Health care workers assist a COVID-19 patient in Spain. Some evidence from Europe and China suggests an overzealous immune response may be contributing to the severe illness in some patients. Felipe Dana/AP hide caption toggle caption Felipe Dana/AP Health care workers assist a COVID-19 patient …
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a plenary session at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo on Friday. Abe says he will declare a state of emergency this week in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle …
More than 64 million Americans live in multigenerational households. Despite the emotional and financial benefits of living together, families like the Walkers, at home in Florissant, Mo., face a particular set of challenges as COVID-19 continues to spread. Michael B. Thomas for KHN hide caption …
“At the end of the day, no matter how individual we are, we do want to belong to somebody.” Norman J. Williams April 4, 2020 Norman J. Williams, director of the Unity Funeral Parlors in Chicago. Bill Healy/WBEZ hide caption toggle caption Bill Healy/WBEZ Norman …
Find out the many uses of milk thistle, as well as factors that can determine how long someone may need to take milk thistle for it to work and do its job. Milk thistle may improve the way the hepatic system works when injured, diseased …
It is incredible, to say the least, everything that is happening worldwide. Undoubtedly it is hard to believe that this is even real. Sometimes I think we are in a bad dream hoping to wake up soon. As a mother, the first thing that comes …
When I was a kid, if I were told that I’d be writing a book about diet and nutrition when I was older, let alone having been doing a health related radio show for over 36 years, I would’ve thought that whoever told me that …
VO2 max is the maximum capacity of a person’s body to transport and move oxygen during exercise. It is a measurement of a person’s physical fitness in relation to aerobic endurance. “V” stands for volume, “O2” stands for oxygen, and “max” stands for maximum. It …
Writer Hattie regularly tries out the latest gym classes, but her lockdown escape didn’t go so well Image: iStock The confines of acceptable outdoor exercise forced me, a sworn enemy of jogging, to pound round my local park this week. And it was… disappointing, verging …
It took lockdown for writer Niamh to realise that a proper breakfast really is important Image: iStock Although it’s often referred to as the most important meal of the day, I’ll hold my hands up and say that breakfast usually takes a fairly low priority …