Category: 4. Health

When a high-profile entrepreneur blames “too many vaccines” for a rise in autism, the headlines spread faster than the facts. Such a kind of claim doesn’t only tap a deep parental fear, but it also ends up distracting from what research…

Tired of your smartwatch reminding you that you haven’t hit 10,000 steps…

Research Highlights:

• A review of 155 scientific studies found influenza and COVID infections raised the risk of heart attack or stroke as much as three-to five-fold in the weeks following the initial infection.
• Viruses that…

Dear Dr. Roach: Several years ago, in my early 80s, my gynecologist told me (like all women who mainly stayed indoors) that I should be taking 4,000 IU of vitamin D3 daily. Yet today, I read an article warning…

For more than a year, Diane Hunter, now 72, had been experiencing vague symptoms — pain in her spine and hips, nausea, exhaustion, thirst, and frequent urination. Her primary care physician had ruled out diabetes before finally chalking up…

Covid-19 infections have been strongly linked with cardiovascular conditions like heart disease and stroke, but new research shows that other viral infections such as influenza, HIV, hepatitis C and shingles can…