Q: I’ve seen several menopause-oriented brands selling anti-aging estrogen facial creams. Is there any science behind them? Heated flashes, night sweats and vaginal dryness are common symptoms of menopause. But skin can also undergo changes during midlife, including sagging, thinning and drying. Estrogen is key to maintaining skin integrity, says Dr. Susan Massick, a dermatologist […]
To meet the demand for medicinal marijuana, a multi-million dollar business has developed in Australia. The Australians released it over AUD 400 million this will only be addressed in the first half of 2024. More Australians than ever are using medicinal cannabis for treatment long-term health conditionssuch as chronic pain, anxiety and cancer. Some people […]
According to reports, he is a Victorian man in critical condition in hospital after contracting Japanese encephalitis from a mosquito bite. This message appears after both cases Victoria AND New South Wales has issued public health alerts in recent weeks warning about the virus. So what is Japanese encephalitis and how can you protect yourself […]
When Dr. Nir Barzilai met 100-year-old Helen Reichert, she was smoking a cigarette. Dr. Barzilai, director of the Aging Research Institute at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, remembers Ms. Reichert saying that doctors repeatedly urged her to quit smoking. But all the doctors died, Ms. Reichert noted, and she didn’t. Ms. Reichert lived for […]
“In the beginning, everyone thought they were going to find this breakthrough painkiller that would replace opioids,” Gereau said. Increasingly, however, it appears that chronic pain such as cancer may have a number of genetic and cellular factors that vary depending on both the condition and the specific nature of the person experiencing it. “We […]
Most of us don’t think about pain until we experience it. And when we do, it usually goes away after a few days or weeks. This has been my own experience until the summer of 2023. One day I woke up and found that my arms were hurting. There was no obvious explanation, nothing I […]
State health officials on Monday said a Louisiana patient who was hospitalized with severe bird flu has died, the first such fatality in the United States. Officials said the patient was over 65 years vintage and had underlying health conditions. The person was infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus as a result of contact […]
The U.S. Surgeon General’s recent initiative to warn consumers about the link between drinking and cancer comes at a precarious time for restaurant owners trying to estimate profits that depend on alcohol sales. Food and labor costs have risen, and some Americans weary of inflation continue to rise cut back on eating out. Sales decreased […]
Barrie Miskin was newly pregnant when she noticed her appearance was changing. Shadowy spots appeared on her skin like watercolor ink. A “thickness” of hair had grown on her upper lip and chin. The outside world was changing, too: in her Astoria neighborhood in Queens, glowing lights haloed objects, blurring her vision. Co-workers and even […]
Aimee Tritt, a registered dietitian in Minneapolis, said she sees the same pattern over and over again: People want to be healthier, so they change their diet dramatically, only to burn out after a few weeks. If this has happened to you, know that you are not a failure, says Ms. Tritt, who also teaches […]