Tests were run and I was told it might be a clot. I recognized it as the kind that had killed a friend of mine just the year before. She was my age and also a mom of two. Healthy. Strong. I remember hearing she'd gone to the hospital and thinking, She's tough. I'll see her later this week. She was gone less than 24 hours later.
Running the company is no easy feat: Marchione works seven days a week, putting in more than 12 hours a day. That means his self-care routine is precisely dialed in. Marchione says he has always taken an unconventional, even contrarian approach, exploring beyond what mainstream medicine recommends. As a teen, he was an early adopter of fitness wearables like the Oura ring, and got into blue-light-blocking glasses and mouth taping - trends that, despite some mixed evidence, have become incredibly popular in wellness today.
Writing at the Associated Press, Albert Stumm explored the growing evidence that the physical act of laughing has health benefits. University of Pennsylvania cardiologist Dr. Michael Miller offered Stumm advice where he compared laughter to exercise: "Belly laugh at least two to five days a week." Dr. Miller went on to discuss the role that laughter can play in deploying endorphins, which can reduce the risk of heart disease and act to reduce pain.
Beauty has never been superficial. It's always been about self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-expression, knowing that how you're feeling inside is reflected on the outside. Today, the boldest expression of that confidence comes from beyond the makeup bag: It's a full night's sleep working with a skincare routine, balanced hormones supporting a healthy glow, nutrients fueling both energy and radiance, and gut health supporting complexion.
What a great piece by Ross Coleman about embarking on his speech therapy programme for stammering (My cultural awakening: Jonathan Groff inspired me to overcome my stammer, 6 December). Coleman was inspired by the example of Jonathan Groff, who is not a stammerer, tackling something head-on. The McGuire Programme that Coleman signed up for seems to have helped many people. While Groff served as his inspiration, there are no shortage of actual stammerers who have compelling stories to motivate people as they navigate the choppy waters caused by their speech.
"All the energy you put in, you get back manyfold more through the metabolic and mental benefits of exercise," Holtan told Business Insider. "As soon as I really realized what this was doing for me physically and mentally, I wanted to implement this for patients too." Her patients at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York receive stem cell treatments for conditions like leukemia - a grueling procedure that can require months of recovery time in a hospital.
Bobby takes Jennifer back to being 19, in his first serious relationship, when sex felt inevitable until it wasn't. He describes the confusion of not understanding what was happening, the pain, the panic, and how Ireland's patchy sex education and constant media messaging left him thinking it should be instant, easy, and effortless. Instead, he spiralled into silence, avoidance, and the kind of secrecy that only grows heavier with time.
Now, with Invisalign's advanced oral health scanning technology, Bay Area residents can get a clearer, more comprehensive picture of their oral health. In just ten to fifteen minutes, the innovative, 3D Invisalign Oral Health Scan captures a detailed view of your teeth and gums, revealing early signs of issues like gum recession, excessive wear, or bacteria-prone crowding before they become more serious.
"I'm not interested in living life out in a bed just to say I made it to 100," Lincer said. Even as the number of centenarians is expected to quadruple over the next 30 years, the majority of adults agree with Lincer. A recent Pew Research Center survey found 29% of Americans hope to live to 100. Many say their hesitation comes from the potential of declining health, limited finances or social isolation that could accompany the additional decades.
Weight-loss giant Weight Watchers is relaunching itself for the Ozempic era. Six months after completing a Chapter 11 restructuring, the company is rolling out a revamped app and digital platform, a reimagined digital coaching experience, and a new brand identity. It's even bringing back its old, two-word name, Weight Watchers. (The company had changed its name to WW in 2018 and later styled itself WeightWatchers.)
She underwent a grueling treatment protocol: a lumpectomy, a year of chemotherapy, 33 days of radiation, skin grafting (to fix dead tissue from her lumpectomy), and a precautionary hysterectomy (her aunt was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer). "My treatment was pretty aggressive, so it really did take a toll on me," Burke, 54, told Business Insider. "It was pretty brutal to move my body." But she had one goal: to finish her first triathlon.
Age tech is a rapidly growing category focused on remote caregiving, improving quality of life, and enabling older folks to stay in their own homes for longer. The US Census Bureau says around 16 million elders (over 65) live alone. While the majority are healthy, with family and friends nearby, many lack support and may be battling physical and mental decline.
