(AP) - Greyson Parisien’s time on earth was short. But the boy with dark-rimmed eyeglasses who was enchanted by the music in “Frozen,” the sound of ripping paper and his dad playing the guitar is having an outsized impact on his tribal community in the far reaches of North Dakota. His ...

By Dr Conway McLean, DABFAS, FAPWHc Advice is free and easily dispensed. Most of us are happy to impart what bits of wisdom we think we possess, regardless of how inaccurate, imprecise, or wholly false. Numerous examples of inaccurate medical advice can be heard, unfounded and without ...

By James Surrell, MD Ear wax is normal in our ear canal, and it is produced by cells lining the ear canal. Ear wax works to protect our ear canal by keeping it clean and healthy. Our ear wax is normally self-clearing but, if there is something placed in our ear, this can disrupt the normal ...

Born into this world, we live our lives, all of us destined to shuffle off this mortal coil. To put it bluntly, we are born to die. In simplistic terms, aging is a time-dependent decline in function, whether it is a cell, a tissue, or the entire organism. But when that final chapter arrives is ...

Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of U.S. deaths and less than half of nursing home residents up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations. These alarming signs portend a difficult winter for seniors, which worries ...

Are habit-based interventions beneficial in long-term weight maintenance? Two weeks ago, I wrote here about a 2019 study by Dr. Gina Cleo and her colleagues published in the International Journal of Obesity that attempted to answer this question. The researchers randomly divided the ...