Tag: 50

I’ve been very athletic since high school—I started lifting weights at age 16. I even majored in exercise science, and for the first few years of college my favorite thing to do was working out. I slacked off a little bit toward the end, and when I moved back home while trying to find a

New Kent strain of ‘super-COVID’ is nearly 50 percent more contagious than other varieties, Imperial study confirms Imperial College London researchers analyzed how quickly the new B117 ‘super-COVID’ variant spreads They compared samples of the mutated virus taken from nearly 2,000 people in  the UK to another  84,000 taken from people with other variants B117

When will the coronavirus vaccine reach the general public? Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat discusses the vaccine distribution timeline on ‘Fox & Friends First.’ The U.S. will administer its first doses of Pfizer’s recently approved coronavirus vaccine on Monday, Dec. 14, as part of a historic mass vaccination effort, while related deaths tick

People enrolled in a pharmacist-led telemonitoring program to control high blood pressure were about half as likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared to those who received routine primary care, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal. Researchers, led by study author Karen L. Margolis, M.D., M.P.H.,

As Victoria grapples with a second-wave outbreak of COVID-19, the importance of large-scale testing has again been highlighted. Without its “testing blitz” aiming at 10,000 tests a day, the extent of the outbreak would have been invisible for much longer. Australia-wide, we’ve so far achieved a seven-day rolling average of a little more than 50,000

In order to play the lead role in Joker, Joaquin Phoenix underwent a dramatic transformation, and as a result he looks truly, unsettlingly emaciated in the film. The 44-year-old actor lost a shocking 52 pounds ahead of shooting, and he’s just revealed the drastic methods it took to achieve such significant weight loss. In a

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Recent colorectal cancer screening rates more than doubled among people ages 45 to 49 in the months after the release of updated American Cancer Society guidelines recommending screening in that age group, according to a new study. The increase in was unique to the 45 to 49 year-old age group according to the study, which

In order to play the lead role in Joker, Joaquin Phoenix underwent a dramatic transformation, and as a result he looks truly, unsettlingly emaciated in the film. The 44-year-old actor lost a shocking 52 pounds ahead of shooting, and he’s just revealed the drastic methods it took to achieve such significant weight loss. In a

Not long after he turned 56, Glen Shultz found himself overweight and facing a likely pre-diabetes diagnosis. He couldn’t keep up with his teenage tons, couldn’t socialize like he used to, and couldn’t move around the way he wanted. He knew the time to make a change was long overdue. “A lot of obstacles derailed

Woman, 50, died after a TOOTHPICK got stuck in her throat while she ate bread and salami as doctors reveal her boyfriend was initially wrongly accused of her murder The unnamed woman had been to A&E twice in five days with a sore throat Doctors suggested the feeling of something lodged was ‘all in her

How much do you change between high school and retirement? The answer depends on whether you’re comparing yourself to others or to your younger self. The results of a new study, the first to test how personality might change over 50 years and relying on the same data source at both time points, finds that

(HealthDay)—In accordance with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) does not intend to change its recommendations for colorectal cancer screening based on the recent change in the American Cancer Society (ACS) guideline. The ACS recently released an updated guideline recommending colorectal cancer screening starting at age 45

Two or more servings of red meat a week raises women’s risk of endometriosis by more than 50% Unprocessed meats, such as steak, increase the risk more than bacon Red meat increases women’s oestrogen levels, which can lead to endometriosis Endometriosis is when tissues lining the womb occur in other parts of the body This

Separation increases the risk of an early death by nearly 50%: Divorcees are more likely to take up smoking and no longer exercise, study finds Divorcees often take up these habits due to them having poor life satisfaction Separation may cause unhealthy habits due to people losing a nagging spouse Researchers suggest health interventions for

Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for Aging Research (IFAR), Wageningen University, Tilburg University, University of Reading, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have discovered that higher intake of dairy foods, such as milk, yogurt, and cheese, is associated with higher volumetric bone mineral density and vertebral strength at the spine in men. Dairy intake