How My New Golf Hobby Made Me Healthier in Unexpected Ways
[ad_1] April 5, 2024 – For decades, I resisted invitations to try, learn, and play golf. Too frustrating, I said. Too expensive. Too much to learn. Too time-consuming. I too-too-too’d myself out of giving it a shot. A lifelong hobby dabbler, I finally decided to give golf a whirl last summer. I bought cheap clubs and took a few lessons. More...
What You Should Know Today
[ad_1] In 1996, Doug Olson learned he had chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a type of cancer that starts in white blood cells. This cancer often grows slowly, so his doctor decided to watch it and wait to More...
FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
[ad_1] July 13, 2023 – The FDA’s approval today of the first birth control pill for women to be available without a prescription is being hailed by many as a long-needed development, but there remain questions More...
Teach Your Kids to Avoid Colds
[ad_1] Let’s face it: Kids are microbe magnets. They also like to share. These tiny humans don’t enter the world knowing that spraying a sneeze into your face or wiping their runny noses and then putting More...
Do-It-Yourself Medications: Self-Injected Drugs on the Rise
[ad_1] Having patients give themselves injections, when possible, not only saves clinic time and expense, but also spares the patients a trip to the clinic, of course, and often a copay. [ad_2] Source link More...
Get the Benefits of Exercise Without Breaking a Sweat
[ad_1] July 14, 2023 — For as long as we’ve had official recommendations for exercise, those recommendations have focused on effort. Do at least 150 minutes a week of “moderate to vigorous” physical More...
Ketamine for Migraine: One Person’s Journey
[ad_1] Nikki S. was angry. After several years of different migraine treatments, one of her pain doctors suggested that it might be time to try a drug called ketamine. “Absolutely not,” she told her doctor. More...
Changing My Pace With Myasthenia Gravis
[ad_1] By SeAndrea Collins, as told to Keri Wiginton I’m 38 and I’ve had myasthenia gravis (MG) for over 20 years. A good life is still possible. I enjoy my work as a third-grade teacher and the time More...
Myasthenia Gravis and Exercise: How I Found Balance
[ad_1] By Charlotte Laycock, as told to Keri Wiginton One year before I summited one of the world’s tallest mountains, a doctor told me I might never exercise again. Unlike most people, I didn’t start climbing More...
