Health & Wellness

Lisa Hitt, AVP at TruHealth, explains how bedside nurse practitioners and integrated care plans reduce hospitalizations in skilled nursing facilities.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 6, 2026

Researchers found that E-cadherin machinery helps embryonic epithelial cells engulf dead cells while preserving the tissue barrier.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 5, 2026

Medical groups recommend flu vaccination from age 6 months, with October offering time for protection to build before flu spreads widely.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 5, 2026

A UCLA study of nearly 1,500 adults found links between brain-age estimates, cognitive and mood measures, and gut microbes in one group.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 5, 2026

A Sixty and Me contributor reflects on two breast cancer diagnoses, mastectomies and reconstruction, and the role of writing in her recovery.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 5, 2026

Adult incontinence is common but not an inevitable part of aging. Learn about symptom types, possible causes and why evaluation by a clinician matters.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 5, 2026

A kidney donated by Ray Vetuskey’s mother in 1978 is still functioning, making him Strong Hospital’s longest-surviving kidney transplant recipient.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 5, 2026

EAK Distribution recalled HOME GROWN broccoli seeds sold on Amazon from Aug. 20 to Sept. 18 after Salmonella was detected in a sample.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 4, 2026

A Cambridge-published paper explores why distinguishing ADHD, autism and complex trauma can be difficult; its findings cannot be verified from the supplied text.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 4, 2026

A study of healthy volunteers found autophagy patterns differed by age, sex and cell type, challenging the idea of a uniform age-related decline.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 4, 2026