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People Get Heart Disease Younger Than Ever Before. Experts Explain Why.

People Get Heart Disease Younger Than Ever Before. Experts Explain Why.

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Heart disease has long been America’s number one killer, but it’s not just a concern for older adults anymore. Alarming trends show it’s becoming a young person’s problem, too.  “Younger people aren’t invincible when it comes to heart health,” says preventive cardiologist and MyFitnessPal scientific advisory member, Danielle Belardo, MD.   “The increasing prevalence of cardiovascular […]

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COVID-19 Can Leave a Lasting Mark on the Brain—Especially for Older People

COVID-19 Can Leave a Lasting Mark on the Brain—Especially for Older People

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COVID-19 no longer poses the urgent public-health threat it once did. But recent research points to a good reason to keep the virus in mind: it could leave a lasting stamp on yours. Studies suggest that COVID-19 is associated with possibly long-lasting changes to the brain, potentially contributing to cognitive problems like brain fog, mental

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C.D.C. Shortens Isolation Period for People With Covid

C.D.C. Shortens Isolation Period for People With Covid

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Americans with Covid or other respiratory infections need not isolate for five days before returning to work or school, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday, a striking sign of changing attitudes toward the coronavirus. People with respiratory illnesses may resume daily activities if they have been fever-free for at least 24

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More People Die After Smoking Drugs Than Injecting Them

More People Die After Smoking Drugs Than Injecting Them

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NEW YORK — Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, a new government study suggests. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called its study published Thursday the largest to look at how Americans took the drugs that killed them. CDC officials decided to study the

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RSV Vaccines Aren’t Going to the People Who Most Need them

RSV Vaccines Aren’t Going to the People Who Most Need them

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The world is entering a new era of vaccines. Following the success of COVID-19 mRNA shots, scientists have a far greater capacity to tailor shots to a virus’s structure, putting a host of new vaccines on the horizon. The most recent arrivals are several new immunizations against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. These shots are

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COVID Changed Life for People With a Fear of Needles

COVID Changed Life for People With a Fear of Needles

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From the moment COVID-19 reached pandemic designation, Joe McDougall had nightmares. Not, like others, about the potential path of the virus, but about the seemingly inevitable moment at which he’d be asked—or held down and forced—to receive a vaccine. McDougall, now 39, is terrified of needles and a global pandemic meant that for the first

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16 People Sick in Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Ground Beef

16 People Sick in Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Ground Beef

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A salmonella outbreak linked to lean ground beef sold in ShopRite stores in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York has left 16 people sick, including six who were hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ground beef that was labeled 80 percent lean was the only common food that the people who

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Bring Sexual Healthcare to Places Where People Have Sex

Bring Sexual Healthcare to Places Where People Have Sex

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On Saturday, June 29, 2019, a group of over 200 queer and trans folks were gathered in New York City, celebrating the city’s big World Pride weekend. They had all come to a party called NYC Inferno known for sexual activity. At around midnight, they were gathered in the front of the venue, rapt as

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