Keeping diabetes at bay has always been smart, and now a study in The Lancet reveals it’s key to cutting COVID-19 complications in half! The connection? Immune cells need a steady supply of blood glucose for peak function — too much flux slows the virus-slayers. To keep your blood sugar steady and immune system feisty.…

Walking as meditation? If you’ve ever been told to go for a walk to clear your head, chances are you know very well this sort of thing falls under the category of “easier said than done.”  I tried. I’d put the littlest in a stroller and take off, my mind whizzing with the things that…

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, walking has become more popular than ever. Researchers from the University of Vermont say that 70 percent of people report spending more time strolling outdoors in the last year and that women are nearly three times more likely to hit the streets than men. After never considering that walking…

This past Monday, millions of women panicked when a Missouri court ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million to the family of Jacqueline Fox, a 62-year-old who’d died of ovarian cancer. The reason: Fox had used Johnson’s baby powder, as well as Shower to Shower, for 50 years. Both sides marshaled a team of…

New guidelines have just been announced to drastically increase the amount of Covid-19 vaccines given across the country. Alex Azar, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, discussed the shift today on Good Morning America. “We are calling on our governors to now vaccinate people aged 65 and over, and under age 65 with [underlying…

So many companies claim to sell the best cooking oils, so it’s easy to get confused about which one is actually the optimal choice for your health. According to new research, we may finally have a possible answer — at least when it comes to cholesterol. In an October 2018 paper, published in the Journal…

It’s 10 a.m. on a workday, you’ve just spilled your coffee on your new white top, and things are piling up on your desk faster than you could possibly imagine. You’re sitting there wishing that you could transport yourself to this time yesterday, when you were resting in bed doing the Sunday crossword. But unfortunately,…

Cancer of the colon and rectum (also known as colorectal cancer) is the fourth most common cancer in the U.S.–and accounts for about 8 percent of all new cancer cases, according to the National Cancer Institute. The average person has about a one in 20 chance of getting colorectal cancer during his or her lifetime.…

There’s been much buzz about the term financial literacy lately, but despite our money know-how, being financially savvy doesn’t always equate to great financial well-being. Finance commentator and author Effie Zahos and Nathalie Spencer of Australia’s Commonwealth Bank’s Behavioral Economics team, are here to talk about what it takes to become financially fit, and the…