CalMatters – As a physician, I am closely following a bird flu outbreak that is hitting our Central Valley dairy farms hard, especially since the California Department of Health reports at least 21 human cases.
This number seems to increase each week in our state, which has more dairy cows than any other. Bird flu has spread to at least 291 dairy herds in California.
As a board-certified doctor in internal and lifestyle medicines, I support...
WEBMD – We’ve all had leg pain at some point.
Maybe you banged your shin against your favorite chair, or you had an intense cramp in your thigh or calf muscle. It hurt, but it got better fast.
Leg pain that seems severe, ongoing, or out of the ordinary is a different story. Sometimes it’s a sign of an urgent problem that could stick around -- or get worse -- without treatment.
Call your doctor if you...
MEDICAL NEWS TODAY – A fondness of writing, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or depression, and even infertility — for the best part of two centuries, all of these and more could easily fall under the umbrella of “female hysteria.”
Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, female hysteria was one of the most commonly diagnosed “disorders.” But the mistaken notion that women are somehow predisposed to mental and behavioral conditions is much older than that.
In...
FORBES – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now primed to take over as Secretary of Health and Human Services, drawing renewed scrutiny to a string of false claims he has helped spread over the better part of the past two decades:
Covid-19 targets certain races and gives others immunity:
Kennedy Jr. was caught on camera in July telling fellow diners that “Covid-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people” and “the people who are most...
If all Americans over 40 matched this level of activity, life expectancy at birth would bump from 78.6 years to nearly 84 years, about a 5-year increase in average lifespan.
EAT THIS, NOT THAT! – If you're in the market to buy a turkey this November, the following grocery chains want to give you one at no additional cost.
Find your nearest grocery chain below and read the fine print, as these promotions come with certain spending thresholds to be eligible.
H-E-B
Texas-based grocery chain H-E-B is a popular go-to destination for shoppers. Named America's #1 Grocery Chain in 2024, the regional brand gives customers many good...
SHOTS HEALTH NEWS – Donald Trump has promised a law-and-order approach to policy of all kinds — including the question of how to help people struggling with mental illness, substance use disorder and homelessness.
In a short video on his campaign website, Trump says cities in the U.S. have been surrendered to people who are unhoused, "drug addicted," and "dangerously deranged."
To the American public, he promises, "we will use every tool, lever, authority to get...
The Deseret News obtained video of BYU cheer coach Jocelyn Allan apparently being struck in the head by a water bottle thrown by a fan at Rice-Eccles Stadium