Health

Inactive people started moving more if they received daily step targets that exceeded their usual number by about 500 steps. Want to exercise more this year? Then adopt workout goals that are challenging but not too challenging, tough but doable, individualized but evolving. Or maybe just plan to walk at …

Thousands of people received convalescent plasma as an experimental treatment for Covid. A new study shows that it works — but only when given within a few days of the onset of illness. A small but rigorous clinical trial in Argentina has found that blood plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients can …

The pandemic taught us that when you take care of yourself, you’re also taking care of your family, friends and community. The 7-Day Well Challenge will show you how to focus on self-care in 2021. What’s the most important lesson of pandemic life? I would argue that it’s this: Self-care …

A pharmacist who was arrested on charges that he intentionally sabotaged more than 500 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine at a Wisconsin hospital was “an admitted conspiracy theorist” who believed the vaccine could harm people and “change their DNA,” according to the police in Grafton, Wis., where the man was …

He played a major role in combating trachoma, a chlamydia-related disease. He died of complications of Covid-19. This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Most Americans became aware of chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease more common than …

Research into the health effects of natural and man-made surroundings is spurring the development of psychiatric facilities that feel more residential and welcoming. Residents of the Taube Pavilion in Mountain View, Calif., wake up in private rooms with views of the wooded Santa Cruz Mountains, have breakfast in airy communal …

“It’s been known for a long time that coconut oil raises blood levels of artery-damaging LDL cholesterol,” one expert said. Coconut oil continues to be widely touted as a miracle food. Proponents, including a slew of celebrities, claim it promotes weight loss, lowers blood pressure and blood glucose, protects against …

The Indian company Bharat Biotech partnered with the National Institute of Virology and the Indian Council of Medical Research to develop an inactivated coronavirus vaccine called Covaxin. India authorized the vaccine for emergency use on Jan. 3, despite a lack of published Phase 3 data showing the vaccine is safe …

“It’s been known for a long time that coconut oil raises blood levels of artery-damaging LDL cholesterol,” one expert said. Coconut oil continues to be widely touted as a miracle food. Proponents, including a slew of celebrities, claim it promotes weight loss, lowers blood pressure and blood glucose, protects against …