Adult protection from pertussis fades, and the CDC asks for a Tdap or Td booster every 10 years. What the shot covers, pregnancy timing, routine side effects, and the signs that call for a clinician.
Holiday eating measured, not mythologized: a 0.37-kilogram average, two trials that stopped the gain, and a calmer way through the season.
Finnish cohort research links frequent sauna bathing with lower cardiovascular and all-cause mortality, but the evidence is observational. What the studies found, what stays unproven, and when a clinician should weigh in first.
Screen soreness is real, retinal damage from devices is not. What the Academy and two peer-reviewed reviews found, plus the habits that ease the ache.
Nearly 400 people turned out in Lisle for a talk on losing fat while keeping muscle, part of a three-part series blending medicine, nutrition and meditation.
What the chest muscles actually do, how dumbbell pressing compares with other equipment, and how beginners, regulars, and experienced lifters can program presses without a barbell or a machine.
The lower-leg pain that sidelines new runners usually settles with rest — but the line between soreness and a stress fracture matters, and it changes what a person should do next.