October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. This Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed to raise awareness about this disease and to promote early detection. It is extremely important that every adult woman be informed of the risk for breast cancer and to follow the recommended ...
WASHINGTON — A food aid program that helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money within two weeks unless the government shutdown ends, forcing states to use their own money to keep it afloat or risk it shutting down, experts say. The $8 ...
Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a minute or two until he was "recombobulated and able to think about something other than the cold," ...
When Odysseus, king of Ithaca, sails past the island of the Sirens, he longs to hear their irresistible song. He knows their voices have lured sailors to their death, and that if he listens, he will steer his ship onto the rocks. His solution is clever: he orders his crew to plug their ears ...
Drugstores are ready to deliver updated COVID-19 vaccines this fall and insurers plan to pay for them, even though the shots no longer come recommended by an important government committee. On Friday, vaccine advisers picked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to specifically ...
Nerves are funny things. They have unique functions and a specialized metabolism. Because they are able to carry information rapidly, we are able to walk and talk, write and read. But tough they are not, prone to all manner of problems in the face of physically stressful conditions. To put it ...