Wellness News
Covid Vaccines: Calculating Lives Saved
How many lives has the Covid-19 vaccine saved? Some 20 million across the globe in just the first year of vaccination (December 8, 2020, to December 8, 2021), according...
An Anxiety Checkup
Don’t be surprised if, during your next checkup, your doctor asks about your anxiety and stress levels. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a new draft recommendation that...
Time to Rethink Vitamin D for Fracture Prevention?
Although it is estimated that at least one in three American adults 60 and older takes vitamin D supplements, a gold-standard study of almost 26,000 men and women in...
How Bad Is Your Air?
The 23rd annual State of the Air report from the nonprofit American Lung Association is out—and the news is not good everywhere. Here are some key findings of the...
Colonoscopy: A Study Rebuttal
You may have heard about a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine that evaluated the effectiveness of colonoscopies in reducing the risk of developing colon cancer...
Hear Ye, Hear Ye … Hearing Aids Are Finally Hitting Store Shelves
Hearing aids will now be available over the counter (OTC), thanks to a long-awaited ruling by the FDA. The new ruling, which had bipartisan support and goes into effect...
Hypertension and Severe Covid-19: Is There a Connection?
Having high blood pressure may more than double the risk of severe Covid-19 in people who become infected with the virus, even in those who are fully vaccinated, according...
Multis Fail to Deliver—Again
There is insufficient evidence that taking a daily multivitamin/mineral prevents cardiovascular disease or cancer, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent panel of experts that...
Aspirin Gets Demoted for Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention
Before there was widespread use of statins to lower blood cholesterol, before the medical community found better strategies for treating high blood pressure, and before the public understood the...
The Healthiest Communities in America 2022
Where are the healthiest places to live in the United States? U.S. News & World Report and CVS Health have the answers in their fifth annual list released in...
