It’s normal to feel upset and afraid upon hearing a diagnosis of MS. But the good news is that MS can usually be managed successfully with a combination of medication, a healthy lifestyle, and social support from friends, family, healthcare providers, and other people living with MS. Knowing the facts about multiple sclerosis can help you understand what’s going on in your body and why your MS isn’t exactly like anyone else’s....
It’s popular. If you’re in this age group, you and your friends are likely using it. According to data published in April 2021 by Pew Research Center, 84 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds are active on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, or another social media site. That’s more than adults of other ages, and up from just 7 percent of teens and young adults in this age group reporting using social media in 2005....
“I’ve been living alone this entire time, so I spent more time on my phone and more time connecting with others, and that included memes,” Perraud says. Perraud and her friends aren’t the only ones. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, many millennials and Generation Z members like Perraud, who is on the cusp between these two groups, formed online communities to share COVID-19 memes. (According to the Pew Research Center, Gen Z includes people born between 1997 and 2012, and millennials include people born between 1981 and 1996)....
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide rates rose by nearly 33 percent between 1999 and 2019, with a small decrease observed in 2019. (1) While certain mental health conditions raise the risk of suicide, the desire to end one’s life is rarely caused by any one thing. And while there are risk factors that can help identify people in need of extra support, and sometimes there are warning signs, all too often suicide seems to come out of nowhere....
“I was shocked because I always find myself exercising and eating right,” says the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony-winning actress and producer. “I felt fantastic. But there you go. Blood doesn’t lie.” Davis opened up about her diagnosis in New York City on April 25, 2019, at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of a documentary about diabetes that she narrated, A Touch of Sugar. Prediabetes means blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be considered diabetes....
For one thing, they discovered that acupoints aren’t random sites on the body. “Scientists took tissue samples from those points and looked at them under a microscope. They found that the tissues have anatomic characteristics that make them different from other points in the body,” Dr. Sheinberg says. Acupuncture needles are inserted into the fascia, a type of connective tissue that wraps around every muscle and organ in your body....
It’s not completely clear what role the appendix plays in the body, but removal of the organ via appendectomy doesn’t appear to have any long-term health consequences. Appendicitis is a condition in which the appendix becomes inflamed and filled with pus — a fluid made up of dead cells and inflammatory debris that often results from an infection. An appendectomy — surgery — has long been the standard treatment for appendicitis....
The goal of CBT treatment is for people to learn to identify and reevaluate any distorted, unhelpful, or inaccurate thought patterns that are negatively impacting their behavior, explains Karol Darsa, PsyD, a licensed psychologist who practices CBT and is the founder and executive director of Reconnect Integrative Trauma Treatment Centers in Los Angeles. “One may not be able to control a specific situation but controlling how they interpret the situation can help them cope with it better,” Dr....
As with any intermittent fasting plan, the warrior diet limits the times during the day when you are permitted to eat, advocating a single meal a day. But is this way of eating effective for losing weight, and more importantly, is it safe and sustainable in the long term? This guide will tell you everything you need to know. What Is the Warrior Diet? The warrior diet is based on a book of the same name written by Ori Hofmekler, and it claims to “switch on your biological powerhouse for high energy, explosive strength, and a leaner, harder body....
You want to eat plain, simple foods, especially in the first 24 hours, says Peter Higgins, MD, PhD, the director of the inflammatory bowel disease program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. “It is best to eat thicker, bland foods, including oatmeal, bananas, plain rice, and applesauce,” he says. Boiled potatoesToastPlain crackers, such as saltinesPretzelsBaked chicken without any skin or fat One review suggested that foods with probiotics — often called “good” bacteria — may shorten the duration of a bout of diarrhea....
The good news is that there are measures you can take to reduce the chances that these growths will form, or at least minimize their occurrence. And if tonsil stones do start to crop up, these steps can help keep their size and number in check. RELATED: Why Tonsil Stones Form in the First Place One of the best ways to prevent tonsil stones from forming is to practice good oral hygiene....
