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If you’ve never experienced it, consider yourself lucky. But for the more than 749 million people worldwide who suffer from the ringing, buzzing, pulsing noises that they hear inside their ears or head (with no corresponding external noise that anyone else can hear), the experience of tinnitus is one that…

There’s been a steady stream of debate over the years as to the value of taking vitamin D supplements for everything from COVID to better bones. Yet, the number of adults who take Vitamin D supplements is significant. According to Stat News, 1 in 3 adults over age 60 takes…

Are you among those who cannot bend down and touch your toes? Do you hide your Fitbit results because your step count is underwhelming? Are you still sitting, streaming, and binging way more than you can justify? Well, if you find you’re not as active as you should be, don’t…

By Louise Applebome   We know that the arrival of COVID-19 and the pandemic changed people’s habits and lifestyles. More time at home. Fewer opportunities for going out or gathering with friends and family. Working from home.  So, a natural deduction might be that many folks would have used that…

Apparently, the flu shot for the previous 2021-2022 flu season turned out to be a poor match for combating the actual flu virus. While generally, the yearly flu vaccine can reduce the risk of serious illness (leading to hospitalization) by 40-60%, this past year experts declared the vaccine was “essentially…

The news was already not so good when it comes to your aging immune system. We’ve seen from the Covid pandemic that older adults have been more vulnerable to the ravages of the coronavirus than younger people, and we know that, in fact, your aging immune system is less effective…