"Christmas came early," she gushed in the caption and included a red heart. "I'm overjoyed to share that our baby girl - Della Rose Kwan - has arrived!" She continued, "My heart doubled in an instant the moment I held her in my arms, and watching my daughter walk into the hospital to meet her baby sister brought tears to my eyes."
For decades, menopause has been treated like a medical nuisance to be managed silently. Women, knowing it's taboo to talk about, have quietly dealt with symptoms like hot flashes, vaginal dryness, restless nights, brain fog, mood swings, and plummeting libido. "We've had a two-sided problem that is being unraveled: patients who have been left to suffer and providers who have been left without education," Jessica Nazzaro, a board-certified OBGYN, certified menopause practitioner, and a medical advisor for at-home hormone tracking company Mira, told Business Insider. Patients now "know they are not alone, not crazy, and can find help."
The tech draws on patients' medical claims, benefits information, and other data to offer on-demand answers to health-related questions. Included Health is tapping into a hot area in healthcare AI, where it's competing against other health startups as well as tech heavyweights. Alphabet's Verily released its own AI-powered app in October that allows patients to connect their medical records and ask a chatbot their health-related questions.
One of the "craziest" training regimes an athlete can have is one that needs proper fuelling. But, in trying to carb-load to perform at the highest level, Britain's four-time world champion across a range of Ironman and triathlon disciplines says she was "actually poisoning" her body in the process. For years, Lucy Charles-Barclay had been dealing with stress fractures, joint pain and low energy - with no explanation for the symptoms.
While it is natural that a twenty year old has more energy than someone in their sixties, staying healthy as you age is absolutely possible.Many people in their sixties stay active, exercise regularly and maintain strong routines. Retirement might give you more free time for fitness, but you can still work out several days a week while managing a full time job.
Located within Tisch Hospital, the Pediatric Emergency Department is part of Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone. It is a dedicated kids-only ER with 24/7 pediatric-specific emergency care, staffed by pediatric-trained emergency doctors and nurses. Before you go, you can view waiting times, which are posted on the website and updated every 5 minutes. Kids get a quick initial screening by a pediatric emergency specialist as soon as they arrive, and then are moved into a treatment room right away.
When someone loses weight, it often becomes a public event. People notice, comment, and-almost reflexively-ask how. The question implies that whatever method they used is worth knowing, replicating, or admiring. It positions weight loss as an achievement, a moral victory, a signal of discipline or virtue. But what if it isn't? What if their weight loss came from illness, grief, stress, or depression? What if it involved a medication that finally brought balance to their body chemistry-or, conversely, an eating disorder or unhealthy behaviors?
Most mornings, the Blue Boobies arrive in waves at the Albany Beach parking lot. Some days, they start as early as 6 a.m., appearing in the dark, attaching themselves to lit buoys and venturing out, barely visible in the predawn light. Then, another wave around 7 a.m., after the sun's up, and another at 8. This swim group's name is not only a reference to the blue-footed seabird but also the, well, physiological impact of prolonged cold water exposure to female bodies.
Routhenstein, who primarily focuses on strength training and cardio, told Business Insider that the key is being proactive about scheduling workouts - even short ones - when they fit into her schedule. "If you don't plan it, it's not going to happen." As a dietitian, she said that cooking most of her meals helps her maintain a balanced diet rich in protein, fiber, and carbohydrates to build muscle and stay energized.
Each step dumps impact equivalent to several times your body weight straight through your feet. Small problem: feet weren't designed for concrete. They evolved for dirt, grass, and uneven natural surfaces that absorb some shock. Pavement absorbs nothing. Your feet handle everything. That stabbing pain in your heel the next morning? Plantar fascia-the ligament running along your arch-got inflamed from repetitive pounding. Takes about 15,000 steps before it starts protesting. You went 10,000 past that point.
The first part, the immediate loss of hair, was simple. "Stress has an immediate impact through the activation of the sympathetic nervous system," explained Hsu, who is also a principal faculty member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. She said that it begins with our natural "fight or flight" response, which releases norepinephrine, a neurotransmitter that - among other effects - kills highly proliferating cells in the hair follicle when the level is too high. Hair loss in such circumstances is usually temporary.
