In 2009, then Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Donda West Plastic Surgery Law, requiring health checks be conducted prior to all major plastic surgery procedures in the state. This was following the death of rapper Kanye West’s mother. It was later determined that her heart attack was spawned by a combination of numerous […]
Public restrooms are unsanitary, but a new study from SafeHome.org — Germs In Your Home Bathroom – show that bacteria in our own homescan lead to serious health issues. More than 500 people were surveyed (274 women and 230 men) and a surface culture analysis was performed on a range of bathroom surfaces. Here are […]
SEA Blue is a celebration of life, of those who have risen to the challenge to fight prostate cancer, of the lives that have been lost to the disease, and of the people we will help to combat it in the future through Support, Education and Advocacy. The longest running Prostate Cancer event in the […]
Real Doctor Tries the Intermittent Fasting Trend and Here’s What Happened http://tourocom.touro.edu/academics/faculty/harlem/niket-sonpal.php There’s crash dieting, and then there’s intermittent fasting. Crash diets aren’t sustainable and rarely factor in healthy food options. Intermittent fasting on the other hand is gaining attention because people are seeing weight come off, and therefore stay with it. It’s being touted […]
Have Your Child Screened by an Audiologist if You Suspect Hearing Loss As children get back to school, keep in mind that academic struggles may be a sign of hearing loss According to the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, about two to three out of every 1,000 […]
HEALTHY FACTS FOR KIDS (& PARENTS) 12-Year-Old Nutrition Expert Shares Kids Can Be Active & Healthy by Kai Nunziato-Cruz Hey Guys! Kai here from Generation Kai! As a 12 year old I’m just like you, getting ready to go back to school to see my friends again. Oh yeah, and I’m going into the 7th […]
New Survey Shows Women Lacking Information for Informed Healthcare Decisions New findings from a recent survey show that women living with chronic inflammatory or autoimmune disease feel they don’t have enough information to make informed decisions about how to balance pregnancy with disease management. Some women feel they have no choice but to stop treatment […]
There are over 50 million adults in the United States with a disability or health condition that limits their mobility in some way. As we age tasks that used to be simple that we could complete without thinking twice about it become more challenging. Just turn on late night or early morning television and you […]
We all know we’re not supposed to smoke cigarettes – the correlation between smoking and lung cancer is clear. But we live in a society that perpetuates the idea that smoking weed is not as harmful, or not harmful at all. Dr. Raja Flores, Chairman of the Department of Thoracic Surgery for the Mount Sinai […]
New findings from a recent survey show that women living with chronic inflammatory or autoimmune disease feel they don’t have enough information to make informed decisions about how to balance pregnancy with disease management. Some women feel they have no choice but to stop treatment or delay their plans for pregnancy. These women are living […]
