About one in six Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick annually from the food they eat. Reducing food-borne illness by 10 percent would keep 5 million Americans from getting sick each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. People in their own homes can help keep...
Once a taboo subject, suicide is being talked about openly lately due to the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” and a recent controversial court case in Taunton, Mass. in which a teenage girl was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide through text messages and phone...
By Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Thursday unveiled a bill that would dramatically transform the nation’s Medicaid program, make significant changes to the federal health law’s tax credits that help lower-income people buy insurance and allow states to water down changes to some of...
At the TPC River Highlands, golf’s best are gearing up to tee off June 22 at Connecticut’s only PGA tour stop, the Travelers Championship. As thousands of spectators converge upon the course in Cromwell, they’ll be watching every move the pros make — checking out their swings, their walk, their warm-ups...
If you have ever had a migraine, you know that the pain can drive you to bed for a day – maybe even longer. It’s the kind of pain that a person will do anything to avoid. But migraine is more than a headache. “Migraine is a neurologic condition,” says...
Robert Schmelzer, an exercise physiologist and program manager for Good Life Fitness at Hartford HealthCare, offers some tips on staying healthy while working out during the hot day of summer: Q: When you are exercising in the heat of the summer, what do you recommend to keep yourself safe from...
If thumbing through social media was an Olympic sport, we would bring home the gold. According to a study released in March by analytics firm Flurry, Americans spend nearly five hours each day on their phone and, from an earlier study by Informate Mobile Intelligence, check Facebook, Twitter and other social...
