The government website for people to request free COVID-19 at-home tests from the U.S. government is now accepting a third round of orders. The White House announced Tuesday that U.S. households can request an additional eight free at-home tests to be shipped by the U.S. Postal Service. The announcement comes as coronavirus cases are rising […]

Intermittent fasting is a style of eating where you consume food in a specific window, and refrain from eating in others. Depending on the style of intermittent fasting you choose, these windows can range from several hours of fasting in a day, to fasting every other day in a week. As a way to promote […]

We’re in the midst of another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising substantially—but data suggests the average case may be milder, since hospitalizations and deaths are rising only “very gradually,” according to Johns Hopkins epidemiologist David Dowdy. The recent uptick follows a few promising months: From mid-February through the end of April, deaths from COVID-19 fell […]

Breastfeeding infants continuously for six months during the rainy season, without including any other foods, may help prevent a disease linked to micronutrient deficiencies, a study suggests. The disease, called environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), is common among children in low-income settings and is linked to poor sanitation, micronutrient deficiencies and low height in children, the […]

Andrew Bade, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes nearly two decades ago, is accustomed to all the medical gear he needs to keep his blood sugar under control. His insulin pump contains a disposable insulin cartridge, and a plastic tubing system with an adhesive patch keeps in place the cannula that delivers insulin under […]

A new study has found that running doesn’t actually damage knee cartilage, as so many of us have feared. Here’s why a frequent jog does your knees more good than harm. One of the most common reasons I hear from people who ‘don’t’ run is that they have ‘bad knees’. Often, we’re talking about people […]

Celebrities often sing the praises of the trainer or diet guru who supposedly transformed their body. They are less inclined publicly to laud the psychiatrist who transformed, or saved, their life. Yet, in Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic, that is precisely what Stefani Germanotta does. Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga, recalls in 2017 being “gently […]

Overdose education and naloxone distribution are key parts of a comprehensive response to the overdose epidemic, and evidence supports expansion of these programs in the U.S. to reduce fatal overdoses. But naloxone still appears to be insufficiently available and/or used. A new study by Indiana University researchers, published in the journal BMC Public Health, explored people’s […]

A surrogate took to Reddit’s AITA forum to share her frustration involving her clients and the delivery room. The plan had always been for her to give birth with the couple and her husband in the room. Then, her client’s mother called asking for directions to the hospital. She’d need them for when she arrived […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Regardless of the severity of their initial illness, 89% of people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 had returned to their original work 2 years later, a new study shows. The burden of persistent COVID-19 symptoms appeared to improve over time, but […]