COPD: What’s My Life Expectancy?

There’s no one-size-fits-all answer when it comes to predicting someone’s life span with COPD. A lot depends on your age, health, lifestyle, and how severe the disease was when you were diagnosed, plus the steps you’ve taken to lessen the damage afterward. “COPD is a disease with a lot of moving parts,” says Albert A. … Read more

Healthy Eating Habits for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Your food choices won’t bring your eyesight back. But healthy eating, along with quitting smoking and taking doctor-recommended dietary supplements, may be able to help you see better for longer.  According to Ron Adelman, MD, MPH, director of Retina and Macula Service at Yale School of Medicine, people with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) should  load up … Read more

13 Tips to Control Your Sweet Tooth

Does that morning Danish pastry leave you craving another treat 2 hours later? Do you grab a candy bar to cope with your afternoon slump — and then reach for a cola to get out of your post-slump slump? If you’ve found that munching sugary snacks just makes you crave more of them, you’re not … Read more

Long COVID Hitting Some States, Minorities, Women Harder

April 7, 2023 – More than 3 years into the COVID-19 pandemic, lasting symptoms are becoming quite common, with residents of certain states, women, Hispanic people, and transgender people more at risk, a new report shows.  More than one in four adults sickened by the virus go on to have long … Read more

How to Ease Your Anxiety

Everyone feels anxious from time to time. Occasional anxiety is a normal reaction to uncertainty about what’s going to happen next, whether that’s in the next few minutes, days, or months. Mental health experts define anxiety as worry over a threat that’s still in your future. Thinking about a conversation you dread, for example, could … Read more

Getting Sober: Finding Your Way

Brooke Aymes started drinking as a way to deal with the negative emotions that arose after the death of her cousin from suicide. Then it became a social activity — “a way to fit in and to feel good about myself,” she says. Social drinking led to sneaking water bottles filled with alcohol into high … Read more

Race Could Matter When It Comes to Parkinson’s Severity

By Alan Mozes  HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s safe to say that the debilitating loss of motor control that typifies Parkinson’s disease is bound to undermine any patient’s quality of life. But new research now suggests that race complicates the equation, with quality of life found to be worse overall … Read more