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Among 61 people infected with bird flu in the U.S. this year, a Louisiana patient is the first to have “severe” disease  

Louisiana bird flu patient is first in US to have a ‘severe’ case   Read More

Average life expectancy in the U.S. increased nearly one year in 2023, rebounding to a level not reached since the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Americans are living longer, thanks to pandemic’s end, fewer opioid deaths   Read More

The Food and Drug Administration’s new rules on “healthy” food labels are voluntary and are scheduled to take effect at the end of February.  

Which foods are considered ‘healthy?’ FDA issues new label criteria   Read More

Consumers who take copies of the weight loss drug Zepbound and diabetes drug Mounjaro will need to find a new source for these medications.  

FDA: Weight loss drug Zepbound, diabetes drug Mounjaro no longer in shortage   Read More

A Dallas woman suffered from migraines and a pulse in her eye. New York City doctors discovered her brain was sagging through a hole in her skull.  

Her pulsing eye was a medical mystery. A scan showed her brain was sagging.   Read More

For years, he tried to expose the Tuskegee syphilis study – but no one would listen.  

​How Peter Buxtun Exposed the Notorious Tuskegee Syphilis Scandal    Read More

She believed that people with dementia were desperate to connect.  

​How Naomi Feil Developed a Radical Approach to Caring for Dementia Patients    Read More

A new study finds that deaths related to cold weather in the United States have risen in the past two decades.. Deaths related to cold weather have risen steadily nationwide …

​More People Are Now Dying From the Cold    Read More

There are ways to broach the topic successfully — it’s all about time, place and tone.. The holidays are a time of excess. Too much food. Too much drink. And …

​How to Talk to a Loved One About Their Drinking    Read More