Sometimes, employers will provide grace periods of up to two and a half months past the end of the year to allow for extra time to use your FSA funds. Others may allow you to carry over up to $660 per year. But 33% of employers have a hard deadline, so if you don't use your funds by the end of the year, they're gone.
Human beings and snowshoes go way back: archaeologists have found relics of crude frame snowshoes in the glaciers of the Italian Dolomites, dated to 3800 BC. We've long used various forms of the footwear to "float" atop the snow instead of trudge through it. For millennia, this ability was critical for survival; indigenous peoples, fur trappers, dog sledders and lumberjacks - moving through northern climates from Finland to Colorado - used the webbed attachments to conserve energy, complete tasks and even chase down enemies
It's thought that around 66% of Americans have what's known as tech neck or forward head posture, where the head and chin protrude and put pressure on the neck. It's common in office workers who crane their necks to look at screens (big and small) all day. This can cause neck and back pain, headaches, and lead to more serious musculoskeletal problems, like kyphosis (curvature of the spine).
Traveling is one of the most rewarding experiences in life, but it comes with its share of risks-especially when it comes to your health. Whether you're backpacking through Southeast Asia, road-tripping across Europe, or taking a luxury cruise, unexpected medical issues can turn an amazing trip into a nightmare. That's where travel health insurance steps in-offering peace of mind and financial protection when you're far from home.
In the last few years, I've seen an increasing number of wellness and fitness influencers yap about fixing their metabolisms. For some, that means hawking supplements like Foodology's Coleology Cutting Jelly, NAD+ pills for improving insulin sensitivity, or powders that claim to "balance your hormones." Right now, my TikTok FYP is full of girls talking about the viral Korean Switch-On diet - a seemingly brutal regimen of intermittent fasting, protein shakes, and tofu. An obesity researcher purportedly designed the diet, which will "reset your metabolism."
Named Leia, the device has electrodes sewn into it, which restores the user's sensation to the foot sole as well as reduces their chronic pain. When the electrodes stimulate specific nerve strands, the body releases chemical messengers, and these block pain signals from traveling through the nervous system. A small tracker sits in the upper part of the sock, in the shaft section. It is this part that receives data from the pressure sensors and converts it into electrical signals.
And the misconception has become more widespread as a growing number of states legalize marijuana. Around half now allow recreational use for adults and 40 states allow medical use. But cannabis is definitely something that someone can develop an addiction to, said Das, an addiction psychiatrist at Stanford University. It's called cannabis use disorder and it's on the rise, affecting about 3 in 10 people who use pot, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Irish Life Health said it is raising the cost of its premiums by an average of 5pc from January 1, having already announced a number of rises in the past year. The health insurance provider increased premiums in January, April and October. And it comes after multiple hikes from VHI Healthcare, Laya Healthcare, and one from new entrant Level Health. Customers of Irish Life Health will see a single adult premiums rise by between €65 and €125 a year,
According to show creator Michael Grassi, watching Dane film a scene where his character shares his changing perspective on asking for help was so moving that the cast and crew got on their feet and applauded. "I have never seen this happen in my entire career, but he essentially got a ten-minute standing ovation after shooting that scene, because it was so beautiful and so honest and so real," Grassi recalled to .
Novo Nordisk's closely-watched Alzheimer's trials of an older oral version of its semaglutide drug failed to help slow the progression of the brain-wasting disease, the firm said on Monday, a blow to the obesity drug giant that sent its shares sliding. The trials, which Novo had previously called a "lottery ticket" to underline its highly uncertain outcome, were testing whether the medicine could slow cognitive decline in patients.
Within just a few months of playing consistently, she began to notice a difference. "I remember when I started playing ping pong," she told Business Insider's Sarah Andersen in April, "I noticed that my reflexes were faster than they had been." Now, after more than a decade of playing and competing at the national level and earning more than 50 medals, she attributes the sport to keeping her mind sharp and engaged as she enters her 80s.
I was settling into one of those airport activity tables with high stools and electric outlets at my flight's gate, waiting for the agent to announce boarding, when I felt a gathering storm at the apex of my butt cheeks. This was my last flight after being away from home on a book tour in May. For the past two weeks, I hadn't left my chair much, due to all the posting, podcasting, writing, and tense, nervous scrolling that releasing a book involves.
