President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris means U.S. health policy may soon be shaped, at least in part, by one of the country’s most notorious…
Read more What Donald Trump’s Win Could Mean for VaccinesIt’s vaccination season, which for most people means getting immunized for flu and COVID-19 (and RSV for infants, pregnant women, or people 75 and older). Public-health officials have…
Read more It’s Safe to Get the COVID-19 and Flu Shots at the Same TimeIt started when my brain gave out on me in algebra class one January day in 2022. I couldn’t figure out a simple math problem; all I saw…
Read more What It’s Like to Have Long COVID As a KidHistorically, medical research has been male-dominated in terms of subjects as well as researchers, even though women make up half of the world’s population. As a result of…
Read more Women Are Still Under-Represented in Medical ResearchThere’s no proven cure for a cold, but many people have remedies they swear by when they’re feeling under the weather. (Chicken soup or citrus fruit, anyone?) One…
Read more Is Zinc Good for Colds?If you want to excel at pickleball, cake-decorating, or playing the piano, you’ll probably sign up for a class or enlist an instructor. But what about talking? Communication…
Read more How to Break 8 Toxic Communication HabitsNEW YORK — A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. It’s the first time the virus…
Read more Bird Flu Has Been Found in a U.S. Pig for the First TimeOrgan and cell transplants are potentially life-saving treatments for a variety of medical conditions, but their success depends on how long the transplanted cells or tissues can survive…
Read more A Better Drug May Make Transplants More SuccessfulIf you already head to the doctor’s office once a year for an annual physical: good job. If you don’t, let this be your reminder to go ahead…
Read more What to Expect at an Annual PhysicalSeniors and people who are immunocompromised should get not just one but two COVID-19 shots this respiratory virus season. That’s the new recommendation from the U.S. Centers for…
Read more Why You Might Need Two COVID-19 Shots This SeasonAt this point in election season, you might be as interested in voting your outspoken uncle out of the family as you are in casting your ballot for…
Read more 11 Things to Say to Your Relative Whose Politics You HateIf misery loves company, so does anger. It can feel downright delicious to vent to your loved ones about life’s annoyances, big and small. You may think it’s…
Read more Is Venting Healthy, Or Does It Make Things Worse?Change can be stressful under any circumstances, but a change in who controls the government can be particularly fraught—especially in a place as politically divided as the U.S.…
Read more Stressed About the Election? Here’s Where to Find HelpUntil recently, clinical depression treatments have fallen into just two categories: psychotherapy and antidepressant medications. But this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the first app-based…
Read more You Can Now Treat Depression With an AppIf you’ve been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, you probably have shortness of breath during physical exertion. Regular exercise may seem intimidating, but it’s actually…
Read more How to Exercise When You Have COPDNEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Wednesday recommended that people 50 and older get a shot against bacteria that can cause pneumonia and other dangerous illnesses. The…
Read more People 50 and Older Should Now Get the Pneumococcal VaccineOnce, years ago, I found myself in an ice-cold bath with no memory of walking to the bathroom or running the tub. Another time, I terrified my friend…
Read more Why Do People Sleepwalk?I’m at a mall in Rockville, Md., but instead of enjoying the comfort and convenience of a one-stop shopping experience, I go to a place called Capital Cryo,…
Read more The Surprising Health Benefits of PainSomewhere between 60 and 70 million Americans have digestive conditions like inflammatory bowel disease, acid reflux, chronic constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, and hemorrhoids. Some of these will need…
Read more 5 Gastroenterologists on the 1 Thing You Should Do Every DayEndocrinologists are used to people not knowing what they do. Patients often assume that, for example, Dr. Rasa Kazlauskaite spends her days focused on the “love hormones,” like…
Read more 12 Symptoms Endocrinologists Say You Should Never Ignore