Rest is one of the most important ways your body fights off infections, according to the Mayo Clinic. Ironically, getting enough rest can also be the hardest thing to accomplish. You know the scenario: You lie down after a long day of feeling lousy, only to find that you can’t stop coughing. Just when you need sleep the most, your cough symptoms get worse, leading to a night of tossing and turning....
“To walk on a red carpet and do an interview where you say how starving you are … because you haven’t eaten carbs in the last month … all to fit in a fing dress?” Reinhart wrote in an Instagram Story, People reported earlier this week. (The original Instagram Story with Reinhart’s post was live for only 24 hours.) “So wrong. So fed on 100s of levels,” Reinhart wrote. She didn’t mention Kim Kardashian by name, but there’s strong speculation that Reinhart’s comments were in response to Kardashian’s Met Gala appearance....
While we don’t know all the reasons behind the Gates’ decision, it is clear they are not alone in separating after decades together. Past research published in The Journals of Gerontology found that more than 1 in 4 people getting divorced in the United States are over age 50, and over half of those divorces happen after 20 years of marriage. Pew Research data from 2017 found that the rate of divorce after age 50 nearly doubled from 1990 to 2015....
Trebek received a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in March 2019, but he continued to perform his role as the host of the popular game show for the next eighteen months. Throughout that time, Trebek continued to provide updates about his treatment and health status to his fans around the world. Although Trebek initially responded well to treatment, his prognosis had worsened by summer of 2020. In a July interview in The New York Times, Trebek said that if his current round of cancer treatment failed, he planned to stop treatment....
While concerns about this highly-infectious disease have resurfaced, there’s a lot of misinformation when it comes to the virus. Here are 10 essential facts about Ebola: 1. Scientists Believe Ebola Starts in Animals and Spreads to Humans While the exact cause of Ebola isn’t known, experts believe the virus is animal-borne, with fruit bats being the suspected hosts. Bats that carry the virus can transmit it to other animals. (2) Ebola is introduced to humans through close contact with the blood, secretions, or organs of infected animals, such as fruit bats, gorillas, chimpanzees, monkeys, forest antelope, or porcupines....
There are a few approaches, but the two most popular are 16:8, which calls for squeezing all the day’s meals into an eight-hour window and fasting for the remaining 16 hours, and 5:2, in which five days of the week are spent eating normally and two are spent fasting (usually defined as eating only 500 to 600 calories per day). Why would someone opt for this way of eating versus a standard diet, such as going low carb or low fat?...
Work out midday. When that mid-afternoon energy slump rolls around, hit the gym instead of the sack. Studies suggest working out can actually increase productivity enough to counteract that time away from the office. Eat chocolate. Sure chocolate’s got caffeine, but that’s not the only reason it offers a quick pick-me-up. Flavonoids found in cocoa have been shown to boost cognitive skills and improve mood. Power nap. Avoid the temptation to pull a Rip Van Winkle, and take a quick midday power nap instead....
While meditation is an ancient practice that has been around for centuries, scientists are just beginning to study its effects on the human body. One realm of research concentrates on how meditation impacts the brain. Studies show that meditation has a variety of neurological benefits, from changes in brain volume to decreasing activity in parts of the brain involved with stress. Below are four ways that meditation has been shown to change the brain: While scientists are still working to understand the effects of volume increases or decreases of the hippocampus, it is generally believed that increases correlate to improved emotional regulation, while decreases are a risk factor for negative emotions, like stress....
“There’s some evidence to suggest that tea may help with things like inflammation,” says Kelly Kennedy, RD, the manager of nutrition for Everyday Health. “The unfortunate thing is that a lot of that research has been done in animals, so it doesn’t necessarily translate to the same effect in humans. But if tea helps someone, then it can be an easy tool for easing symptoms related to Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (UC)....
