You turn on the faucet, fill a glass and take a sip — simple, right? But what if that water hides something risky? Recent studies show your tap water carries unseen dangers that could affect your health. From chemicals linked to cancer to substances that harm children’s growth, these findings hit close to home. Find… Read More: Nearly 100 Million Americans Exposed to Contaminated Drinking Water »
Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published July 13, 2017. Spending time outdoors can significantly lift your mood, so it’s no surprise that outdoors activities such as gardening and nature hikes1 have been found to be good therapy. In one survey,2 80% of gardeners reported being “happy” and satisfied with their… Read More: Most Americans Suffer From Nature Deficiency Syndrome »
A major side-effect of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 was its impact on the national U.S. economy, jobs, and peoples’ household finances — in particular, medical spending. In 2021, patients-as-health-consumers seek lower health care and prescription drug costs coupled with higher quality care, discovered by the patient advocacy coalition, Consumers for Quality Care. This broad-spanning patient… Read More: The Economics of the Pandemic Put Costs at the Top… »
“Those who are vaccine hesitant have had their hesitancy enhanced by a variety of things that are happening right now, particularly the unfortunate mix of science and politics,” Collins said at an event hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. A recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that more than… Read More: Most Americans probably won’t be able to get a Covid-19… »