Opinion: Digital devices can help clinicians prescribe physical activity
Physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for death. With most adolescents and one-quarter…
Category: wellness
Exercise is good for health — but why? A study in rats offers insight
It’s widely known that exercise is beneficial for health. Yet science doesn’t have a clear…
STAT+: This AI company scans penis pictures for STIs. Its unproven tech is in an FDA gray zone
Artificial intelligence is already assessing decay in your teeth, abnormalities in your heart rhythm, and…
Opinion: How to separate sound wellness solutions from seductive snake oil
When pandemic lockdowns prevented access to traditional health care facilities, the demand for alternative and…
‘We went from almost no lockdowns to daily lockdowns’: The mental health crisis inside California women’s prisons
Liz Lozano has been incarcerated since 1995. Having spent over 20 years at the Central…
Opinion: Deferral of primary care signals a troubled future for Americans’ health
Americans may be returning to their pre-pandemic habits, but most have not returned to their…
Daily aspirin offers little to no benefit for most adults trying to prevent heart disease, new report says
Taking low-dose aspirin every day to prevent a heart attack or stroke provides little to…
Opinion: Penelope, a fictional pig, taught me how to talk with my patients about their fractured sleep
“How is your sleep?” I’ve posed this question to hundreds of patients. Read the rest……
STAT+: Google continues its wellness expansion with sleep sensing technology for Nest Hub
Google is turning another device into a wellness gadget. A month after introducing two health…
There’s no one-size-fits-all for healthy physician bodies. Why don’t ads for trendy medical scrubs reflect that?
Last year I treated a young patient struggling with body image issues. This child’s parents…