Even when you’ve had a period for years, you can still get surprised by bleeding while wearing your favorite white dress, intense headaches while ovulating or cramping and overnight spotting after you thought your period was over. Menstrual cycle tracking and syncing aim to better identify and take advantage of these reproductive phases. The booming…
Each of us shares our life with tiny colonies of microorganisms that include viruses, bacteria and fungi. Most of these miniscule microbes are harmless, but some are pathogens—the kind that can make you sick. What makes a virus, such as the flu or the highly contagious virus that causes COVID-19, different from other germs, such as bacteria or…
Whether or not you’ve exercised faithfully during the past several decades, there are many reasons to begin, or maintain, an active lifestyle as you get older. “As we age, physical activity helps preserve mobility and independence,” said Landon Polakof, MD, a Cedars-Sinai orthopedic surgeon. “Exercise helps maintain cardiovascular health and builds lean muscle mass, which is important for…
