The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently announced that they were issuing emergency use approval for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. In stage 3 clinical trials, one dose of the vaccine was 85% protective against the most severe cases of COVID-19. This is now the third COVID-19 vaccine available in the United States. Shipments to states will begin over…
A 2019 study in the journal BMC Public Health suggests that people with obesity were more successful in losing weight when they reported being personally motivated to lose weight after receiving a diagnosis of obesity and when their doctors acknowledged their past efforts to lose weight. Managing realistic expectations is also necessary for losing weight. According to one 2018 study,…