Archive for December 2022

Attending Parent’s Weekends are good for your relationship with your kids. Your sonor daughter is 18. Legally, they are an adult. Physically, too. They are at the tail end of puberty, so their hormone secretions are wrapping up. They are also putting the finishing touches on their identity. And while their brain may still be…

Joining us today to discuss carcinoid heart disease (CHD) is Malcolm Bell, M.D., a professor of medicine and interventional cardiology expert and Juan Crestanello, M.D., chair of cardiovascular surgery division and professor of surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Tune in to learn more about carcinoid heart disease surgical considerations.  Specific topics discussed: •…

Holiday parties might be filling up your schedule and those extra calories stretching up your waistline. An average holiday meal might add up to more than 4,000 calories alone. Mayo Clinic dietitian Laurie Molina has some tips on how to enjoy the holiday gatherings and gives an idea what it would take to burn off…

For the first time, the majority of people dying from COVID-19 in America have been vaccinated. “We can no longer say this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” Kaiser Family Foundation Vice President Cynthia Cox, who conducted the analysis, told The Washington Post. #covid19 #vaccination #webmd #infectiousdisease #webmd

In our third episode in our four-part series, we’ll be diving into texturism and its impact on many Black and Latino individuals. We’ll also look at ways to gain more appreciation for your naturally beautiful coils and curls. https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20221201/the-trauma-of-texturism

The U.S. has a huge problem with opioid use and addiction among inmates. We also have some of the highest crime recidivism – or reoffence – rates in the world. We asked Brendan Saloner, PhD, associate professor of Addiction and Overdose at John Hopkins, to talk about how those two things are related. He also…