COVID-19 has turned the home-renting industry on its head with hosts dealing with unpredictable cancelations and guests finding very little options available on mainstream sites.
Burning, tearing, blurry vision. About 16 million people in the U.S. suffer from dry eye disease. If left untreated, dry eye can cause irreversible damage.
One out of five infants and one out of ten children die every year waiting for a liver. But now, new breakthroughs are helping more children get the lifesaving liver they so desperately need.
About seven and a half million Americans have psoriasis and about 40% of those patients also have joint inflammation that produces painful arthritis symptoms.
The Census Bureau reports the average age a wife becomes a widow is 59 and the fact that half of those widows outlive their husbands by 15 to 30 years can leave many women without the money they need to survive.
About 170,000 women will undergo lumpectomy this year to remove a cancerous breast tumor, but about one in five will need a second surgery to remove lingering cancer cells.
Right now, the CDC says it does seem as though COVID-19 is more deadly than the seasonal flu, but that could change as researchers continue to analyze the data.
Every year eight million babies are born with genetic disorders passed down from generation to generation. One family didn’t even know they carried a problematic gene until an ultrasound revealed it in their unborn baby.
One mom took the internet by storm by writing an online article “The 25 Things I Want My Black Daughter to Know” turning it into a message of empowerment for little Black girls everywhere.
Although one in every 700 babies is born with it, Down syndrome is the least funded major genetic condition by the National Institutes of Health despite being the most frequent chromosomal disorder.
COVID-19 has changed everybody’s way of life, affecting jobs, homes and livelihoods. But now COVID-19 is threatening the heart of American society—free and fair elections.
According to the National Institutes of Health, the numbers of kids and adolescents struggling with anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions have been steadily on the rise.
Due to COVID-19, we’ve all felt the strain of isolation at some time or another, but people living alone, especially seniors, have felt the effects especially hard.
The uncertainty of the pandemic, job loss, isolation -- all of these are contributing to the increase of people feeling depressed, lonely and mentally unstable.
Science now shows that certain interactions between parents and children actually change the structure of their brains, improving their social and emotional skills into adulthood.
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose, and prescription opioids contribute to 35% of those deaths.
Catheters are one of the most commonly used medical devices in the country with five million central venous catheters and more than 30 million urinary catheters used each year.
According to the CDC, the rate of hospitalization for kids diagnosed with COVID-19 was eight per 100,000, while for adults it was 20 times that at 164 per 100,000 people.
Chronic, prolonged stress can cause serious health problems, like anxiety and depression, high blood pressure, heart arrhythmias, obesity. And the list goes on.
Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy may sometimes experience acid reflux, a burning sensation that starts in the stomach and moves up into the chest and esophagus.
Millennials change their jobs an average of four times in the decade after graduating from college. It’s the quickest way to advance in title and salary.
An electric toothbrush can cost well over $100. How do you choose the right one? Consumer Reports enlisted some volunteers to test a batch of powered toothbrushes.
Millions of young people are out of work and out of options. You want to help your kids, but you need to be careful not to put a financial strain on yourself.
McDonalds, Coca Cola, Home Depot, Gap, Netflix, Etsy, Target, Wendy’s, Walmart -- these are just a few of the companies that have committed to supporting the Black Lives Matter initiative—confronting racism head-on.
The coronavirus, combined with national protests, topped off with a heated political summer -- no wonder 54% of women and 27% of men say their mental health is worse than ever.
Your voice box is a vital organ that you use to communicate and live. Ivanhoe has details on an app that can help prevent your voice box from getting injured.
COVID-19 is beginning to show itself to be more than just a respiratory illness. Some patients are still fighting off symptoms of the disease months after recovery.
Doctors say Lyme disease is often misdiagnosed as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, lupus, multiple sclerosis and even dementia. But there is one telltale sign.
Twenty-five percent of U.S. children are children of immigrants or refugees. There are 20 million children in the U.S. with at least one immigrant parent.
September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. About 100,000 Americans are affected by the disease, with African Americans being the population most impacted.
Women, how financially fit are you? You’ve heard the statistic that women earn 80 cents to every dollar a man earns -- that comes out to $430,000 less over a lifetime.
Thousands of Americans have been tested for COVID-19 since the pandemic began, but it can still take anywhere from several days to a week before results are available.
About one in 50 people suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, repeatedly washing their hands or worrying that they’ve touched something or someone they shouldn’t have.
Whether you’re an early bird, night owl or somewhere in between, scientists have found the best times to do certain office tasks based on our productivity cycles.
In a new Gallup poll, three out of five people want to continue to remotely work—indefinitely. But for working women, this new arrangement could be hurting, not helping them.
