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The Movano Ring aims to help people Affordably Monitor Chronic Illnesses

For CES 2022, health tech company Movano is announcing the Movano Ring, a wearable that aims to help people affordably monitor chronic illnesses and better understand their data. The Movano Ring will measure all the basic metrics, including heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), sleep, respiration, temperature, blood oxygen levels, steps, and calories burned. However, instead of a raw data dump, Movano says it’ll distill how your metrics relate to […]

todayDecember 29, 2021

Health & Wellness

How Often should you Clean your Sheets and Pillows?

Keeping sheets fresh is no easy feat. No matter how frequently (or, let's be honest—infrequently) you wash them, that fresh-out-of-the-dryer feeling tends to fade after the first few sleeps in-between the sheets. General laundry rules exist for just about every other piece of fabric in your home, but there seems to be a common thread of confusion when it comes to washing sheets. The average person doesn’t change their bed […]

todayDecember 29, 2021

Health & Wellness

FDA Approves First Injectable HIV Prevention Drug

Officials at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have announced the approval of the first injectable, HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drug. The drug is called Apretude and it’s taken every 2 months to reduce the chance of sexually acquired HIV. “Today’s approval adds an important tool in the effort to end the HIV epidemic by providing the first option to prevent HIV that does not involve taking a daily pill,” […]

todayDecember 28, 2021

Food & Drink

Dole Recalls Packaged Salads Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Dole Fresh Vegetables has voluntarily recalled all Dole-branded and private label packaged salads processed at its Bessemer City, N.C. and Yuma, Ariz. processing facilities due to a possible Listeria contamination. The recall affects dozens of Dole products, including shredded carrots, coleslaw, and various salad kits, sold at Kroger, Lidl, and additional retailers nationwide. This massive recall comes just days after the FDA opened an investigation into packaged salad produced by […]

todayDecember 28, 2021

Health & Wellness

To block Omicron, you need a Mask that means Business

NPR reports that with the especially virulent Omicron COVID-19 variant racing across the U.S., once again health authorities are urging people to mask up indoors. Yes, you've heard it all before. But given how contagious omicron is, experts say, it's seriously time to upgrade to an N95 or similar high-filtration respirator when you're in public indoor spaces. "Cloth masks are not going to cut it with omicron," says Linsey Marr, […]

todayDecember 27, 2021

Health & Wellness

Biden Administration to send 500 Million Free At-Home COVID Tests Directly to Americans and Ramps up COVID-19 Winter Strategy

Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced the government will provide 500 million free rapid home-testing kits, increase support for hospitals under strain and redouble vaccination and boosting efforts. At the White House on Tuesday, Biden detailed major changes to his COVID-19 winter plan, his hand forced by the fast-spreading variant, whose properties are not yet fully understood by scientists. Yet his message was clear […]

todayDecember 23, 2021

Health & Wellness

FDA Allows Abortion Pill to Stay Available by Mail

Access to abortion pills by mail was made permanent by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last Thursday. Health Day News reports that Patients will be able to have a telemedicine appointment with a provider who can prescribe the pills and send them to the patient by mail, the FDA said. Abortion pills are approved in the United States for pregnancies up to 10 weeks' gestation and are an increasingly […]

todayDecember 22, 2021

Health & Wellness

With the wildly contagious Omicron Variant spreading, How do you Gather Safely for the Holidays?

Only weeks ago, many Americans pictured safe, fully vaccinated or boosted holiday gatherings with family and friends. As Yahoo News reports, with the arrival of the Omicron variant, many people may be questioning the safety of gathering even with those who are fully vaccinated against COVID, but haven’t yet received a booster shot. “We’ve seen cases of Omicron among those who are both vaccinated and boosted and we believe these […]

todayDecember 21, 2021

Health & Wellness

New FDA-Approved Eyedrops Could Replace your Reading Glasses

WebMD reports that new FDA-approved eyedrop medicine could replace reading glasses for millions of Americans who have age-related blurry vision. The product, called Vuity, was approved by the FDA in October and went on the market last week. The new medicine begins working in about 15 minutes and provides sharper vision for 6 to 10 hours. Vuity is the first FDA-approved eyedrop to treat the condition known as presbyopia, which tends to affect […]

todayDecember 20, 2021

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