By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 — Racial disparities in breast cancer survival have narrowed in recent years, but Black women with the disease still have double the death rate of white women. That’s according to a study that tracked breast cancer trends in Florida between 1990 and 2015. Overall, deaths from… Read More »
SUNDAY, Sept. 20, 2020 — Nearly 6 in 10 U.S. parents say their children don’t get enough sleep on school nights, an American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) survey finds. It included more than 1,000 parents across the country with children between ages 5 and 18. Parents reported that early school start times (40%), homework… Read More »
With the heatwave in full swing, dehydration symptoms are imminent. Doctor Naomi Newman-Beinart gives us the lowdown on the importance of H2O and why we should be drinking more of it It is sweltering in the U.K. right now and we are not a country that is prepared for this kind of heat. Am I… Read More »
Quite rightly we’ve been concentrating on saving the lives of thousands of people threatened by Covid right through the pandemic. But with numbers of new cases falling, hospital beds emptying, and figures of those who’ve died reassuringly descending, it’s time to turn our attention to those stalwart people who did survive and concentrate on their… Read More »
Masturbation (Photo Credits: Unsplash) Q. Like many other couples, I am stuck at home with my partner. While I should be having a lot more sex these days because of all the extra time, we are not doing it enough. In fact, we had more sex before lockdown and when things were normal. This makes… Read More »
Even six feet of separation might be too close for comfort in the new norm of COVID-19. Using a special “cough chamber,” Ontario scientists measured how far and fast influenza particles can be propelled through the air in a cough jet. According to the study, when a human infected with seasonal flu coughs in the… Read More »
Learn how to increase your zinc intake naturally. If you’ve been fighting seasonal health issues this winter, you’ve probably noticed that many over the counter remedies for coughs and colds include the ingredient zinc. Research has shown that this nutrient may prove beneficial when it comes to keeping you well, promoting a strong immune response,… Read More »