Fitness and Wellness

Your body is amazing. Inside of you, you have a microscopic army that fights off pathogens — viruses, bacteria, and parasitic worms — that try to infect you. Your immune system is your best line of defense against illnesses. It works by identifying foreign invaders and launching a full-scale attack. While your immune system is already hard

While experts across the world are grappling to find a vaccine for fighting the novel coronavirus, many health workers are exposed to hazards, putting them more at risk of infection. In Italy alone, the doctors, nurses, and other medical workers make up 9% of the total number of people with COVID-19. Such is the risk

When you go on a ketogenic diet, you’ll have to change how you eat in some ways. You’ll have to adjust to having a low-carb but high-fat diet, which in itself offers many different health benefits. Not only can it help you lose weight, but it will also help improve your overall health. Not bad,

Healthcare workers know that stress is inevitable in the industry, particularly these days. The field presents a unique set of challenges for all types of workers, from surgeons to non-clinical staff: working long hours, lack of work-life balance, and heightened administrative loads. As a result, burnout is widespread in the healthcare workforce. According to research

If you have gotten into an accident and you’re currently disabled to work, you can receive benefits from Social Security. But the amount of money you’re going to get from the government is minuscule compared to your income potential every month. And if you’re paying a mortgage, utility bills, credit card debts, and groceries, what you’re receiving

Glaucoma is an eye disease where fluid pressure inside a person’s eyes gradually builds up and is unable to properly drain. The built-up fluid pressure damages the optic nerve, which is the bundle of nerve fibers connecting the retina to the brain. When the optic nerve is damaged, it can cause vision loss. There are

The coronavirus disease has threatened individuals and families, unlike any virus before it. For all the technological and medical advancement society has made, these advances have fallen short of treating COVID-19 swiftly and decisively. For now, as you wait for a cure and a vaccine, you can protect yourself and your family with simple soap,

Even though more than half of U.S. adults visit the dentist at least once a year, oral health is still a problem in the country. Over one in four adults live with untreated tooth decay, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Almost half of those over 30 have symptoms of gum disease.

Some people assume that only kids lose their teeth. This, after all, is a normal process during permanent dentition and sometimes happens following the many traumatic events kids are exposed to during play. But adults also lose their teeth, mostly owing to trauma. In some cases, the teeth are severely decayed and fall off when