How to help your child get the sleep they need
admin It’s tempting at this time of year to let summer sleep schedules stay in place or let bedtimes slide, especially when parents feel tired out, too. But it’s important that…
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What color is your tongue? What’s healthy, what’s not?
If the eyes are the windows to the soul, then consider the tongue a sort of check-engine light for the body. The tongue’s appearance gives doctors an idea about certain…
Immune boosts or busts? From IV drips and detoxes to superfoods
Ever see ads for products that promise to supercharge immunity? Activate your body’s natural defenses? Support a healthy immune system while delivering a potent boost derived from nature’s hottest immune-enhancing…
The new RSV shot for babies: What parents need to know
RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, is a common virus that just causes cold symptoms for most people. But for very young babies, and for babies and young children with certain…
Prostate cancer: A new type of radiation treatment limits risk of side effects
When it comes to limiting side effects from radiation therapy, the name of the game is precision. Doctors want to treat the cancer while avoiding healthy tissues, and fortunately technological…
Harvard Health Ad Watch: Why are toilets everywhere in this drug ad?
If the first goal of a drug advertisement is to grab your attention, this ad for Entyvio (vedolizumab) works. You see a young woman getting into her car, sitting in…
Dealing with thick, discolored toenails
Wriggling toes in the sand and wearing sandals are warm weather treats, unless you’d rather keep your toes under wraps due to thickened, yellowish nails. Nail fungal infections (known as…
Chronic stomach pain in children: What’s the most common cause?
The most common cause of chronic stomach pain in children isn’t anything you can find on a test or cure with a medicine. And that can make it very challenging…
Monitoring blood pressure at home? Make sure you follow these steps
When was the last time you had your blood pressure checked? All adults should have this simple test at least once a year. If a blood pressure reading at your…
Heat rash: How to spot it and what to do
The first two weeks of July were the Earth’s hottest on human record, and people across the country continue to suffer from lingering, suffocating heat waves. The US Centers for…