Is the pandemic raising your blood pressure?
This matters because high blood pressure raises your risk for cardiovascular problems like heart attack …
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The truth about your sore throat
Ever wake up from a good night’s rest with a sore throat? Fearing the worst, …
Should you test your fitness at home?
As more Americans adapt to a remote work lifestyle, your home may have molded into …
What’s the best time of day to get your flu shot?
Researchers in a 2016 study from the journal Vaccine conducted a trial between 2011 and 2013, examining 276 healthy …
Can you really gain weight overnight?
So you have been seeing what you consume and working out regularly however you step …
Do you really need a gynecologist?
You’re a healthy woman who isn’t planning to get pregnant in the near future. You see your …
This could also go down if you lose some weight
High triglycerides could be related to your genetics, but elevated levels are more often related …
Planning to travel? Do this to be safer
Much of this holiday’s travel will be road trips, so make sure your car is …
You may be a cyberchondriac
The Pew Research Center found that 72 percent of American Internet users have searched for health information …
Is this the solution to staying heart healthy?
There are numerous reasons behind why happiness may protect our hearts, but the researchers identified …
This is how your garden can be good for your health
While it’s easy for first time gardeners to become overwhelmed, here are some tips from …
Want to try intermittent fasting? Here are 5 tips
Intermittent fasting provides a simpler way to eat healthy by limiting food consumption to specific …
Clarity on COVID-19 for people with asthma or allergies
Although information is changing day to day, sneezing and a runny nose caused by COVID-19 …
How do you know if you’re too sick to go to work?
Not feeling 100%? Dr. Dana Vlachos, a family medicine physician with Advocate Christ Medical Center and Advocate Children’s Hospital in …
What does your fever mean?
“Fever is your body’s defensive response to pathogens from the outside,” says Dr. Rebecca Krasaeath, a …