Category: Healthy

Margaret Davis (left) and Delisa Williams (right) became acquainted when they moved into the Salvation Army Center of Hope shelter, just outside Charlotte, NC Both women receive federal benefits, but the monthly amounts aren’t high enough for them to be able to rent an apartment.

Logan Cyrus for KHN

hide caption

toggle caption

Logan Cyrus for KHN

Margaret Davis (left) and Delisa Williams (right) became acquainted when they moved into the Salvation Army Center of Hope shelter, just outside Charlotte, NC Both women receive federal benefits, but the monthly amounts aren’t high enough for them to be able to rent an apartment.

Logan Cyrus for KHN

After two months of sleeping in the Salvation Army Center of Hope homeless shelter in Charlotte, NC, Margaret Davis has had no luck finding an apartment she can afford.

The 55-year-old grandmother receives about $750 a month from the federal government. She’s trying to

Alaska health officials say that a Juneau woman in her 70s has died of COVID-19. It’s not clear when she died.

The state reported a total of 25 new deaths among Alaska residents, which occurred from January through August of this year.

Over the course of the pandemic, 23 Juneau residents have died from COVID-19.

The state reported 67 cases of COVID-19 in Juneau from the last week among residents and visitors to town, an increase over the previous week’s 51 cases. That doesn’t include positive results from home tests.

There were 1,494 cases reported across the state. That includes 544 non-resident cases — more than half of those were identified on vessels at sea related to tourism.

Statewide, 66 people with COVID-19 are

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia voters shared whether they were concerned about Lt. Gov. John Letterman’s health if elected to the Senate and if it would impact their vote in the midterm elections, with some citing President Biden’s health as reassurance.

“He might not be healthy mentally, but he seems healthy,” Devon, from Philadelphia, said.

“Look at Joe Biden. He’s an older guy,” he continued. “You know he has his health problems, and he’s still able to run the country.”

Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and Democratic US Senate candidate John Fetterman on August 12, 2022 in Erie, Pennsylvania. – The event marked Fettermans first campaign rally since suffering a stroke caused by a blood clot on May 15, 2022.
(DUSTIN FRANZ/AFP via Getty Images)

But Kevin, living in Philadelphia, said he’s concerned about Fetterman’s health and lack of campaign engagement.

MEDIA PUTS MORE

Watching videos about how to cook, eat less and choose healthier foods can help obese children lose weight, reduce their risk of diabetes and become happier, a study has found.

The doctor behind the findings believes they can help in treating childhood obesity because they show that online healthcare can be just as effective as face-to-face appointments.

A team of researchers led by Dr Felix Reschke, of the children’s hospital in Hanover, Germany, studied 108 children who followed the video-based weight loss program while the country was in its second Covid-19 lockdown in late 2020.

The trial resulted in many participants eating much more fruit and vegetables and far fewer sugary treat foods such as sweets, snacks and soft drinks. In addition, they reduced the number of meals they ate each day, though they still averaged 4.1 meals, as a result of “video-based structured education”.

Overall, two-thirds lost weight and

A heat wave is smothering much of the Western region including Los Angeles. Worrisome weather trends like this can contribute to climate stress.

Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

hide caption

toggle caption

Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A heat wave is smothering much of the Western region including Los Angeles. Worrisome weather trends like this can contribute to climate stress.

Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Climate change has caused more intense wildfires, heat waves, floods and hurricanes, lengthened allergy seasons and inflicted other forms of tangible harm. But an oft-overlooked consequence — one that warrants urgent attention and creative problem-solving — is worsening mental health.

The COVID pandemic has been a time of enormous suffering. According to the World Health Organization, the prevalence of depression and anxiety increased 25% globally during the first year of the pandemic. We are bruised and vulnerable, struggling to right ourselves after a tumultuous

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – A day afterr the Center for Disease Control recommended the first updated COVID-19 boosters, many have questions on who should be getting the new boosters and when.

The new boosters are bivalent shots that contain half the original vaccine that came out in December 2020. And half provides protection against the dominant omicron variants, BA.4 and BA.5. Those variants make up nearly all new COVID cases in Kansas.

The Sedgwick County Health Department expects new booster shows to arrive in about two weeks.

“As soon as someone is eligible to receive the new booster to protect against the current variants, it would be a good idea to go ahead and that,” Sedgwick County Health Director Adrienne Byrne said. “So, there just needs to be a two-month span since the last vaccine, and they need to have gotten the primary doses.”

The CDC said you’re up

ORLANDO, Fla – If you shun the sun, suffer from food allergies, and don’t get enough fruit and veggies, it’s likely you may be vitamin deficient. In fact, 46 percent of United States adults aren’t getting enough vitamin C. According to The Cleveland Clinic, 42 percent of people are vitamin D deficient, and 90 percent are not getting enough vitamin E. Getting too little of these essential vitamins can be dangerous, even life-threatening.

Feeling weak? Trouble sleeping? Blurry vision? All these symptoms could be a sign you’re not getting enough of vitamin C.

Vitamin C is critical for our immune system. It also plays a vital role in joint health and mood and promotes eye health.

One in 20 people lack the recommended daily amount even though many experts believe it’s easy to get enough vitamin C just through a healthy diet. One orange or cup of strawberries or raw

Mothers walk past a billboard encouraging immunization against polio and measles at a clinic in Harare June 21, 2012. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

HARARE, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s measles outbreak has so far claimed 685 lives, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday, more than four times the cases reported almost a fortnight ago even as a nationwide vaccination program continues.

“Zimbabwe had 6,034 confirmed cases, including 4,266 and 685 deaths,” the ministry said in a post on Twitter, adding 191 new cases and 37 deaths were reported in a single day on Sept. 1.

Primarily children aged between six months and 15 years were succumbing to the disease, especially those from religious sects who do not believe in vaccination, the country’s information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said last month. read more

According