Mercy Medical Center recommends masks in patient care areas
Mercy Medical Center is strongly recommending that employees, patients and visitors wear a mask in patient-facing clinical ...
Flu season is here. Here’s what you can do about it.
More Americans are getting infected with seasonal influenza and seeking care, a regular occurrence this time of year.
Federal environmental public health agency to investigate Tijuana River sewer gas impacts
A federal environmental public health agency said it will investigate the potential harm caused by exposure to hydrogen ...
Why a VO2 Max Test Reveals So Much About Overall Health and Longevity
Hardcore endurance athletes have tracked the metric for decades, but it is increasingly touted as a measure of fitness and health for the average person.
New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as millions wrongly diagnosed with obesity
BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...
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An expert on how alcohol affects the body breaks down a new government report
A commentary author writes how that one to two drinks per day can lead to increases in the likelihood of several types of ...