Add Joy, Not Pounds, With Holiday Spirits

[ad_1] ‘Tis the season to encounter all of your favorite foods — including many that can nudge the numbers on your scale upwards. Instead of obsessing over it, you might…

Flu Season Raged Over Thanksgiving

[ad_1] Editor’s note: See cold and flu activity in your location with the WebMD tracker. December 2, 2022 – The flu virus made the most of the Thanksgiving holiday by…

Redefining Romance for the Virtual Age

[ad_1] December 2, 2022 – When a young man finds himself falling for a 300-year-old cyborg in the 2019 sci-fi film Alita: Battle Angelthey share the following exchange: “Does it…

How Neuromyelitis Optica Progressed for Me

[ad_1] Joanna Robles, MD, first began having unusual symptoms in the summer of 2020. She had bouts of nausea and vomiting that she could not explain. Eventually doctors diagnosed her…

Few Americans Understand Alcohol’s Impact on Cancer Risk: Survey

[ad_1] By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Alcohol increases the risk of cancer, but some Americans think it does the opposite, a new study…

‘Something Good’ After Tragic Loss: Donating Brain Cancer Tissue

[ad_1] December 2, 2022 – Michael Gustafson was athletic, a state gymnastics champ before being diagnosed with brain cancer when he was 10. While the diagnosis meant he had to…

Your (Afro-Textured) Hair Is Beautiful: The Trauma of Texturism

[ad_1] In our third episode in our four-part series, we’ll be diving into texturism and its impact on many Black and Latino individuals. We’ll also look at ways to gain…

FDA Moves to Ease Restrictions on Gay Men Giving Blood

[ad_1] By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) – US Food & Drug Administration policies that have limited blood donations from men who…

I Have Type 2 Diabetes – Here’s What I Eat in a Week

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Strategies for Managing Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD)

[ad_1] By Gonzalo Laje, MD, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson I’m a psychiatrist, board certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. After my own personal experience with depression during…