Articles filed under Health
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Advanced hydration: Electrolyte supplements are everywhere, but who benefits from them?Mar 13, 2026 6:15 am - Social media is filled with influencers rating electrolyte supplements or even telling followers how to make their own. But experts say many of the claims about the health benefits of these drinks need to be taken with a grain of salt.
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Children’s health: How to manage food allergies at schoolMar 13, 2026 6:00 am - About 1 in every 10 children and teens in the U.S. has a food allergy, an abnormal immune response to a specific food. That’s roughly two kids per classroom.
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Are expensive shampoos worth it?Mar 06, 2026 8:39 am - Ornate packaging paired with enticing advertisements that claim expensive shampoos are elixirs to all hair woes can leave one wondering: Are the higher prices really worth it? Should I abandon my $8 drugstore mainstay for a $42 premium brand?
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Study finds cancer risk is lower for vegetarians, but not vegansMar 06, 2026 8:37 am - Vegetarian diets are linked with a lower risk of several cancers, including pancreatic, breast and prostate, according to a study that found no similar benefit — and even a higher chance of colon cancer — among vegans.
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Ask the doctors: The reason for yawning still being researchedMar 06, 2026 8:36 am - Researchers in Australia have found that yawning can affect the movement of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain, a clear liquid produced helps to cushion and protect this critical organ. CSF also carries nutrients and removes waste.
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Children’s health: Innovative types of therapy options for childrenMar 06, 2026 8:35 am - If you've never experienced behavioral therapy for yourself or your family, your concepts of it might center on what you’ve seen in the media, for better or worse. But behavioral therapy can take many forms for some of our youngest patients.
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Patient advocate: Simon says, work on improving balanceMar 06, 2026 8:33 am - A recent article posted by the BBC detailed the positive health effects of being able to balance on one leg. It can improve and maintain balance, mobility and even memory. The thing is, our ability to do it peaks at around age 10 and then slowly declines with age.
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Accessible walks bring joys of birding to people with mobility, other limitationsMar 06, 2026 8:32 am - Wearing an oxygen pack on her back for her COPD, Marcia OBara is leading a group of nature enthusiasts on a mission to see birds. They carry walking sticks on the flat trails, moving at their own pace. This is Birding for Every BODY, one of numerous such excursions offered each month by the nonprofit Tucson Bird Alliance.
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Legislators, activists continue push for prescription drug affordability boardFeb 28, 2026 1:43 pm - Citing high prescription drug prices, lawmakers and activists are reviving a dormant push to create an Illinois prescription drug affordability board. The board would be able to set the maximum price for certain prescription drugs in Illinois, which advocates say could save the state millions of dollars on health plan spending.
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Teenage girls are most likely to tear their ACLs. Parents say more must be done to protect themFeb 27, 2026 10:41 am - Decades of research on prevention methods is available, but parents, researchers and trainers say that teams, coaches and leagues aren't doing enough to protect the girls and educate parents.