Harvard researchers now say poor oral hygiene is associated with two types of cancer. Shutterstock/Dragon Images Everyone knows that brushing and flossing your teeth is one of the simplest ways to avoid cavities, but few realize the wide-reaching effects that oral health and hygiene can have on your general health. As it turns out, poor…
Birthday spoiler alert: If you want your mask to be a barrier to coronavirus transmission, you should not be able to blow out candles while wearing it. Florin Cristian Ailenei/EyeEm via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Florin Cristian Ailenei/EyeEm via Getty Images Birthday spoiler alert: If you want your mask to be a barrier…
The coronavirus keeps spreading around the United States. New hot spots are emerging and heating up by the day. The death toll keeps mounting. So how can the U.S. beat back the relentless onslaught of this deadly virus? Public health experts agree on one powerful weapon that's gotten a lot of attention but apparently still…
People who are over the age of 50, obese or living with diabetes or high blood pressure are more likely to die from Covid-19 than those who are younger or without these conditions.One out of five registered nurses and midwives in South Africa, as of 2017, was over the age of 60.A national health department…
Eastern Cape police commissioner self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19Leslie, a prison warder, said Andrew woke up the morning after the roadblock [1 May] complaining about a sore body. He suffered high fever on Monday 4 May, and died in hospital on Monday 11 May. He was buried three days later during a 30-minute funeral…
Published: August 12, 2026, 7:23 pm Whole Foods Market is recalling dozens of products that contain jalapeños because they are part of a larger recall connected to a Salmonella outbreak. The jalapeños were sourced from Coast Citrus Distributors and were recalled because of Salmonella contamination. There are 345 confirmed patients across 27 states in the
Dennis Schmidt started smoking as a teenager, when that was so unexceptional that his Catholic high school designated outdoor “senior smoking quarters,” where students in their final year could take cigarette breaks. He smoked a pack of menthols daily for nearly 40 years. As a registered nurse at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and
5 min read WHEN PEOPLE THINK of diet, a lineup of boring salads and small portions might come to mind. The volumetrics diet is different. This eating plan does the opposite: encouraging people to eat high amounts of foods with the goal of filling their stomach. Eating as much as you want might sound like