It’s chilly and flu season. Meaning you’re very possible surrounded by a symphony of coughs and sniffling noses — for those who’re not actively coughing your self. And whether or not your foremost grievance is a cough, a fever, a headache or a runny or stuffy nostril, it’s possible you’ll discover that you simply are…

Throughout the U.S., roughly 6 million adults 65 and over have Alzheimer’s illness. Virtually two thirds of them are girls — a discrepancy that researchers have lengthy attributed to genetics and ladies’s longer life spans, amongst different causes. However there may be rising consensus that menopause may additionally be an necessary danger issue for the…

My husband and I’ve each misplaced our mother and father, who had been the glue that held every of our households collectively. Since their deaths, our siblings and in-laws don’t really feel shut sufficient to have vacation get-togethers in every others’ properties. Outdated resentments floor, and it’s simply uncomfortable. Our prolonged household now meets in…

Are you confused about what an assisted-living facility is, and the way it differs from a nursing residence? And what you possibly can anticipate to pay? Right here’s a information to the sort of housing for older individuals. What’s assisted residing? Assisted-living amenities occupy the center floor of housing for individuals who can now not…

Two intently associated variants, EG.5 and HV.1, now comprise roughly half of the Covid-19 circumstances in the US. EG.5 turned the dominant variant nationwide in August. At the moment, the World Well being Group categorised it as a “variant of curiosity,” that means it has genetic adjustments that give it a bonus and its prevalence…

Most of us know that good sleep is a pillar of excellent well being, on par with train and diet. And but most of us have had an evening (or many nights) when all of it went sideways. Perhaps you stayed out late and solely acquired six hours, as a substitute of the recommended seven…

Q: I’m continuously on my cellphone, and it’s often close to my physique after I’m not. Should I fear about radiation publicity? Spending all day glued to your smartphone most likely isn’t doing you any favors. Extra cellphone use has been linked with a spread of considerations, together with sleep issues, elevated cortisol levels, joint…

Dr. Nic Helmstetter crab-walked down a steep, rain-slicked path right into a grove of maple and cottonwood timber to his vacation spot: a dozen tents in a clearing by the Kalamazoo River, surrounded by the detritus of lives perpetually on the transfer. Discarded purple plastic cups. A moist sock flung over a bush. A carpet…