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According to a brand new survey from the National Poll on Healthy Aging, up until May of 2019, only 4% of adults age 50-80 had ever experienced a telemedicine visit with a health care provider. However, from the 3 months of March- June 2020, 26% of respondents had had such…

For many, late summer often signifies the excitement of the coming fall- new movies, new performances, new television shows, even new fashion trends. But as with much else, this year is different. In fact, it’s relevant to ask whether fashion trends even have meaning anymore. With “Fashion Week” canceled around…

It’s enough to make you stop in your tracks: Recently, Dr. Haider Warraich, a cardiologist and author of the book State of the Heart: Exploring The History, Science and Future of Cardiac Disease, warned that we may see a new wave of increased heart disease in our country as a…

For some, 2020 will become known as “A Lost Year” when it comes to travel. Whether you’ve experienced vacations canceled or itineraries put on hold, many of us have had to cool our jets and coast in our backyards while we await an effective vaccine that will allow us to…

While our knowledge of the coronavirus and its impact are still evolving, there’s much we know at this point to practically keep ourselves safe. We know with some certainty, according to Dr. Lydia Bourouiba, Director of the fluid dynamics of disease transmission lab at MIT, that COVID-19 is transmitted mostly through…

We won’t ask you to step on the scale, but many of us have experienced an altered state of eating since the pandemic began, including admission into the “quarantine 15” weight gain club. In a recent post in Forbes, writer Randi Mazzella cites a new study reporting that 76% of…