When it comes to keeping your heart healthy, one of the most important steps to take is eating a nutritious diet. That means not only adding antioxidant-rich, heart-healthy foods to your plate, but also cutting out certain foods that could be clogging your arteries and raising your risk of heart disease. As it turns out, […]
Dear Doctors: Our mom had an aortic dissection last fall, and she almost died. It happened all of a sudden, and she was in good health. That makes her worry that it might happen again. Can you please talk about aortic dissection? Who is at risk, and how do you keep it from happening again? […]
Home / Photos / Lifestyle / Monsoon wellness: 5 ways to consume Giloy to boost immunity, fight infections Published on Jul 30, 2023 03:31 PM IST Giloy is considered a powerful herb in Ayurveda and can prevent against seasonal diseases. An immunity booster and antibiotic, it can be consumed in many ways. / View Photos […]
Dealing with ear infections in young children can be a difficult part of parenting. It’s a fact that Dr. Kathryn Halyko, a pediatrician at UnityPoint Clinic Pediatrics Cedar Rapids, knows firsthand, both from her experience diagnosing and treating chronic ear infections and as a parent. “I’ve got two kids with tubes, and if I had […]
A friend says they can always tell when you’re hungover. The way you close the cage latch. With so little to do, their attention can focus on those subtle differences in movement: the way it turns, whether it drops all or part of the way. After easing the latch back open, the monkey climbs down […]
PEQUOT LAKES — Pequot Lakes American Legion Post No. 49 is sponsoring a blood drive for the American Red Cross noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, at the American Legion meeting hall, 4435 Main St., Pequot Lakes. Appointments can be scheduled online at redcrossblood.org or […]
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maggie Kloza, the lead zoologist of mammals at the Dallas Zoo. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. It’s supposed to get to 105 degrees today. That’s not even the “feels like” temp—that’s the regular temp. Right now I’m working with the tigers, and […]
PTI | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao Jul 30, 2023 03:08 PM IST <span class="share share-candidate" data-url="https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/aiimsdelhi-got-rs-23-cr-from-centre-in-five-years-for-rare-diseases-rti-101690709226450.html" data-title="AIIMS-Delhi got ₹23 crore from Centre in five years for rare diseases: RTI” title=”share” data-links> Share Via Copy Link Totally 34 patients were treated for rare diseases such as MPS II, Gaucher, Atypical HUS, DMD, Tyrosinemia type-1, […]
In some ways, Melanie Lawrence is living a future that awaits us all. She’s resistant to nearly every antibiotic and allergic or intolerant to the rest. Now when she gets an infection, which she does every few months, she has to hope her immune system can fight it without much help from modern medicine. Despite […]
With many families being out of town on vacation, there are plenty of open appointments for qualified volunteers to donate blood in Lancaster County. Three area health care organizations make it easy to find a donation drive near you, and to register for an appointment during August. The American Red Cross says it has seen […]