The 1 Thing A Good Therapist Will Never, Ever Do
Fiordaliso via Getty Images Good therapists help their clients come to the healthiest and best decisions for themselves. Counseling sessions can feel like a heart-to-heart with a close friend — a friend who won’t see you outside their office and is totally OK with trauma-dumping. But unlike get-togethers with a bestie who will drink wine […]
6 Things You Should Never Say To Someone You’re Dining With — And Why
Getty Images Experts say when it doubt, it’s best to avoid commenting on what others eat. “You just always have to be healthy.” A former co-worker used to snarkily say this to me at every group work meal whenever I ordered a salad or something else vegetarian, which I was at the time. She always […]
Here Are the Top Diets for 2024
It’s the season for resolutions — and the annual “Best Diets” rankings from U.S. News & World Report. For 2024, the Mediterranean diet once again took the top spot for best overall diet. With its emphasis on intake of fruits, vegetables, olive oil, and fish as well as on diet quality rather than a single […]
The Best Way to Greet Flu Season? A Flu Shot! – Wyoming Department of Health
The Best Way to Greet Flu Season? A Flu Shot! November 1, 2023 A Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) official says the most recent influenza season demonstrated the virus is likely back to more normal patterns following the pandemic and is expected to be a threat in the coming months for Wyoming residents. “We recommend […]
How Can the U.S. Achieve Universal Coverage? With a Two-Part Plan, Expert Says
What’s the best way to ensure that everyone in the U.S. has health insurance and access to care? Amy Finkelstein, PhD, who has studied health economics for 20 years, is pretty sure she finally knows the answer. After her father-in-law challenged her to tell him what was needed to fix the healthcare system, Finkelstein, at […]
The Case for a Yearly COVID Booster Shot
BOSTON — A yearly booster with an mRNA-based COVID vaccine may provide the best protection against catching the pandemic disease, a new analysis of the phase III COVE trial suggested. “Interestingly, we found that the longer duration between boosting actually provides better protection against COVID-19,” Dean Follmann, PhD, of the National Institute of Allergy and […]
10 Foods That’ll Help Boost Your Immune System This Fall
At this point, most of us know that the very best thing we can do to give our immune system a boost is to get our COVID vaccine and flu shot, and a COVID booster, if you’re eligible. But as the days grow darker and colder and we’re faced with a possible “twindemic” — meaning […]
New COVID Shots Are Coming. Here’s What They Do And Who’s Eligible.
aire images via Getty Images “The vaccines are our single best method to protect ourselves from COVID, to protect our friends, family, loved ones, classmates, co-workers, etcetera, from COVID,” said Dr. S. Wesley Long. This week, updated COVID-19 booster shots — one shot by Pfizer and one shot by Moderna — were approved by the […]
Therapists Say This 1 Easy Hack Can Help With A Panic Attack
Twenty47studio via Getty Images Therapists say the best way to stop a panic attack is to shift your awareness. Panic attacks affect millions of people; even folks who don’t struggle with a mental health condition can experience one. The symptoms can include sweating, tingling of the hands, rapid heartbeat, shaking, a feeling of impending doom […]
Fat burning during exercise varies widely between individuals: Study reveals limitations of commercial exercise machines, emphasizing the need for a more personalized approach to exercise
The best heart rate for burning fat differs for each individual and often does not align with the “fat burning zone” on commercial exercise machines, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers report. Instead, the researchers said, clinical exercise testing — a diagnostic procedure to measure a person’s physiological response to exercise — may […]