With the elections coming shortly, many veterans are looking closely at what President Trump is doing for veterans. In February of 2020, the President signed into law an act known as the STEM Careers Act, which is good news for vets looking to study, but many older veterans have questions about the VA and health-related [...]
Every Year we celebrate Men’s Health Month to help heighten awareness of preventable health problems and encourage men to seek regular medical advice and early treatment for diseases and injuries. Why is this something we think is important? Men statistically have more health problems and die younger than women. Check out some of these statistics: [...]
TThe awareness week aimed at promoting self-health awareness by encouraging regular check-ups, educating about the signs and symptoms of heart failure, providing information on diet and exercise, and stressing the importance of regular screenings. Heart failure is the condition in which heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body’s need and it [...]
Gwyneth Paltrow landed on Netflix on January 24. However, it was not to present anything like Shakespeare in Love, The Talented Mr. Ripley, or Iron Man. In her new docuseries The goop lab we can see her in her most magnificent role. Yes, the great platform for online series and movies has given her [...]
Adults who want to decrease their risk of developing dementia in their elderly years may benefit from socializing during middle age, according to a new study out of University College London. The researchers used data on more than 10,000 adult participants that had been gathered between 1985 and 2013. After looking at both cognitive test [...]
In a bid to rest the debate on what comes first - smartphone addiction or depression - a new study has found that young people who are hooked on to their smartphones may be at an increased risk of depression and loneliness. A growing body of research has identified a link between smartphone dependency and [...]
Controversial international research on the consumption of red and processed meat claims that the multiple studies that have pointed to the health hazard of these products have not been sufficiently substantiated for decades. The researchers, who published their findings in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, conclude that the health benefits of reducing the consumption [...]
If we were given the possibility of eliminating pain from our lives, we would accept without hesitation. Crass mistake. Pain is nothing more than a signal produced by our nervous system to tell us that we are suffering some damage: the wounds do not hurt on a whim, they hurt that we realize that we [...]
The 6 Steps to Changing Habits When you start something new, it's normal that you don't know where to start. There are usually things you can do, things you want to do, and things you have to do. It's important to start at that point: in the things you have to do. These steps are [...]
Exercising on a daily basis can counteract the harmful effects that both inactivity and excess food and drink so common at these dates have on short-term health, according to a study conducted by the University of Bath (UK) published in The Journal of Physiology. Previous research has shown that a weekend with much higher calorie [...]
