Hawaii becomes 4th state in West Coast Health Alliance for science-based vaccine guidance
This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com Hawaii announced its plan to join the West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) approximately 24 hours after its inception, the Washington State Governor’s Office announced Thursday. The WCHA is now comprised of...
Doisy Names New Clinical Health Sciences Chair
09/05/2025 Crystal Botkin, Ph.D., has been named chair of the Department of Clinical Health Sciences at the Edward and Margaret Doisy College of Health Sciences at Saint Louis University. Botkin Botkin has served as interim chair of the department for the past three...
2025: CELEBRATING K-BEAUTY AT THE CJ CUP BYRON NELSON
BIOHEAL BOH, BRING GREEN, and COLORGRAM featured at Olive Young booth during PGA Tour event in Texas SEOUL, South Korea, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — CJ Olive Young, Korea’s No.1 beauty and health retailer, is pleased to announce its participation as a...
Beauty Launches And Happenings, Including Women’s Fragrances By Gant
From skincare innovations to must-have makeup launches and collaborations, here’s a string of fresh formulas and standout essentials to upgrade your beauty routine. Gant launches its debut women’s fragrances: Following the success of its men’s fragrance line,...
7 Best Foods for Healthy Eyes
Certain foods, such as kale and eggs, can help support healthy eyes. Some nutrients good for healthy eyes, like lutein and zeaxanthin, aren’t made in the body and can only be consumed through your diet. Maintaining a well-balanced diet is key to keeping your eyes...
Can Lutein Benefit Your Vision and Eye Health?
Your eyes need a variety of nutrients for optimal health. One key nutrient is lutein, a carotenoid with anti-inflammatory properties. Research shows it can help with a number of eye conditions. Lutein is part of the carotenoid family of antioxidants. Carotenoids are a...
Dr. Frank Barnes Jr. is a visionary in improving optometric health equity
Dr. Frank Barnes Jr. is a beacon of leadership and innovation in the field of optometry. With a career spanning more than four decades, Dr. Barnes has made significant strides in advancing eye care and health equity in the African American community. He received his...
Diabetic Eye Health: 5 Ways to Protect Your Eyesight
Did you know that both type 1 and 2 diabetes can damage your eyes and cause vision loss? That’s right, the primary cause of blindness in adults ages 20-74 is diabetes. Damage can occur for years without symptoms. This makes an optometrist an essential part of your...
Oral Health: The Mouth-Body Connection – WebMD
Years ago, a physician who suspected heart disease would probably not refer the patient to a gum specialist. The same went for diabetes, pregnancy, or just about any other medical condition. Times have changed. The past 5 to 10 years have seen ballooning interest in...
Eye Health: 5 Common Causes Of Sharp Pain In Eye
Do you feel a sharp shooting pain in your eyes and a strong urge to rub away that pain? You might be making it worse for your eyes this way. Sharp eye pain might be a serious health concern that you should never ignore. Let’s learn the top 5 common causes of eye...
Dental health among young Alaska children improved significantly since …
Information about childhood tooth decay is displayed on Oct. 17, 2023, at a booth at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage. The booth promoted the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium’s Dental Health Aide Therapist program. Young...
Optometrists, Ophthalmologists, and Opticians: What’s the Difference?
An optometrist provides routine eye care. In contrast, an ophthalmologist focuses on surgical procedures for eye conditions, and an optician helps you fit eyeglasses and other vision aids. If you’ve ever had to search for an eye care doctor, you’re likely aware that...
7 Health Benefits of Watermelon
Medically reviewed by Phoowanai Ektheerachaisakul, RDNMedically reviewed by Phoowanai Ektheerachaisakul, RDN Watermelon is a large, round, oval fruit with a green rind and juicy red or pink flesh. It has a sweet taste and may or may not have seeds, depending on the...
How Depression Can Affect Dental Hygiene | TIME
In June, Elina Howard posted a TikTok of her brushing her teeth, writing in the caption that she “knew [her depression] was getting bad again when even the simplest tasks felt like too much.” A stay-at-home mom to three kids, Howard, 30, lives in Greenville,...
Column: Health care costs must be more transparent
Dr. Jerome Adams, the surgeon general from 2017 to 2021 under former President Donald Trump, recently published his story of a surprise medical bill incurred after a visit to an Arizona emergency room. He was mountain hiking in January and became dehydrated; he was...
Legislators consider a new ‘hub’ to ensure patients get health care in their preferred language
In California, there are policies in place meant to ensure people with limited English speaking ability can still access and understand their health care prognosis or care instructions in the language they speak. Still, that’s not always what happens, said Sen....
Messenger: Missouri fails when it comes to providing health care or food to poor people
Tony Messenger Missouri is winning another race to the bottom. It’s the sort of unfortunate distinction for the Show-Me State — worst in the nation in some metric or another — that is becoming all too common. Whether it is teacher pay or education funding, corrections...
