(Arx0nt/Moment via Getty Images) Dates have long been a snack full of sweetness and significance. Cultivated for at least 6,000 years, the palm date tree plays a role in several religious faiths. Among Muslims, a taste of date is given to infants as a ceremonial first meal, and the fruit is prominent during Ramadan, a…
(Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images) Is the secret to happiness a warm puppy? A good marriage? A rewarding career? Or something else entirely? Happiness means different things to different people, but a growing body of research suggests keeping a smile on your face may help add years to your life by lowering the risk for…
(NickyLloyd/E+ via Getty Images) Research shows adults need seven to nine hours of sleep each night for optimal health, and children need more. But what’s happening during those hours that’s so important, and what’s the danger of cutting sleep short? A growing body of research shows getting little or poor sleep doesn’t just make people…
Stroke survivor LeeAnn Walton. (Photo courtesy of Caroline Alarcón Loor) LeeAnn Walton rushed from work to a fitness club in New York City to lead a yoga class. Her classes had become so popular that she was booked daily at locations in and around Manhattan. Teaching yoga was a side job. She enjoyed it so…
Naima Moustaid-Moussa (left) and her husband, Hanna Moussa, with food they cooked for international students at Texas Tech University. (Photo courtesy of Naima Moustaid-Moussa) You can find health advice almost anywhere these days. But finding reliable information and figuring out how to apply it can be overwhelming. So to help sort things out, American Heart…
Stroke survivor Amy Burnett. (Photo courtesy of Amy Burnett) Tamie Felty was waiting for her wife, Amy Burnett, to get dressed for brunch when she heard a crash in the bedroom. “Hey, what’s going on in there?” Felty called out. She heard Burnett try to say something, but it made no sense. Felty ran into…
(Luis Álvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images) Lea en español On March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, everyone wanted to know: “What is this disease, and how can we stop it?” After three years of terrible loss – including more than 1.1 million U.S. deaths, according to the Centers for Disease…
(Obradovic/E+ via Getty Images) Blood pressure measurements taken in a medical office can vary widely between visits, new research finds, offering further support for guidelines that call for supplemental home monitoring. “These large variations in blood pressure measurements pose a great challenge to determine whether hypertension treatment is actually working,” said lead study author Yuan…
Heart attack survivor Rick Mater. (Photo courtesy of Rick Mater) During what should’ve been an easy walk with his wife, Rick Mater found himself winded. It made little sense to him. The TV executive was in his 40s, active, didn’t smoke and maintained a healthy weight. Still, he considered this a sign that he should…
(FG Trade Latin/E+ via Getty Images) Lea en español Over the decades, traditional Latin American and Caribbean foods and flavors have won the hearts – and stomachs – of hungry people in the United States. With every immigrant culture from Latin America and the Caribbean have come a cornucopia of foods that have increasingly tickled…