Wellness News
Stand Up for Lower Blood Pressure
If you’re looking to shave some points from your blood pressure, it might be as easy as getting up from the couch or your desk more often, a recent...
Mammograms, Starting at Age 40
In a major shift, an influential medical panel is now advising that women begin routine mammography screening at age 40—a decade earlier than it previously advised. But some experts...
Marijuana and Your Heart
It’s well known that smoking cigarettes takes a toll on the heart, and now a large study in the Journal of the American Heart Association suggests the same may...
Lung Scans: Time to Get Scanned?
Many former smokers should consider yearly lung cancer screening—even if they quit decades ago, according to updated guidelines from the American Cancer Society (ACS).
Although fewer Americans are dying of...
These 8 Healthy Habits May Extend Life …
You know you should take that daily walk, eat more vegetables, and keep an eye on your blood pressure, but finding the motivation is sometimes hard. Now a large...
Good Vibrations
If you’re a woman who’s been diagnosed with low bone density (osteopenia), there will soon be a treatment option that doesn’t require taking a pill: Instead, you wear it.
Earlier...
Springtime Is Covid Booster Time (for Seniors)
Spring has sprung, and if you’re 65 or over that means it’s time for another Covid-19 booster—even if you’re in picture-perfect health.
That’s the latest recommendation from the U.S. Centers...
Posting Calories on Fast-Food Menus Does Work (a Little)
When you go to a fast-food restaurant, calories may not be top of mind. But if the menu provides that dose of reality, you might make better choices, a...
Shingles Vaccine Offers Long-Lasting Protection
Since 2017, experts have urged adults ages 50 and up to get the two-dose Shingrix vaccine against shingles. Now a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine...
Lifting Weights to Lower Blood Pressure
If you have high blood pressure, strength training (also called resistance training or weight training) may help lower it, according to an analysis of clinical trials published in the...
