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MENTAL

This Is How Emotional Invalidation Can Lead to Chronic Pain — And How To Heal

When our emotional wounds aren’t acknowledged and tended to with care so that they can heal, our nervous system produces armor to protect us from further harm.

ENVIRON

Health Possibilities We Can’t Afford to Block

Fixing one piece of the healthcare puzzle is encouraging - but is it transformational? Here are 10 things we can consider to make things better.

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Permanent Birth Control or Bilateral Salpingectomy

A bilateral salpingectomy is an outpatient procedure to permanently prevent pregnancy and reduce the lifetime risk of ovarian cancer.

DISEASES

Young-Onset Colon Cancer

YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS WHO DEVELOP COLORECTAL CANCER appear more likely to present with late-stage disease in recent years. That is the conclusion of researchers who looked...

When Is Exercise Not Exercise, and Is That Good Enough?

Going for walks, dancing, and doing housework —although not technically exercises —any kind of movement counts toward your daily activity goal. Get more exercise to improve your...

Adult Bedtime Stories: Researched Fact or Clever Marketing?

The pandemic has worsened insomnia experienced by adults in the US. It is a disturbance that adds to the difficulties the virus has wrought...

Busted! Explaining Common Vaccine Myths

Here are some of the most common myths and the reasons why you shouldn’t believe them.

HEALTHY MINDS

SAFETY

Product Recall: Amiodarone HCl Injection, USP and Tranexamic Acid Injection, USP

Mylan Initiates Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Four Lots of Amiodarone HCl Injection, USP and Tranexamic Acid Injection, USP Due to Carton Label Mix-Up

CARDIO

GLP‑1 Medications in Later Life: Why the “Miracle Shot” Needs a Senior‑Specific Safety Lens

When GLP-1 medications like semaglutide began to gain attention, many people saw them as a breakthrough. For some people, these drugs help lower blood sugar,...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

The Dirtiest Dozen. Meet The Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Covid Health Grifters

Joseph Mercola, Robert F. Kennedy Jnr,Ty and Charlene Bollinger, Sherri Tenpenny, Rizza Islam, Rashid Buttar, Erin Elizabeth, Sayer Ji and Kelly Brogan, Christiane Northrup, Ben Tapper, Kevin Jenkins, Clay Clark