The Healthy by Reader’s Digest – The average American male’s life expectancy is 74.8 years – five years less than data-driven projections for women.
While there are multiple reasons for this disparity, new research is suggesting that certain aspects of sexual health can be a practical predictor of how long a man might live.
A study by a team of medical researchers in Denmark, some of whom specialize in male health, aimed to investigate a possible...
People should thoroughly research ant vendors and species before purchasing, and take extra care to prevent exotic ants from being released into nature.
KFF HEALTH NEWS – It’s a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting.
In a video explaining the science behind it, a seller of food chemicals shows scoops of ice cream holding their shape under hot lights. The super ingredient? Polysorbate 80.
Polysorbate 80 is an emulsifier, a chemical used to control the consistency of thousands of supermarket products. Other widely used emulsifiers or stabilizers include carboxymethyl cellulose, carrageenan, and maltodextrin.
Recently, such ingredients have...
Evette Jeffrey was an unintended victim of the shooting on May 12 after a schoolyard fight. Two boys in their early teens have now been charged in the killing.
Guy Bartkus
The blast took place around 11 a.m. local time outside American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs, an upscale city around 100 miles from Los Angeles. Videos from the scene show plumes of smoke, blown out windows on nearby buildings, and sirens sounding off.
President Trump said in a post on Truth Social Sunday that he and First Lady Melania Trump are "saddened to hear about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis."
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape that saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon, died on April 21 in Crossville, Tenn. He was 95.
His death, in a hospice facility, was confirmed by his son, Steven.
The day after the...
KFF HEALTH NEWS – Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the legislation yesterday, joining Utah. The bill does not mention fluoride specifically and is intended to allow more medical freedom, according to The Hill. Other news comes from Texas, Kentucky, California, Georgia, and Michigan.
The Hill: Florida Joins Utah In Fluoride Ban
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation Thursday making Florida the second state in the country to ban fluoride from public water. The bill doesn’t...
ATLANTA — A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move her family says a hospital told them was required under the state's strict anti-abortion law.
With her due date still more than three months away, it could be one of the longest such pregnancies.
Her family is upset that Georgia's law...