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Anonymous donor gives thousands of dollars for meals at Massachusetts McDonald’s

An anonymous person donated thousands of dollars to pay for meals at the Main Street location.

Pregnant mom felt one strange symptom—ChatGPT told her to act fast, and it saved her and her baby

The question was casual—“Why does my jaw feel tight?”—but what happened next was anything but.

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”

PRO PUBLICA – Frustration with insurers is at an all-time high. The December fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson allegedly by Luigi Mangione serves as an extreme and tragic example. Doctors and insurers are locked into a perpetual conflict over health care costs, with patients caught in the middle. Doctors accuse insurance plans of blocking payments for health care treatments that can save the patients’ lives. Insurance companies insist they shouldn’t pay for procedures that...

Foods that trigger acid reflux, how to prevent it and when to consult a doctor

CBS News – An estimated 20% of Americans suffer from GERD, a chronic form of acid reflux that goes beyond occasional heartburn. What causes acid reflux? "The stomach loves acid, it helps with digestion. The esophagus, the swallowing tube, hates acid," CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook, who is a gastroenterologist at NYU Langone Health, explained. "Fortunately, there's a valve in between the stomach and the esophagus that stops acid from bubbling up and giving...

Doctors remove pig kidney from an Alabama woman after a record 130 days

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday – a disappointment in the ongoing quest for animal-to-human transplants. Towana Looney is recovering well from the April 4 removal surgery at NYU Langone Health and has returned home to Gadsden, Alabama. In a statement, she thanked her doctors for “the...

Yoga is as effective as strengthening exercises for knee osteoarthritis pain relief, study finds

Medical Xpress – Exercise therapy is suggested as a first-line treatment to improve joint pain and loss of function caused by osteoarthritis (OA), a musculoskeletal disorder that affects more than 595 million people worldwide. Yoga and strengthening exercises are both known to be effective ways of managing knee OA, but is one better than the other? A study that compared yoga and strengthening exercises head-to-head for knee OA found that despite their distinct mechanisms for relieving...

Veterans find healing & fellowship through barbecue

Local veterans are placed in groups of four to learn culinary life skills and compete to see who can recreate the best barbecue.

If You Have This Weird Line On Your Earlobe, What Does It Mean?

IFLSCIENCE.COM – Have you ever noticed a strange crease or fold in your earlobes or those of people you know? It looks like a diagonal line that extends backwards and diagonally across the earlobe from the tragus (the fleshy bump in front of your ears’ opening) to its edge. This fold, known as Frank’s sign, has a disarmingly quaint sounding name given that some believe it could indicate coronary artery disease. Frank’s sign was first reported by...

Trump Says He’s in ‘Very Good Shape’ After Medical Exam; Report to Be Released on Sunday

The president underwent his first physical exam since taking office for a second time, with results expected soon.

Health Secretary Shares Concerns About Efficacy of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine After FDA Delay

THE EPOCH TIMES – Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a new interview that Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine is not effective, his first comments since regulators missed a deadline to approve the shot. “We’re looking at that vaccine. It is a single antigen vaccine, and for respiratory illnesses, the single antigen vaccines have never worked,” Kennedy told CBS in an interview released on April 9. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was supposed to decide...

Celery sticks recalled in 30 states after testing finds Listeria

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc., based in Oxnard, CA, is recalling 1,587 cases of its 4 in/1.6 oz Marketside Celery Sticks sold at Walmart stores across 30 states because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall was prompted by a random sampling conducted by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, which detected Listeria monocytogenes in one of multiple samples taken from a Georgia store. Although the product is past its Best if...

Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People

KFF HEALTH NEWS – President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for health programs such as Medicaid, food assistance, child care, and other services, former staff said. The small team, with technical data expertise, worked out of HHS’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, or ASPE. Their dismissal mirrored...

The wellness industry is killing animals, spreading disease, and fueling the next pandemic

The growth of raw pet food is contributing to the spread of H5N1 bird flu, especially in cats

Healing soup recipes: Definitely not your grandma’s chicken soup!

"We used what the land gave us — herbs, broths and the wisdom passed down from our ancestors."

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