CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — When Allison Strickland urged a suburban Atlanta school board in June to remove four books from school libraries, she was following a path cleared by Georgia’s Republican lawmakers. But after the bitterly debated Georgia law took effect Jan. 1, The Associated Press ...
Can the MIND diet — a diet that includes foods and nutrients that are considered beneficial to brain health — protect against cognitive decline the likes of which is seen in patients with Alzheimer’s disease? Dr. Lisa L. Barnes from Rush University’s Alzheimer’s Disease Center and ...
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Patients who take blockbuster drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss may face life-threatening complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs for anesthesia. This summer’s guidance to halt the medication for up ...
We are very blessed to have high quality Emergency Medicine available to us in many hospitals throughout the entire Upper Peninsula. Those who provide emergency care for medical emergencies will often be called upon to very promptly offer truly life saving medical care. They are often faced ...
By Conway McLean, DABFAS, FAPWHc When there is news concerning medical issues these days, it’s commonly regarding infectious disease. If it isn’t about a new strain of COVID, then it’s Bird flu. Or some bacterial infection to which our antibiotics are no longer effective. These ...
In my last article, I wrote: “We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We tell ourselves stories in order to identify cause-and-effect, to find patterns, and to draw conclusions from our success and failure. A story is a survival mechanism wrapped in words.” I also discussed the tendency ...