Author: healthylife7

Whether you have been reading my columns for some time or you are a new follower, you probably know that self-care is something I am very passionate about, some might even say a little preachy about it! With Self-Care Day fast approaching on July 24, I wanted to offer my yearly reminder about the importance…

Health officials in New York City have issued a warning about a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, with 23 confirmed cases and 17 hospitalizations. Dr. Stephanie Widmer, an emergency medicine attending physician, details how the bacterial pneumonia is contracted, emphasizing it’s from warm water in large cooling towers, not drinking water. She also discusses symptoms and curability…

In the late 1950s, the humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow set out to study the people he thought were doing the most fully human version of being human. He wasn’t looking for the happiest or the most accomplished. He was looking for what he called the “self-actualizing person.”

Building a (legit) home gym was one of my biggest adult goals, and once I did, it completely changed how I work out. Having the right equipment and accessories at home removes so many barriers to working out: no commute, no monthly gym payment and no waiting in a sweaty line for the machine you…

Every year, countless people promise themselves a healthier life. They buy expensive gym memberships, order trendy supplements, or jump into strict diets that feel impossible to follow after a few weeks. The excitement is real, but so is the disappointment when those changes don’t last.Doctors, however, often witness something very different in real life. The…

Healthcare executives often speak about “stability, partnership,” and a “shared commitment to care.” In a recent statement criticizing nurses at Jefferson Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia for authorizing a strike, Jefferson Health warned that nurses’ actions could disrupt patient care and send the “wrong message” to the community. But the wrong message is not nurses demanding…

A study by the American Bible Society (ABS) finds that reading the Bible has better self-care outcomes than exercising, meditating, or even spending time with friends. 

Some people develop long COVID after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, and people with type 2 diabetes have an especially high risk

Researchers net tilapia, which they’ll transport to the paddies of a rice farm in the Senegal River Valley. Ricci Shyrock for NPRhide caption

A secret shopper survey conducted by researchers at Yale University and published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association offers an alarming, if unsurprising, glimpse into the world of telehealth purveyors of GLP-1 medicines. It confirms what doctors have worried about for years: The popular obesity drugs are being cavalierly prescribed. It…