State senator questions payments as Oklahoma Health Care authority touts rollout of SoonerSelect
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is celebrating what it says is the success of the SoonerSelect program three months after its rollout, despite growing concerns about delayed payments for health care providers. The transition from a fee-for-service...
Older Americans worry they can’t afford their own health care
KFF Health News — What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? The cost of services and therapies, and their ability to pay. “It’s on our minds a whole lot because of our age and because everything keeps getting more...
CT failed to reform its health care oversight. Here’s why it matters.
Lofty plans for a major redesign of Connecticut’s “certificate of need” program” — a regulatory effort that requires providers to obtain state approval before making substantial changes in the health care sector — dissolved in the final weeks of the legislative...
Lawmakers seek health care and retirement protections for Steward Health Care workers
BOSTON — A group of Democratic members of Congress, led by Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts, is seeking reassurances that workers at hospitals owned by Steward Health Care will have their health care and retirement benefits protected. Steward last month said...
Health care, retirement protections sought for Steward Health Care workers
MATT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AT 506 NEW THIS MORNING, EMBATTLED STUART HEALTH HEADS INTO BANKRUPTCY HEARING TODAY AS IT TRIES TO SELL ITS MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITALS. THE FOR PROFIT HOSPITAL GROUP HAS PROPOSED TO SELL OR AUCTION OFF ITS FACILITIES BY EARLY JULY. IN A COURT...
Steward Health Care executives are mired in trouble at home. In Malta, it’s much worse.
VALLETTA, Malta — The most sweeping corruption trial in the history of this Mediterranean country kicked off with a former prime minister and a host of top government officials parading through a phalanx of police into a courthouse. Hundreds of onlookers crammed...
Rep. Arrington discusses legislation to breakup healthcare monopolies & bill to fund Dyess AFB
BIG COUNTRY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) — In this week’s episode of Big Country Politics, Jodey Arrington, the U.S. representative for Texas’s 19th congressional district, discussed the impact of HR 8580 on Dyess Air Force Base and addressed concerns regarding monopoly...
Planned Parenthood Closures Won’t Halt Women’s Healthcare, New Data Shows
According to the Lozier Institute, women can access comprehensive health care at community-based clinics, but Planned Parenthood is primarily focused on abortion. According to a recently published report, even if a proposal to defund Planned Parenthood passed and all...
Addressing pain in women’s health: New guidelines for IUD insertions
Chelsea Daniels knows firsthand that the insertion of intrauterine devices, or IUDs, can be more than just a pinch. “I had two IUDs placed in my life,” Daniels said, “I currently have an IUD, and I wasn’t offered anything for either of them.” Daniel works as a staff...
REI Fourth of July Sale 2025: Up to 61% Off Outdoor Essentials
Take over 40% off the editor-favorite Vuori Kore Shorts. Save almost 50% on the cozy and iconic Patagonia Re-Tool Pullover. Plus, REI Co-op Members can save 20% on one full-priced Yeti product. IF YOU MISSED out on REI’s annual anniversary sale, now’s the time to...
A Guide to Navigating the Wild West of the Online GLP-1 Market
A PAIR OF feet step onto a scale. Then another, and another. A jiggly belly flashes onscreen. “Obesity is America’s deadliest epidemic,” a narrator intones over Childish Gambino’s “This Is America.” “Something’s broken, and it’s not our bodies—it’s the system.” In...
Drake’s Six-pack Selfie Is Going Viral – and He’s Getting Roasted in the Comments
There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and if Drake posts a shirtless selfie, he’s sure to be roasted in the comments section. So much so, his latest addition to the grid has stoked the rumour mill further that he has had cosmetic surgery on his abs....
Putting women’s health in the spotlight
Breastfeeding is a uniquely female biological process. Human milk provides the best source of nutritional, developmental and immune support for babies, and the World Health Organisation recommends breastfeeding for the first year of an infant’s life. Yet breastfeeding...
‘We Are Playing With Fire’
IN THE EARLY days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I stood in makeshift COVID-19 field hospitals (known as ‘Alternative Care Sites’) in New York City, bearing witness to a public health crisis that tested every fiber of our nation’s resilience. At the time, we knew very...
Advancing Women’s Health Through Formulary Coverage Innovations
Susan Cantrell Awareness around women’s health is growing nationwide. This year, the FDA approved Miudella—the first new non-hormonal intrauterine device in more than 40 years. In another milestone, Aetna announced expanded fertility coverage and became the first...
Destroying 50 years of women’s health samples is like ‘burning the Library of Congress’
Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! For decades, researchers have been collecting samples from hundreds of thousands of women and tracking their health. The work has deepened our basic understanding of human health, but now the entire project is in danger. When...
The 6 Best Pre-Workouts for Men, According to Registered Dietitians
Lauren Keary is a NASM-certified nutrition coach and fitness/nutrition writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is an ex-collegiate rower, and received her M.A. in magazine journalism and B.A. in literary journalism. She has nearly a decade of professional...
