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Using Asthma Inhalers

Using Asthma Inhalers

Asthma attacks can be frightening and dangerous. But there are many different asthma inhalers that can help keep asthma under control...
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Omicron Variants Continue to Spread COVID

Omicron Variants Continue to Spread COVID

Omicron variants continue to cause an increase in COVID cases, but this form of the virus appears to be less severe according to researchers. But COVID continues to mutate, and scientists are keeping a close eye on new variants that are emerging overseas...
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Preventing Hot Car Deaths

Preventing Hot Car Deaths

Nearly 40 children die every year from heat stroke after being left in a hot car. Here are some tips to help prevent this tragedy...
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COVID Vaccines and Booster Shots

COVID Vaccines and Booster Shots

While researchers believe the COVID vaccines are very effective, they say it is now a three-shot series -- two vaccines and a booster-- that is necessary to be considered fully vaccinated...
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Meditation Can Help with Your Mental Health

Meditation Can Help with Your Mental Health

Meditation is simple to do, free of charge and research shows it can really improve your mental and physical health...
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Using Bone Cement to Fix Fractured Vertebrae

Using Bone Cement to Fix Fractured Vertebra

Bone cement can help diminish often excruciating pain caused by tiny bone fragments in the spine. It is used in vertebroplasty, an outpatient procedure, that works quickly to reduce pain, especially in people with bone loss due to osteoporosis...
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The Role Diversity Plays in Bone Marrow Transplants

The Role Diversity Plays in Bone Marrow Transplants

Bone marrow and stem cell transplants can be lifesaving for those with leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood disorders. But a lack of ethnic diversity in the pool of donors has researchers concerned about finding a close enough match for all patients who need this procedure...
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Why Migraines Get Worse in the Summer

Why Migraines Get Worse in the Summer

Migraine headaches are often worsened when the barometric pressure changes. And those changes happen more often in the summertime when thunderstorms tend to be a more common occurrence...
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