Category: Medical Conditions

How can you prevent colon cancer? Colon cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed form of cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States. About 107,000 Americans are diagnosed with this type of cancer each year. These are somber and scary statistics, but there’s an important point to be made: colon cancer is preventable.

Here’s Why Kissing Can Be Dangerous! If you’ve decided to practice the fine art of smooching, then you need to know what to expect! When it comes to kissing, you need to choose carefully, because as it turns out, you might catch more than just feelings! Even if kissing provides us with a ton of health benefits, it might also

Should people take Paxlovid for COVID-19 infection? Here’s what experts say! Given the fact that COVID-19 is currently responsible for more than 1.1 million deaths in the United States and the virus is stronger than ever, health experts and scientists had to do something to solve the issue. Speaking of that, there’s fresh research showing the illness can harm the

High blood pressure is a very serious condition, but it’s one that generally has no symptoms until plenty of damage has been done. Given all this, it is often very hard for patients to comply with their medication regimen. If you forget to take a pill, don’t expect to spot returning or worsening symptoms, which, in my opinion, only complicates

Coughing? Feeling congested? Sneezing? Are these signs of the flu, a cold, allergies, RSV or COVID? This year, it could be any of them. Yes, it’s that time of the year again, when almost everyone seems to be getting sick—your friends, your family, your co-workers. Even your dog. In the past few years, COVID-19 has been the likely culprit behind

What are the things that might give you breast cancer?  In the past few years, the number of patients with breast cancer has grown exponentially. When cells in the breast start to grow abnormally, divide uncontrollably, and accumulate into a mass that is typically felt as a hard lump, breast cancer develops. However, what is the underlying cause of this

The Lasting Health presents: the new COVID strain “Eris” and how dangerous it can be! Was there someone who was just thinking about when another new COVID strain would break the news and scare the entire world? This deadly virus has been a “delightful” presence for years now, so whether you had it or not, you probably have at least

This fall, when Americans were processing the almost inexistent transition from summer to fall, COVID-19 alarms started to arise. First, there was a steady uptick in wastewater COVID-19 levels, followed by a slight increase in hospitalizations. Then, right in the middle of August, the World Health Organization declared it was monitoring a brand new omicron variant known as BA.2.86, also