Trigger: Low Vitamin B12
If you're feeling lethargic or depressed, too little vitamin B12 may be to blame. If you're older, you're more at risk for the B12 blues because you may not have enough stomach acid to release B12 from food.
Solution: Ask your doctor to measure levels of B12 in your blood. If it's low, talk to your doctor about diet, oral supplements, or an injection to see what might be right for you.
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Axios – President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that launches a pilot program authorizing Medicare to cover cannabis products for seniors.
Why it matters: Trump's embrace of marijuana could be a game-changer for older people who are seeking alternative treatments for common ailments.
Driving the news: Marijuana use among older adults in the U.S. is growing fast.
In 2023, 7% of adults aged 65 or older reported that they had used it in the past...
THE NEW YORK POST – Federal workers are getting a Christmas gift from President Trump.
The president took executive action Thursday to ensure that federal workers get Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas off from work.
Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis
Trump had previously given federal workers the day off on Christmas Eve, but his action Thursday goes a step further and adds Dec....
KFF HEALTH NEWS – Maxwell Kruzic said he was in such “crippling” stomach pain on Oct. 5, 2023, that he had to pull off the road twice as he drove himself to the emergency room at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colorado. “It was the worst pain of my life,” he said.
Kruzic was seen immediately because hospital staff members were pretty sure he had appendicitis. They inserted an IV, called a surgeon, and...
CNN – Rob and Michele Reiner died from “multiple sharp force injuries,” according to new records from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner listing their cause of death.
The couple’s son, Nick Reiner, is accused of fatally stabbing his parents.
The medical examiner determined the manner of death to be “homicide,” the records released Wednesday show, indicating their deaths were caused by another person.
"Nick Reiner admitted during a 2018 podcast that he once destroyed the family’s...
A person close to the family provided a detailed account of what occurred in the Reiner house after a massage therapist received no response at the gate.
The decree gives the administration additional tools to target countries, cartels, and organizations that are connected to the manufacturing and distribution of fentanyl, The Hill reported. Experts pushed back on the new designation, with one noting it “is about looking like you’re doing something rather than actually doing something.”
The Hill: Fentanyl Classified As Weapon Of Mass Destruction In Trump Order
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order to designate fentanyl as a “weapon of...
The drugs are widely prescribed in the U.S., with an August U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study finding that more than one in four adults with diabetes used one.