Lifestyle
How IoT for Senior Care Promotes Autonomy and Social Inclusion
Healthcare IoT can help older people become less isolated by providing them with multi-level connectivity and a number of socialization channels.
How to Make Managing Diabetes a Good Habit
Although there is no cure for diabetes, there are new tools available to help make managing diabetes a good habit.
What You Need to Know About MRSA and What to Do About It
Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA) infections can be difficult to treat because the bacteria are resistant to many different antibiotics.
Overwhelmed After a Serious Diagnosis? Think Travel
There's a lot think after a serious diagnosis (treatments, doctors' visits & health insurance), but one thing you may want to add is planning some travel.
Is ‘No Pain, No Gain’ Good or Bad When It Comes to Exercise?
We’ve all heard the old adage, ‘no pain, no gain’, when it comes to exercise but could this phrase be doing more harm than good?
Women's Health
Gestational Carrier 101 – What You Need to Know
A gestational-carrier arrangement occurs when intended parents (or donors) supply the egg & sperm but a non-related person carries the pregnancy.
Three Rare Skin Cancers You Should Know About
These rare skin cancers are important to know about because they may be mistaken for other more benign conditions delaying their diagnosis.
How Important is Sleep for Women’s Health?
Current research on sleep and women's health sheds light on how women can protect their health by changing specific sleeping habits.
What You Need To Know About Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Recurrent pregnancy loss can be devastating for couples trying to start their families. Here is what you need to know about the causes and treatment.
8 Yoga Poses Every Woman Should Practice
\Yoga can benefit women at every phase of their lives. Here are eight Yoga poses that every woman should practice for better health and mental energy.
Access to the internet has expanded our children’s horizons but also has downsides. Screen time should be limited for their physical & emotional health.
Alyssa Klemm was born with biliary atresia, a condition that almost always requires a liver transplant. Now in college, she is passionate about organ donation.
High glucose levels found in people with Type 2 diabetes are only one part of the complex molecular biology that causes diabetic complications. Lowering glucose levels without addressing the other issues will not prevent cardiovascular complications.
Muscle mass plays a huge role in predicting health outcomes. Studies show that people with less muscle mass had more surgical and post-operative complications, longer hospital stays, lower physical function, poorer quality of life and overall lower survival.
Highlights from the 2018 American Nutrition Association meeting on Personalized Nutrition includes advances in science as well as clinical applications.
Exercise induces epigenetic changes that increase BDNF, a protein that keeps neurons healthy and improves cognitive function.
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