I have been a fan of the Nike Invincible since my first steps in the bouncy, max-cushioned shoe, and rated both the original Invincible and the Invincible 2 as among the best running shoes available. However, the Invincible isn’t to everyone’s tastes. Some find that the squishy ZoomX foam and high stack creates an unstable […]
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Four Moves To Build Upper-Body Muscle In Less Than 20 Minutes
It’s all well and good for celebrities to spend six hours a day in the gym, but most of us don’t have that luxury. Even a typical muscle-building upper-body workout needs a good hour. This quick conditioning barbell workout lets you hit your whole upper body in less than 20 minutes, with a bonus benefit […]
The Beurer LifePad Will Show You How To Give CPR In An Emergency
Even if you have had training, most people would appreciate on-the-spot guidance if faced with performing a resuscitation procedure (known as CPR) on someone who has gone into cardiac arrest. Especially since getting the rhythm and depth of compression right when trying to resuscitate someone is central to the chances of success. The new Beurer […]
HIV testing: Free do-it-at home kit offered in England
Getty Images By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Free HIV tests that can be done at home are being offered this week to people in England. It is part of a government drive to improve diagnosis, which dropped off during the Covid pandemic. The kit is small enough to fit through the letterbox and arrives […]
Biggest-ever round of NHS strikes gets under way
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Nurses and ambulance staff will strike on Monday in parts of England as the biggest round of NHS walkouts starts. Royal College of Nursing members in a third of England’s NHS trusts will go on strike, but action planned for Wales was suspended after a new pay offer. They will […]
Let’s Focus on Behavioral and Mental Health in Rural Communities
If there’s a silver lining to the past two years, the pandemic brought mental health to the forefront. Studies show that one in five adults will experience a behavioral health disorder yearly. The number is almost certainly higher in rural areas. Anxiety and depression rates among adults reached 42% during the pandemic, according to data […]
Seniors’ Mental Health and SDOH – A Family Physician’s View
When I founded my practice, I chose the name Family Health and Wellness. My mission every day was, and still is, to ensure that patients are treated like family, and that their family members are involved in their care. Now twenty-one years later, I am privileged to have treated many of the same patients as […]
NIH Marburg Vaccine Posts Encouraging Results in First-in-Human Study
A National Institutes of Health vaccine in development for Marburg virus has first-in-human data showing it induced antibodies against this pathogen that causes a potentially deadly infection with no approved treatments. The data are from a small Phase 1 study. But the results are a step toward a vaccine for Marburg, a virus that comes […]
How NHS strikes on Monday 6 February will affect you
Getty Images/BBC By Zoe Conway Employment correspondent The NHS is bracing for its biggest strike yet. For the first time in this dispute, ambulance workers and nurses will walk out together in England on Monday. The impact will also be bigger than on previous strike days because more hospital trusts are involved. It won’t just […]
How One Startup Is Working to Reduce Surgical Variability & Bring Transparency to the OR
Palo Alto-based health technology company Theator was founded in 2018 with a mission to address variability and disparities in surgical care. Since then, the company has built a platform for the routine capture of surgical video data. I recently spoke with the startup’s CEO, Tamir Wolf, to learn more about Theator’s technology and its ability […]
New Collaboration Brings Mental Telehealth Services to LA County Schools
A new collaboration unveiled Thursday will bring virtual mental health care to L.A. County K-12 public schools. The Los Angeles County Office of Education, L.A. Care Health Plan, Health Net, L.A. County Department of Mental Health and school-based telehealth company Hazel Health are working together for the program. Hazel Health works with schools and families […]
Lib Dems call for higher pay for social care staff
Getty Images By Becky Morton BBC News The Liberal Democrats are calling for a higher minimum wage for social care workers to help tackle staff shortages. Under the party’s plans, staff would be paid at least £2 an hour more than the minimum wage – currently £9.50 an hour for over-23s. Lib Dem leader Sir […]
Nurses offer to call off strikes in England if Sunak makes fresh pay offer
Getty Images By Aoife Walsh & Jasmine Andersson BBC News The head of the UK’s biggest nursing union has urged Rishi Sunak to make a new pay offer to avoid next week’s planned strikes in England going ahead. In a letter seen by the BBC, head of the Royal College of Nursing Pat Cullen said […]
A Mystery Stroke, A Pipe Bomb, And A Subway: How A Stranger Did Something For Me I’ll Never Forget
The author in 2022 celebrating her panic attack-free life in Brooklyn. Photo by C. Moyanao A little over five years ago my husband came home, grocery bags in hand, and found me lying motionless on the bedroom floor. “Are you meditating?” he asked as he walked to the kitchen. Twenty minutes earlier I had been […]
NHS chief: Strikes making hospital bosses restless
PA Media By Malu Cursino BBC News Continuing industrial action is making hospital bosses “increasingly restless” and they want the government to find a solution, an NHS chief has said. NHS Confederation leader Matthew Taylor says it will be difficult to clear backlogs and improve emergency care unless strikes come to an end. Next week, […]