Exercise is free medicine for your brain
The exercise pill: How exercise keeps your brain healthy and protects it against depression and anxiety
Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
As with many other physicians, recommending...
Diabetes Diet, Eating, & Physical Activity
National Institutes of Health
Nutrition and physical activity are important parts of a healthy lifestyle when you have diabetes. Along with other benefits, following a...
Stress hormones linked to changes in weight
Unwanted weight gain or weight loss during the pandemic? Blame your stress hormones
Lina Begdache, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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If you have...
Tracking your heart rate?
Anne R. Crecelius, University of Dayton
The rise of wearable fitness trackers has increased the number of people monitoring their heart rate, both throughout the...
mRNA Vaccines May Pack More Persistent Punch Against COVID-19 Than Thought
Dr. Francis Collins - National Institutes of Health
Many people, including me, have experienced a sense of gratitude and relief after receiving the new COVID-19...
COVID-19 can cause lasting lung damage
3 ways long COVID patients’ respiration can suffer
Jeffrey M. Sturek, University of Virginia and Alexandra Kadl, University of Virginia
“I just can’t do what I used...
Do I need a booster shot if I got the Johnson...
Do I need a booster shot if I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine? A virologist answers 5 questions
Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology
For people...
COVID-19 rapid tests can breed confusion
COVID-19 rapid tests can breed confusion – here’s how to make sense of the results and what to do, according to 3 testing experts
Nathaniel Hafer,...
The 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine helps unravel mysteries about how...
Steven D. Munger, University of Florida
Humans rely on our senses to tell us about the world. Which way is that waterfall? Is it day...
World Sickle Cell Day – June 19th
World Sickle Cell Day
This World Sickle Cell Day (observed every year on June 19), find new stories and resources about sickle cell disease!
Sickle cell...
