My twin brother Xand hit 19 stone. I worry he’ll die young… DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN’s personal account will touch a nerve with many who worry about the health of their own loved ones After 20 years of being a doctor and a decade of broadcasting on health issues, I’ve come to realise that giving
Blood lipid control in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) continues to be “suboptimal,” researchers on a new study conclude. The observational analysis showed that despite their increased risk for cardiovascular and limb events, lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) was generally underused in patients with PAD, and many who were treated still had elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
THE STEREOTYPES about the restaurant world are true. It’s crazy, chaotic, and stressful—and because of all this there’s a gamut of temptations. Six years ago, a restaurant I was partnered with in Vegas was going through tribulations. My partners bailed and I was left paying vendors out of my personal account. I liquidated every asset
My baby is turning 1 this month. Should she be talking by now? Not necessarily. Infants and children grow and develop on their own, individual timelines. This means that they reach major milestones like talking through gradual progress from a series of smaller achievements. Speech development in infants starts right after they are born. The
Neal Bendesky, a.k.a. the 199 Guy, tells Men’s Health how working out with Orangetheory Fitness and committing to good nutrition have given him a new—and longer—lease of life. I used to be a prisoner of my job as a senior sports marketing and sales executive for major professional and college teams. I had exciting, high-profile
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The National Institutes of Health has launched a new research initiative to better understand how COVID-19 affects children, particularly those with long-term effects of coronavirus infection. The CARING for Children with COVID program will study why some children face greater risks
My mum only had a runny nose that Sunday. She’d been at work, but as some of her colleagues had caught Covid-19 I told her she had to get a test. She and my dad went to the local test centre, and hers came back positive the next day. I told her to lay in bed
When my job held a leadership development program, part of the presentation included a mock-sparring exercise with the other participants. At one point the presenter asked me why I was out of breath. He was trying to show me that I was moving too much, when I should have been focused. But it hit home
AS MOST fathers know, dads do unexpected and unfamiliar things for their children. I am a father of two girls, ages nine and 11. I am also a longtime consumer of meat. So when my daughters came to me late last year and told my wife and I that they had decided they wanted to
Anthony Makins, 31, from London, shares with Men’s Health how being stuck indoors during the pandemic kickstarted a healthier lifestyle. I’ve always been in decent shape, and have been going to the gym since I was 16. But after leaving university, I’ve struggled to maintain the level of fitness I had back then, when I
As U.S. health officials try to get COVID-19 vaccines to people more quickly, it’s already time for some people to get their second shots. So who’s keeping track to make sure you get the correct second dose, and on time? And who can see that information? It’s one of the many logistical issues health officials
DR ELLIE CANNON: Help… I just can’t stop my nose from dripping! My nose won’t stop running – particularly in the mornings. It drips when I move around in the afternoons. Antihistamines and nasal washing haven’t helped. It may seem usual in the cold weather, but a constant runny nose is not normal – and
Matthew Riggs, a 33-year-old IT worker from Essex, knows all too well the pain that losing a father can cause. After his father passed away from cancer when he was just 11-years-old, he began putting on weight. His coping mechanism was comfort eating, which spiraled out of control. “By the time I was 16-years-old, I
If I knew March 15 would have been our last “normal” day before the global COVID-19 pandemic turned our lives upside down, I would have done things differently. My daughter and I would have stayed on the beach longer, collecting shells and digging holes in the sand. My husband and I would have stayed up
Speaking fondly of her family! Lisa Marie Presley became a mom in 1989 and has been open about raising her kids ever since. Three years after the singer and then-husband Danny Keough‘s daughter, Riley, arrived, their son, Benjamin, was born. Presley went on to welcome twins, Harper and Finley, in 2008 with Michael Lockwood. In
My name is Bella Decembre (@bellagawjas_), and I’m 29 years old. I live in Orlando, Florida, and I’m a plant-based influencer building out creative recipes and helping others on their plant-based journey after losing 75 pounds with my plant-based life. In early 2019, I had reached my heaviest weight of 220 pounds at 28 years
I have to admit that before I lost the weight, I thought I was happy. I really thought I was normal. When I turned down friends’ invitations to hikes, camping, flag football, or any other physical activity I always had a reason that I couldn’t go. It wasn’t until after I lost weight that I
My name is Morgan Calkin (@moslimsdown), and I am 33. I’m from Louisville, Kentucky, and I’m a massage therapist. After a negative experience hiking with my husband, I decided to really concentrate on my weight loss and found support and community on Instagram. My biggest issue with my weight before started my journey was that
DR ELLIE CANNON: Will my wife’s carers be banned from visiting due to the coronavirus outbreak? Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor? I am in my 80s and have heart troubles. My wife has Alzheimer’s and lives at home. We’ve been told we should stay put, and not go out,
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: My mum tells me this is like the war… and now my junior doctor son is off to the A&E front line Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor? The speed at which Covid-19 has spread around the world and threatened our way of life is astonishing. At the
