Mayara Costa Figueiredo, University of California, Irvine and Yunan Chen, University of California, Irvine Have you ever used a health app to track your personal data, such as diet, exercise, or menstrual cycle? Did seeing the data make you feel excited and empowered? Or stressed and frustrated? With the popularity of self-tracking technologies like apps… Read More »
A federal judge in the US state of Texas has ruled that a key part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional. Twenty states argued the whole law was invalidated by a change in tax rules last year which eliminated a penalty for not having health insurance. President Donald Trump… Read More »
Avoid unnecessary weight gain with these healthy holiday foods! Tis the season for holiday parties and holiday foods. We all tend to indulge in the constant rotation of holiday goodies that get passed around the office, at parties, or perhaps at your own home during family gatherings. A little indulgence is fine, but if you… Read More »
This week sees some beautiful oppositions and the start of a new Zodiac season. Up first is Tuesday: Nothing like holiday prequels to get the constellations real about romance. Inspect your love life by asking questions like, “Is this working? Am I working hard enough to make it work? Are they? Are we a good… Read More »
Black people are more likely to have hypertension than their white counterparts. Now, new findings published in the journal Circulation suggest that untreated sleep apnea that’s moderate or severe is associated with increased odds of resistant hypertension in African Americans, according to an article by American Heart Association News. Sleep apnea is a serious sleep… Read More »
A baby girl who was diagnosed with Ebola when she was only six days old has survived, health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have confirmed. Baby Benedicte’s mother was infected with Ebola and died during childbirth. Benedicte showed symptoms only days later and it has taken five weeks of round-the-clock treatment to… Read More »
Research led by the University of Adelaide shows that metabolic syndrome in pregnant women increases their risk for pregnancy complications including preeclampsia and gestational diabetes by 2-4 times. Published in the journal PLOS Medicine the research assessed maternal metabolic health at 15 weeks’ gestation in 5530 women in the international SCOPE Study based at the… Read More »