Bump the Lizzo and belt it out because the signs are ready 2 BE LOVED this month. As per usual, the planets are moving and grooving up in the sky, but this month is a spicy one, especially when it comes to your love life. There are a few key astrological happenings to keep in […]

Thanks for your question. Your genital area may be sore for lots of reasons, including: Using different muscles and ligaments while working out. Stretching and using some over the counter pain medications may help. Also consider taking a break from working out, or cutting back on your workouts to help your body recover. The testicles […]

A bipartisan U.S. Senate agreement negotiated after high-profile mass shootings in Texas, New York, and Oklahoma lacks gun access restrictions that advocates say are needed to prevent such attacks. But the deal’s focus on mental health has raised hopes — and doubts — that it will help reduce gun suicides, particularly in rural Western states […]

Elizabeth Melville and her husband are gradually hiking all 48 mountain peaks that top 4,000 feet in New Hampshire. “I want to do everything I can to stay healthy so that I can be skiing and hiking into my 80s — hopefully even 90s!” said the 59-year-old part-time ski instructor who lives in the vacation […]

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Covid-19 cases are on the rise again, but you couldn’t tell from the behavior of the public (rushing back to normal), as well as public health and […]

Fact checked on April 20 by Rich Scherr, a journalist and fact-checker with more than three decades of experience. An Omicron subvariant, BA.2, is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S., making up 74% of new infections as of April 16, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports. Though research is […]

Recognizing excellence and dedication in medical education during a time of unprecedented challenges, students at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis recently honored faculty, residents and staff with Distinguished Service Teaching Awards for the 2020-21 academic year. Every year since 1991, students completing their first, second and third year of studies select the […]

South Carolina children who need immediate, around-the-clock psychiatric care risk being stranded for days — even weeks — waiting for help, only to be sent hundreds of miles away from home for treatment. When no psychiatric residential treatment beds are open in South Carolina, some children must travel across the Southeast to facilities in Florida, […]

Contact tracing—the public health tool meant to manage the spread of COVID-19—is no longer universally recommended to track and contain the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said earlier this week. Now, the agency plans to only recommend the tool in high-risk settings and groups. The CDC quietly made the recommendation on […]

If you listen to the nation’s largest Alzheimer’s disease advocacy organizations, you might think everyone living with Alzheimer’s wants unfettered access to Aduhelm, a controversial new treatment. But you’d be wrong. Opinions about Aduhelm (also known as aducanumab) in the dementia community are diverse, ranging from “we want the government to cover this drug” to […]