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What sleeping position is best? A sleep specialist explains.

CBS NEWS – Everyone wants a good night of sleep, but your go-to sleeping position can affect how restful your night is — and how your body feels the next day. So which position is best: side, back or stomach sleeping? Ellen Wermter, Better Sleep Council representative, family nurse practitioner and behavioral sleep medicine specialist, told CBS News it's more about what works for you, not which is considered the "best" position overall — though each...

The Cause of Out-of-Control Healthcare Prices: Washington

Washington directly controls payments for 186 million Americans, 56 percent of the population, through Medicaid/CHIP, Medicare, Tricare, and Emergency Medical Transport and Labor Act of 1986.

Food safety problem closes Detroit airline kitchen leaving 200 flights without meals

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – Airline kitchens are known for their own food safety problems, but rarely do those ground-based issues result in a loss of food service in the air. Delta Air Lines, however, made that connection by announcing that passengers on 200 flights this past weekend were not getting meal service because of a “food safety issue” at its Detroit flight kitchen. The Detroit airline kitchen servicing Delta flights was subjected to a routine Food...

That online ‘pharmacy’ could kill you, feds warn

“These companies operate illegally, deliberately deceiving American customers into believing they are purchasing safe, regulated medications when they are actually selling fake, counterfeit pills made with fentanyl or methamphetamine.”

Dad Dies After Catching Rare Virus In Own Backyard

iheart – A Connecticut father died Monday (October 14) from complications of an infected mosquito bite that occurred five years prior in his own backyard, the New York Post reports. Richard Pawuski, 49, of Colchester, suffered from Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a rare but "severe" disease that targets the brain and results in rapid physical deterioration if not quickly fatal. Pawuski's death followed another EEE death in September, which was the first from the state of...

Mayo Clinic expert answers common questions about the flu, COVID-19

MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK– Influenza (flu) and COVID-19 are both highly contagious respiratory illnesses. COVID-19 is caused by infection with a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), and flu is caused by infection with an influenza virus. The best way to protect yourself from either of these illnesses is to get vaccinated. Updated vaccines for both influenza and COVID-19 are now available. In this Q&A, Dr. Robert Jacobson, medical director for Mayo Clinic's Primary Care Immunization Program, answers...

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