Author Archives: health

3 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day

Earth Day is THIS Thursday, April 22nd, 2021. The inaugural Earth Day was in 1970 with the creation of the EPA, when 22 million Americans celebrated clean air, land, and water. So how can we celebrate Earth Day? As Ankita Singhal said, “A small change can make a big difference.” We’ve got 3 easy ways… Read More »

Melatonin: Is This Natural Hormone One of the Keys To Slowing Brain Aging?

Melatonin is best known as a sleep hormone because of its action controlling the circadian cycle. But melatonin also has antioxidant properties, and may have an important anti-aging role. A recent study looked at artificially aged mice to determine the effects of melatonin on aging.  Such mice are used as a model to study the… Read More »

Oklahoma governor signs 3 anti-abortion bills into law

Loading the player… Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed three anti-abortion bills into law on Monday, including ones to criminalize the procedure in certain cases and cost providers their medical licenses for performing them. The Republican-controlled Senate passed measures requiring physicians who perform abortions to be certified in obstetrics and gynecology, adding performing an abortion to the list… Read More »

Crowded parties and coronavirus concerns keep high schoolers from returning to the classroom

Their study, published last Thursday in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, found a statistically significant increase in clinic and hospital visits by patients who reported respiratory illnesses as early as the week of December 22. The first known case of Covid-19 in the US was thought to be a patient in Washington who had… Read More »