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Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with any advertisers on this site. Do you find it a little more difficult to carry grocery bags from the car or take a cooking pot from the stove to the sink? This is not uncommon as the years pass. A study of nearly 5,000 adults, published in the … Read more
This is a message from Dr. Marcas Bamman, a physiologist with decades of research on aging that teaches the benefits of weight-bearing exercise for people who are in it. We’re talking 60-plus – women and men. And we talk about hitting the gym and weight training. Do not delay, said Bamman. “Resistance training is in … Read more
Many elderly people are unknowingly putting themselves at risk of internal bleeding by taking low-dose aspirin preventively, a new survey found, even though it is no longer recommended by health officials, unless the elderly already have cardiovascular disease. About a third of adults 60 and older said they regularly take aspirin if they don’t have … Read more
Struggling for number two? These lunches can be a solution to help loosen things up! Constipation is more common than you might think, for a number of reasons. And one of the most important factors is fiber intake, because 95% of Americans do not meet the recommendations for daily fiber intake. Luckily, these lunch recipes … Read more
Oncologists have welcomed yesterday’s announcement of funding for more cancer treatments, but warned that the health system needs professionals to help them reach patients. It comes after the Government announced up to 26 new cancer treatments will be funded as part of a $604 million boost over four years. Up to 54 new drugs are … Read more
Some cancer patients say the government’s promise of care is too late – while others are still unsure whether the game-changing drug will be funded for them. The government announced a $604 million funding boost for Pharmac on Monday – delivered over four years – which it said would allow the drug-buying agency to fund … Read more
Over the past two years, a simple but confusing request has preceded many encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.” I’m trained as a doctor and have asked patients the same question thousands of times, so I thought about how to calculate the number of hip pain, prickly … Read more
Imagine this: you’re at the gym, and you’re trying to figure out the best string of exercises to increase muscle growth. If you’re not 100 percent sure about each of your choices, don’t worry. In his latest interview, sports scientist Dr. Mike Israetel breaks down his movements for each muscle group to ensure progress over … Read more
Jade Rossiter, 26, had just changed her antidepressant medication when she started having nightmares. His vision quickly turns into psychosis – where you see or hear things that aren’t there or believe things that aren’t true – and he ends up becoming the characters he sees on TV like Danny Dyer and Katherine Tate. Jade … Read more
Mollie Oakley, from West Sussex, compared the pain to “lice crawling all over her body” after using prescription steroids to help with symptoms caused by her eczema. Mollie Oakley, pictured with a friend, has spoken about her battle with Topical Steroid Withdrawal(mediadrumimages / @MollieOakley) A young woman “felt like she had acid thrown on her” … Read more