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D-List Celebrity Openly Calls For Assassination Of Trump

SCNR – Comedy duo band Tenacious D has cancelled the remainder of their sold-out tour following backlash after bandmate Kyle Gass wished for the assassination of Donald Trump. Gass made his comment at a concert in Sydney, Australia on Sunday — the day after the former president narrowly escaped a would-be assassin’s bullet during a rally in Pennsylvania. Video footage from the concert shows Gass’ bandmate, actor Jack Black, singing “Happy Birthday” to Gass, who’s offered...

Biden bristles at continued questions about his age and abilities in NBC interview

NPR – As the first night of the Republican National Convention unfolded, President Biden sat for a new televised interview where he pushed back when asked about whether he needed to do more to convince his party that he’s got what it takes to run for a second term. Since the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday, the steady drumbeat of public calls from Democrats in Congress for Biden to step back...

States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived.

KFF Health News – For hours, John Pernorio repeatedly mashed the call button at his bedside in the Heritage Hills nursing home in Rhode Island. A retired truck driver, he had injured his spine in a fall on the job decades earlier and could no longer walk. The antibiotics he was taking made him need to go to the bathroom frequently. But he could get there only if someone helped him into his wheelchair. By the...

Survey finds public does not know as much as it should concerning raw milk

Much of what the public knows about raw milk is just plain wrong.

Mayo Clinic Minute: Dangers of heat-related illnesses

Scorching temperatures continue to blanket much of the U.S. in an ongoing summer heat wave. Prolonged exposure to both heat and humidity can lead to heat-related illnesses — from heat cramps to exhaustion to life-threatening heatstroke. Dr. Jesse Bracamonte, a Mayo Clinic family physician, offers recommendations on what to do if you begin to feel ill. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1:00) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News...

Hattie Wiener, ‘World’s Oldest Cougar,’ Dies at 88

The sexy senior citizen wrote the book “Sex and the Single Senior”

Country music stars who are battling serious health issues

PENNLIVE – The country music world has been hit hard by tragedy this year with at least 20 performers and figures having died. Several more stars have recently announced they are battling serious health issues, and a couple of those — Mark Chesnutt and Colt Ford — are lucky to be alive. The following is a quick look at a quartet of country music stars who have recently made headlines because they are battling serious health...

‘A Bottomless Pit’: How Out-of-Pocket TMJ Costs Drive Patients Into Debt

Many medical insurers consider TMJ treatment too dental-focused for medical insurance, while dental insurers consider it too medical for dental insurance, leaving patients stuck in a “medical-dental divide” that hinders care and increases cost, according to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

Joe Bonsall, 76

He was also the author of 11 books, including a memoir titled, “I See Myself: Musings and Memories of a Blessed Life,” which is set to be published in November.

Whoopi Goldberg makes absurd defense of Biden: ‘I don’t care if he poops his pants’

DAILY MAIL – Whoopi Goldberg has made an absurd defense of President Joe Biden, claiming she doesn't care if he 'poops his pants' because she has 'poopy days all the time.' The outspoke 'The View' host, 68, shockingly announced she wouldn't bat an eyelid even if the 81-year-old had an embarrassing bathroom accident, insisting that wouldn't make him a less qualified candidate to serve the country. 'If he can't do what he needs to do for...

Biden’s doctor tries to explain Parkinson’s expert’s visits

ABC NEWS – In a letter just released by the president's physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, he confirms that Dr. Kevin Cannard, the Parkinson's expert who visited the White House eight times in an eight-month span, "was the neurological specialist that examined President Biden for each of his annual physicals." O'Connor reiterates that "His findings have been made public each time I have released the results of the President's annual physical," adding, "President Biden has not...

Biden’s Medicare ‘Reform’ Could Make It MORE Expensive

RealClearHealth, LLC – While much of the Inflation Reduction Act analysis has been focused on the newly established mandate for the federal government to set drug prices in Medicare, bringing down the price of medicines, the law also makes other changes to Medicare. It reduces federal subsidies to low-income and high-need people, putting more financial risk onto the health insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers that offer drug plans and puts a limit on out-of-pocket...

Biden has a woman problem — or two — in the White House …

THE WASHINGTON POST – There wasn’t much to celebrate this July Fourth ... Let’s start with the sudden post-debate recognition among Democrats that Joe Biden isn’t quite up to speed. Really? He wasn’t exactly hitting on all cylinders during his third run for president in 2020. Biden was jauntier back then, sure. But consider this headline from March 2021, two months after he was inaugurated: “Biden ‘just fine’ after tripping 3 times jogging up steps...

The Supreme Court just limited federal power. Health care Is feeling the shockwaves.

The Supreme Court’s decision overturned a 1984 precedent that said courts should give deference to federal agencies in legal challenges over their regulatory or scientific decisions.

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