at home and at work. According to the National...
The Centers for Disease Control described five cases of a rare pneumonia in its newsletter June 5, 1981. The next month the CDC found a rare...
High levels of vitamin D might boost muscle strength, a British study suggests. Researchers at the University of Birmingham found that people with higher levels of...
How to avoid ticks * Don’t walk in tall grass and leaf piles. Stay on trails when hiking. * Use a repellent that contains 20 percent...
How many times have you found yourself driving or doing something routine and realized you had no idea what just happened? Autopilot can make some routine...
You feel the tension creeping up your spine. Heart begins to pound. Anxiety. Do you need to pop a pill to stop it? Or maybe what...
MATTHEWS, N.C. – The McCain Foods USA company is voluntarily recalling frozen hash browns from stores in nine states – including Virginia – because the potatoes may...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on Thursday, along with Conagra Brands Inc. issued a public health alert for its Banquet Chicken...
The Tooth Fairy is more generous than ever before, according to the annual Delta Dental survey of magical payments. Cash payouts average $4.66, a 75 cent...
One hundred objects have shaped public health and safety for the last 100 years, says Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health. On its Global Health Now...
According to wellandgood.com, high intensity workouts aren’t disappearing, but there is a new focus on good habits, recovery classes, and self-care products that reduce injury and...
So-called tech tattoos could soon monitor your health, control objects or even give you a drunk test. These are not permanent ink tattoos (at least not...
Some historians believe that the traditional handshake originates as far back as the 5th century BC. Most think though that the gesture began in medieval times...
A negative outlook can set in whether it’s caused by a stressful event, a job situation or by too much routine, which may mean few events...
Changes in lifestyle can help manage type 2 diabetes, while lifting overall health and energy. Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition; the body becomes less...
Early birds might get all the praise, but night owls stay sharp longer. So says one study that seems to contradict the social approval for people...
Type 2 Diabetes is a condition where the body becomes ineffective at removing sugar (glucose) from the blood stream. About 95 percent cases of diabetes are...
Beet juice really does have some health benefits. A 2015 study in the journal Hypertension reported that one cup of beet juice daily lowers blood pressure....
In states that have legalized cannabis, the use of the drug has become commonplace in households. But in households with children, a troubling new problem in...
Type 2 diabetes, mostly a lifestyle disease, is increasingly being diagnosed in children. In the first decade of this century, the number of children in the...
A spa and infrared sauna in Bali? Tai-chi, meditation and yoga in Portugal? Whatever takes your fancy, in 2017, there is probably a wellness retreat that...
A new report cautions that cannabis can cause breathing problems and depression, while the drug does have some useful effects. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering...
Poison Centers are your lifeline in an emergency Millions of people use the services of a poison center when faced with a poisoning emergency. Set up...
Retired Air Force veteran Victor Parker, a Shenandoah County resident, knows first-hand that mental illnesses such as depression and bipolar disorder can be isolating. The Shepherd...
The bite of lone star tick can cause an allergy to red meat, according to The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The tick exposes people...
It might be best to take your blood pressure in both arms. According to a study published in Clin Exp Hypertens 2016, a large difference in...
The American Heart Association (2016) recommends these five steps to give yourself the best chance at recovery from a heart attack. Take any prescribed medication. Follow...
After decades of dramatic progress, the death rate for heart disease has begun to show a slight increase. The death rate for heart disease has been...
Heart attacks don’t just take a physical toll, they also leave emotional wounds in both the survivor and the family. It may require time for the...
The National Institutes of Health is putting some serious research muscle into efforts to learn more about a condition that is, to some, considered controversial. The...