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As has been the case each year since 2022, updated COVID-19 vaccines were released leading into the fall season, and the shots should be broadly available to people age 6 months and up. For the first time, however, the vaccines are not approved for all age groups, and the vaccines are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Bad BMI, cholesterol: One can still live long just by doing this one thing daily  The Times of India Cardiologist with 20 years of experience reveals the 1 anti-ageing tool to lower heart disease, diabetes risk by 50%  Hindustan Times High Aerobic Fitness Linked to Less Chronic Disease in Later Life  TCTMD.com A study by cardiologists shows that two years of exercise can …

The doc described potassium as a “magic” mineral. It removes excess sodium and relaxes the blood vessels. Thus, add more potassium to your diet in the form of spinach, beans, avocados, bananas and other healthy foods. Additionally, you can also opt for supplements after consulting a medical professional. Source link

For most people, living to 100 may feel out of reach. Yet what seems unachievable to many is actually a reality for the 101,000 centenarians who’ve made it to 2024, likely due to years of making healthy decisions, like avoiding certain foods and habits, in order to extend their lives. Besides the foods we eat, the drinks we consume also …

Scientists have developed a nanoparticle-based treatment that successfully reversed Alzheimer’s disease in mice. As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, the team co-led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain (IBEC), and West China Hospital, Sichuan University, developed bioactive “supramolecular drugs” that can proactively repair the blood-brain barrier. The barrier plays …

What we’ve learned about the psychology of narcissism over the past 30 years  PsyPost Source link

Nick TriggleHealth correspondent iStock/Getty Images Are you ill? If not, you probably know someone who is – or at the very least someone who has just recovered. Coughs and colds, it seems, are rampant at the moment. And, if the anecdotes of people I know are anything to go by, the bug going round seems to be a particularly nasty …

Image credits: Getty Images With the changing weather and declining immunity, flu season was expected to arrive in the coming months across the world. However, Japan has declared a nationwide flu outbreak, following a high rise in hospitalisations and school closures, leaving the public health system under pressure. Flu epidemic in Japan Image credits: Getty Images According to Japanese media …

1 of 2 | Endocrinologist Dr. Ralph DeFronzo describes diabetes as a “continuum.” Photo courtesy of UT San Antonio Health Science Center NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (UPI) — An epidemic of Type 2 diabetes continues to plague the United States, leading to calls for reassessing how the disease is diagnosed and treated, experts told UPI. As many as 1 in …

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, I have a skin condition where my mouth and chin are covered in painful bleeding sores. Recently, I’ve run out of medication to treat it, and for the first time in my two-year relationship, my girlfriend has seen the worst of it. She’s almost outright stopped talking to me since …