THE NEW YORK TIMES – Our internal organs keep us warm when we’re sedentary, and our muscles become the primary source of heat when we’re active.
But there aren’t any organs or major muscles in hands and feet — just plenty of area for heat to escape and little insulation (or fat) to keep it in, said Stephen Cheung, a professor of kinesiology at Brock University in Ontario.
Instead, hands and feet stay warm thanks to...
The Shingrix vaccine "doesn’t just have a preventive potential, but actually a therapeutic potential as a treatment, because we see some benefits already among those who have dementia.”
A middle school teacher that was convicted for raping a 15-year-old multiple times was reportedly killed in prison by a convicted murderer. (North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections, Google Maps)
STAT NEWS – Major health insurers are taking drastic steps to discourage older adults from signing up for their private Medicare plans as they seek to boost profits, drawing the ire of insurance brokers and state regulators.
Humana, UnitedHealthcare, Anthem, and Centene, and regional insurers like SummaCare, are among the firms that are halting or cutting commissions on Medicare plans.
Some are even cutting off access to online enrollment portals, according to company notices obtained by...
Fox News – Nutrition can be the key to warding off disease — even devastating conditions like cancer.
That's according to doctors such as Dr. Frank Dumont, an internal medicine physician and executive medical director of Virta Health, a Colorado-based group that tackles metabolic health through diet.
In an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital, Dumont said Americans have experienced an increase in obesity, diabetes, autoimmune diseases and cancers in the last several decades, which "probably...