The U.S. Congress first named the month of March as Irish American Heritage Month in 1991 and the president issued a proclamation for this to be recognized in March of every year in the future. It is estimated that there are approximately 32 million USA residents who claim to have Irish ...

By Dr Conway McLean, DABFAS, FAPWHc Technology may not have all the answers (where are the hover boards of Back to the Future?) but many wondrous inventions have been manifested by modern man. Some directions for new technologies may be questionable but when it comes to medicine, numerous ...

In my last three articles I have shared with you what I have learned about artificial intelligence — systems such as ChatGPT and Tesla’s Autopilot. I then told you a fantastic story about Rob the Robot, an imaginary robotic lover. And I asked, whether artificial intelligence-in the form of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first combination test for flu and C OVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose is caused by either disease. The Lucira COVID-19 & Flu Home test, which can be ...

The medical specialty of pediatrics is defined as offering medical care to infants and children. Because it is less than 200 years old, pediatrics is a relatively young medical specialty, when compared to the history of many other medical specialties. Prior to the development of pediatrics, the ...

Injuries can happen to anyone, but certain activities entail much higher risk. Think of a firefighter as opposed to the hazards of a secretary. There are obstacles of various sorts for most of us, from a patch of black ice to a broken bottle on the street. Professional athletes are prone to ...