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By Victoria Waldersee An American mother-of-three is a long-time member of “anti-vaxxer” groups online: a small but vocal global community that believes vaccines are a dangerous con and refuse to immunize themselves or their children. But COVID-19 is shaking her...
By Lucy Danziger A new study out of the University of California, Davis, found that the number one reason people give for ditching meat is for their health. But those who do it for the environment or animal reasons are more likely to stick with it. The study was...
It's been one month since I published this column on the importance of obtaining sufficient vitamin D from food and from sunshine because vitamin D is essential for a healthy immune system. Since that time researchers have been working hard on identifying links...
Editor's note: As people try measures against coronavirus transmission, such as cleaning and sanitising their groceries to remove any potential droplets on surfaces, many are wondering if freezing or refrigerating their shopping is enough to kill the virus. Healthy...
By Kells McPhillips I don’t know about you, but I’ve never owned more frozen food in my life than I do right at this very moment. My freezer is stuffed to capacity with cauliflower gnocchi, Brussels sprouts, veggie burgers, and raspberries galore—but I’d be lying if I...
By Mark Mahoney As we transition out of National Nutrition Month in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of good nutrition, particularly when many of us are under orders to shelter-in-place, is very important. Healthy eating is especially important for...
By Aaron Holmes Scientists at Stanford University have developed a smart toilet that can identify people based on their butt and monitor the health of their poop and pee. If you're looking for very, very personalized data about your bathroom habits, look no further....
By Ted Kyle Health disparities are an ever-present feature of American healthcare. Money, race, and ethnicity have long been deciding factors in who lives and who dies. Chronic diseases have their greatest impact on black, Hispanic, and economically disadvantaged...
What if someone told you that with just a few drops of blood from a finger prick they could detect a range of illnesses, from diabetes to cancer? Would you be inclined to opt for this diagnostic tool rather than having to submit to having a phlebotomist extract blood...
By Kristen Fischer Experts continue to encourage people to eat well and exercise during the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, reports claiming that supplements can prevent or treat Covid-19 have emerged. Health experts warn that relying on supplements — and taking too...
Researchers testing the head lice drug Ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19 have seen promising results in lab studies. But the research is in its early stages and the drug is yet to be tested on people with COVID-19. There’s so much we don’t know,...
By Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D. The hospitals are eerily quiet, except for Covid-19. I have heard this sentiment from fellow doctors across the United States and in many other countries. We are all asking: Where are all the patients with heart attacks and stroke? They are...
By Terry Spry, Jr Dr. Jeffrey VanWingen, a family physician from Michigan, posted a video to YouTube regarding safe grocery shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic. The video got more than 20 million views in just a week. He suggested things like limiting your time in...
By Tim Carmen James Stangle, a doctor of veterinary medicine in South Dakota, has sounded the alarm on the Impossible Whopper, which, he says, contains so much estrogen that the mock-meat burger could grow breasts on men who wolf down too many of the Burger King...
By Jaime Moreno In Ecuador, it is important to comply with the stay-at-home order until the government announces changes, which will be based on a review of data by the country's health authorities. This quarantine will be at least until April 20, 2020. On that date,...
Until recently, you'd find me walking on the Rio Tomebamba early, at about 6:30 a.m. I'd power walk, using my walking sticks to “pump it up.” But now, when river walking is out and all I have are stairs in my edificio, I've discovered again the benefits of one of the...
By Jack Goodman Whether it's a post on your uncle's account or an image your friend forwarded, fake coronavirus stories seem to be everywhere. To help, BBC teams are verifying and fact-checking the latest and most widely-seen examples of fake and misleading...
By José Luis Rosales With a compound of eucalyptus, verbena, ruda, marco, izu and uchu jiwa (chili pepper), the 21 communities and neighborhoods of Ilumán parish in Otavalo Canton, are disinfected. It is an alternative to stop the expansion of Covid-19. In this area,...
By Rachel Hosie Roughly one third of all the food produced for human consumption across the world is wasted every year. This equates to approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food being thrown away - which is a cost to the environment and our bank accounts. But one...
By Mark Mahoney As America and the global community continue to focus on addressing the continuing pandemic facing all of us, the issues related to mental health should not be forgotten. Obviously, the need for testing, isolation and rapid treatment are issues that...
