The leaves of an aloe vera plant are packed with a soft clear gel that’s been praised for its hydrating effect and other medicinal benefits. In fact, past research notes that aloe vera has been used for centuries by people in Greece, Egypt, India, Mexico, Japan, and China for its purported wellness perks. But what about today? Here’s a look at some of the scientific research on aloe vera and some perspective about eight of its touted health benefits....
Follow these dos and don’ts to help better manage ankylosing spondylitis. Do follow your doctor’s instructions. Your doctor may recommend physical therapy or a medication regimen that includes non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or biologics (medications that suppress inflammatory responses), says Scott Zashin, MD, a rheumatologist in Dallas. It might feel tough at times, but it’s important to stick with your treatment plan. Schedule any office visits you need, keep your doctor’s appointments, and take your medications as prescribed....
The label, called a physical activity calorie equivalent label (PACE), informs consumers how much walking or running they would need to do to equal the calories contained in the food. For example, a soda containing 138 calories would take 13 minutes of running or 26 minutes of walking to burn off. Many people don’t understand the concept of calories or how they relate to the energy we use throughout the day, the study authors wrote....
Years later, a friend going through a divorce got the rash, but she was in her thirties. And another friend, also in his thirties, got it — apparently from being in close contact with his shingles-bound grandfather. So when I finally came down with shingles, at age 43, it wasn’t as if I didn’t know that it struck young and old alike. It wasn’t as if I didn’t know it was a painful rash that usually showed up around your middle, and came from the virus that causes the chickenpox, which lingers in your body years after you come down with the pox — herpes zoster virus, to be exact....
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While antimicrobial fabrics are not new — manufacturers of scrubs and other hospital items, for instance, have been using them for years — they are mainly designed to fight bacteria. Unlike viruses, bacteria can multiply on surfaces without a living host. But the pandemic has created an interest in antiviral fabrics, and enterprising companies are responding. Textiles treated with chemicals aimed at destroying SARS-CoV-2 particles (SARS-CoV-2 is the official name of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19) are turning up in everything from face masks to men’s dress shirts....
What Exactly Are Multivitamins? The term “multivitamin” is a bit of a misnomer, especially since these supplements frequently contain more than just vitamins. “Manufacturers may include a combination of vitamins and minerals, but they may also add other ingredients, like herbs, antioxidants, and amino acids,” says Sonya Angelone, RDN, a nutritionist in private practice in the San Francisco Bay area. “Depending on the brand, formulas can vary significantly and are often designed for a specific group based on age, gender, or health condition....
During a depressive episode, it can be impossible to work up the energy to make decisions or do even mundane tasks; during a manic episode, you may have racing thoughts or be more irritable than usual. In both instances, the behavior can strain your relationships, both at work and at home. “There’s the personal part of bipolar [disorder], and there’s the interpersonal part of it,” says Michael Thase, MD, a psychiatrist at Penn Medicine and professor of psychiatry at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia....
Many people have been there: You go to the doctor’s office, get your blood pressure, height, and weight taken, and the doctor relays the unfortunate news: Your BMI is too high, and you need to lose weight. Adults can measure their BMI by taking their body weight in pounds, dividing that value by the square of their height in inches, and multiplying the result by 703. Or check out the CDC’s BMI calculator if math isn’t your thing....
We asked Dr. Redbord to clear up some of the misconceptions around the condition. What are some of the common causes of excessive sweating? Sweating is essential. It helps keep your body cool in the heat, hydrates your skin, and balances your body fluids and electrolytes. But excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) occurs when the body’s cooling mechanism is stuck in overdrive. Translation: You’re sweating more than necessary for your body to function....
A member of the Everyday Health Wellness Advisory Board, Bruce McEwen, PhD, is the former Alfred E. Mirsky Professor and head of the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at the Rockefeller University in New York City, where he leads research on the effects of sex, stress, and hormones on the brain. A prominent neuroscientist, Dr. McEwen is widely regarded as a pioneering researcher and one of the world’s authorities on stress....
“Yoga is an exciting and beautiful part of an overall approach to lowering risk for infections, but you cannot just do breathing exercises or a yoga routine and say, ‘Okay, this will prevent them,’” says cell biologist and yoga therapist Sundar Balasubramanian, PhD, an assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina who studies cancer therapeutics and yoga. “You still have to stay healthy, wash your hands, and — for coronavirus — protect yourself and others by wearing a mask, maintaining social distance, and quarantining if you’ve been exposed....
SLE, the most common type of lupus, can affect the whole body. Symptoms can include rash, arthritis, fever, fatigue, headaches, and sun sensitivity. SLE severity can differ widely from patient to patient. The study found associations between atmospheric and environmental changes 10 days before patients visited a clinic seeking treatment for lupus symptoms and the specific organ those symptoms seemed to affect. The hope is that this research and further work on the questions these findings point to may one day lead to improved methods of predicting lupus flares and treating them, says lead investigator George Stojan, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore, and the codirector of the Hopkins Lupus Center....
Yet what is scientifically known about the medical use of cannabis products for rheumatic conditions can fit on a pinhead. That’s the essential conclusion of a review article on the state of cannabis research for rheumatic diseases. The article was published online April 29, 2022, in Current Rheumatology Reports. It’s Not Shocking That There Isn’t More Known About Cannabis “I was disappointed but not surprised” by the low level of research, says W....
The CDC report attributed the decreased severity of this wave, at least in part, to increased vaccination. About 178 million were vaccinated during the delta wave, compared with 207 during omicron. Further, during the omicron period, 78 million persons had received vaccine boosters, compared with 1.6 million persons during the delta period. Still, the researchers warned that although disease severity appears lower with the omicron variant, the high volume of hospitalizations can strain local healthcare systems and the average daily number of deaths remains substantial....
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), phthalates are widely used in consumer and industrial products because they can make plastics more durable and help other materials dissolve. These chemicals can disrupt the body’s endocrine system, which is responsible for hormone regulation. Some previous research has tied phthalate exposure to an increased risk of neurological problems in children, asthma, early puberty, pregnancy complications like preterm birth, infertility, endometriosis, and fibroids....
While COPD is a long-term respiratory disease, its effects aren’t limited to the lungs and airways. COPD and the medications used to treat it can impact many parts of the body over time and lead to a variety of complications, including heart problems, osteoporosis, and depression. The good news is that by working with your doctor to manage your COPD and slow its progression, you can significantly reduce your likelihood of developing complications....
The exact cause of this immune response is unknown, but a gene called HLA-B27 may play a role. HLA-B27 is part of a family of genes that helps the immune system tell the difference between foreign substances and your body’s own cells. Many people with ankylosing spondylitis have the HLA-B27 gene, but not everyone with the gene develops the condition. An environmental trigger, such as an illness or bacterial infection, may activate the immune response of ankylosing spondylitis....
“It’s important to take every precaution as an essential worker, because you may be an asymptomatic carrier, and we still don’t know everything about the virus itself,” says Jade Flinn, RN, a nurse educator for the biocontainment unit at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. “I don’t want the reason my family gets the disease to be because I had an essential job to do.” The definition of essential workers has been open to interpretation and can vary from state to state....
According to the March 10 report from the Sacramento County coroner, which was recently obtained by Kaiser Health News (KNH) and released this week, the cause of death was gastroenteritis caused by “adverse effects of white mulberry leaf ingestion.” The report noted that a “partially intact” white mulberry leaf was found in McClintock’s stomach, but it wasn’t clear from the autopsy report whether she drank a tea with white mulberry leaves, ate fresh or dried leaves, or took a dietary supplement containing white mulberry leaf, KHN reported....
