After days of sharp pain shooting up her left abdomen, Rose Wong hobbled from her history class to the student health center at Duke University. A nurse pressed on the 20-year-old’s belly and told her it felt like gas. Wong questioned the diagnosis but said the nurse dismissed her doubts […]
Month: July 2020
Mutual of Omaha offers several different types of Medicare supplement insurance (Medigap) plans that can help cover leftover costs from original Medicare. Medigap plans offered by Mutual of Omaha are available in most states across the nation, although some plans may not be available in all areas. The basic level […]
ALBERTO PIZZOLI/Getty Images We’ve made our coronavirus coverage free for all readers. To get all of HBR’s content delivered to your inbox, sign up for the Daily Alert newsletter. Chad Spain is a family medicine physician who practices in an Intermountain Healthcare clinic in Salt Lake City, and during the […]
Under Tester’s bill, the Forest Service would manage the Badger as a protected roadless area where only activities that would destroy these qualities — and the area’s cultural values — would be prohibited. While new road building, mining and oil and gas development would be excluded, the Badger would still be public […]
The Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine is one step closer to opening its doors to students. The college’s board of trustees announced that it received approval from the American Osteopathic Association’s Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation to recruit students for its inaugural class on July 9. The decision was made […]
GPS device-maker Garmin’s online fitness tracking service has gone down, leaving runners and cyclists struggling to upload data from their latest workouts By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer July 24, 2020, 8:19 PM 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article LONDON — GPS device-maker Garmin’s online fitness […]
From Harper’s BAZAAR YouTuber Giannina Gibelli, a former contestant on Netflix’s Love Is Blind, is serious about her skin care routine. “I love to just take this time and relax,” she says. “Especially now with so much time on my hands, I can go through my whole 10-ish step process.” […]
A $600 per week lifeline is about to run out of rope, threatening to leave millions of American families at the end of theirs. The pandemic unemployment assistance payments, which were approved in March as part of the government’s fiscal stimulus package, known as the CARES Act, are set to […]
Until now, in my experience, the fitness industry has responded to every story of brutality against black people with a shrug. The first death that triggered me was Trayvon Martin in 2012. At the time, I was working full time at a luxury gym where most of the Pilates staff […]
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A dentist, his business partner and another man have been indicted in Maryland on charges they plotted to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in Medicaid payments, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The indictment, handed up July 13 and unsealed on Wednesday, says Medicaid paid more than $8 […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Doctors say many of us are skipping our routine health check-ups during the pandemic. But preventing skin cancer is especially important now that more of us are enjoying time at lakes and backyard pools. There are many things you can do to protect yourself and your […]
As we adjust to the important (and in some places mandatory) act of wearing a mask during the current global health crisis, our skin is also adjusting. Though very much necessary, a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology reported a 97 percent rate of skin […]
Health Ministry has asked people to reduce the use of hand sanitizers as they kill the good bacteria and cause skin problems in the long run. The world is witnessing a pandemic that has taken millions of lives and millions of people are currently infected with the deadly COVID-19 virus. […]
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif skillfully juggled his demanding duties as a professional football player with those of being a medical student and then a doctor during his six seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs. He would compartmentalize the workload, saying he was a football player when he was in Kansas City and […]
HUNTINGTON — Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine was selected as one of nine medical schools to offer a new scholarship for veterans pursuing a career in medicine. The Veterans Affairs Mission Act of 2018 created several programs to assist veterans in paying for medical school through scholarships […]
The fluorescent lights in the back of the ambulance glare above paramedic George Lombardo as he leans over to check his patient’s breathing, steadying himself as the vehicle races at 65 mph down the empty highway. The man is dying from COVID-19. A machine pumps oxygen into his lungs through […]
In an interview, Mr. Toussaint said that his father sent him to military school to help him avoid jail or worse, and that he has been pulled out of his car at gunpoint by police “because they are afraid of the color of my skin.” He hoped to awaken students […]
NORTH HEMPSTEAD, NY — With gyms and fitness studios occupying an uncertain place in New York State’s coronavirus reopening plan, fitness instructors will now be allowed to conduct outdoor classes at Town of North Hempstead parks, town officials announced. In order to hold classes in town parks, fitness instructors will […]
Gyms are reopening this weekend and I hope everyone is as excited as I am. As much as we get used to doing the best home workout in our home gyms, it is good to be back in the gym, mainly because in one way or another, you will always […]
Gyms are reopening this weekend and I hope everyone is as excited as I am. As much as we get used to doing the best home workout in our home gyms, it is good to be back in the gym, mainly because in one way or another, you will always […]
A BronCore Fitness bootcamp in the Boston Commons. Bron Volney Jacob Gise opened a Body Fit Training franchise in Santa Monica, California, in November. By March, the flagship U.S. studio of the global chain had just become profitable. Gise had traveled to Australia, where Body Fit Training began, to learn […]
Shelander said Dr. Crandall and Associates started looking into the idea of installing negative pressure rooms in March when the state first shut down due to the pandemic. “The dental industry, we have actually been identified as one of the highest, if not the highest at-risk industry for COVID transmission,” Shelander said. […]
Jul 24 2020 According to recent results from a DentaVox survey, for the majority of patients, lying to their dentist is a common practice despite the substantial share of them (41%) who feel embarrassed about it. In most cases, patients are dishonest about neglecting oral hygiene habits or indulging in […]
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the Morrison government is “favourably disposed” to extending the coronavirus supplement dole payment beyond Christmas. The government last week extended the JobSeeker supplement beyond its legislated September cut-off until the end of the year, although it will be reduced from $550 to $300, bring the overall […]
Jobless Long Islanders say they fear the worst when the extra $600 in weekly unemployment benefits they’ve been receiving comes to an end this weekend. Unless Congress acts to extend the bonus, authorized through July 31 as part of the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, Sunday will mark the end of the final […]