Health and Fitness
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How much sleep do you really need? Experts say it depends
Mar 20, 2025 9:32 pm - Most of us spend a third of our lives sleeping, but you may need more or less than eight hours a night. The number of hours needed changes throughout your life, with babies and kids needing more sleep and people 65 and older able to function on slightly less than seven to nine hours.
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Study suggests physical activity slows Alzheimer’s diseaseMar 20, 2025 9:17 pm - It’s been said that being active can help your memory, but the effect it has on slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease is linked to a specific protein that can build up in the brain, causing damage.
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This cutting-edge hair loss treatment is a repurposed drug from the 1990s
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Keep your child heart healthy with these tipsMar 20, 2025 8:39 pm - Teaching children the importance of heart health is a parental responsibility that begins with modeling. Adopting certain lifestyle habits, and staying away from detrimental habits, will educate the next generation on heart health and improve your own health at the same time.
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Do your family a favor and organize your important infoMar 20, 2025 8:32 pm - If you’ve been putting off the task of creating and organizing important information and documents you will eventually need, consider doing it now. You will have greater peace of mind and have given your loved ones a wonderful gift.
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As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing back
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‘Very unusual’: Experts say carbon monoxide deaths in vehicles outside are rareMar 18, 2025 8:37 pm - The recent deaths of two teens from carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in a parked car are very unusual, experts say. Possible factors investigators are considering: a potential exhaust leak, wind conditions and after-market exhaust work.
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How to protect your children during a measles outbreakMar 16, 2025 9:32 am - Measles outbreaks are occurring due to unvaccinated individuals, putting infants and those with compromised immune systems at risk. A pediatrician details what parents can do to protect their children.
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‘A sprint and a marathon at the same time’: Public health care workers describe early pandemic challengesMar 15, 2025 12:30 pm - Though trained to deal with a variety of situations, it quickly became apparent the snowballing coronavirus was unlike anything Patti Corn, emergency response coordinator, or Sara Zamor, associate director of prevention, or their colleagues at the Lake County Health Department had faced.
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RFK Jr. is targeting ultraprocessed foods. What are they, and are they bad for you?