THE NEW YORK TIMES – Rocky Colavito, who was one of baseball’s leading sluggers in his time and a huge fan favorite playing the outfield for the Cleveland Indians, only to be traded away in 1960 in the most infamous deal in the club’s history, died on Tuesday at his home in Bernville, Pa. He was 91.
His death was announced by the Cleveland Guardians, as the team is now known.
Colavito hit 374 home runs...
Now a brewing battle over corn syrup and vegetable oils is raising the prospect of a fight between Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Trump’s own voters in farm country.
Lack of Sleep
First, it’s harder to recall things when you haven’t slept. Second, sleep strengthens the bonds between brain cells that help you remember for the long term. Third, it’s harder to form memories in the first place when your mind is wandering because of a lack of sleep.
Good “sleep hygiene” can help: Shoot for 8 hours a night, exercise daily, stick to a regular sleep schedule, and avoid alcohol and caffeine late in...
The killing of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, the country’s largest health insurer, has reignited people’s contempt for their health plans.
Target pulled some LGBTQ-themed merchandise linked to Pride Month last year, citing increased confrontations between shoppers and employees and incidents of products being thrown on the floor.
Mayo Clinic News Network – Measuring how well you are aging can be as simple as balancing or standing on one leg.
It may not be easy for everyone to maintain balance on one leg, but according to Mayo Clinic research, it can be a reliable measure of neuromuscular aging for both men and women.
In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Kenton Kaufman, the W. Hall Wendel Jr. Musculoskeletal Research Professor who is behind the study,...
Studies show that maintaining microbial balance in older adults can potentially improve immune response, reducing susceptibility to infections and age-related diseases.
BREITBART – President Joe Biden omitted any reference to Almighty God in his annual proclamation of Thanksgiving.
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln urged Americans to observe the last Thursday of November “as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.”
Not long afterward, President Rutherford B. Hayes issued a similar proclamation, earnestly recommending that “the people of the United States do meet together on that day in their respective places...
POPULAR SCIENCE – For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution.
A study analyzed the DNA of 302 feral dogs living near the power plant, compared the animals to others living 10 miles away, and found remarkable differences.
While the study doesn’t prove that radiation is the cause of these differences, the data provides an important...
KFF HEALTH NEWS – Ryan Wettstein Nauman was inconsolable one evening last December. After being put down for bed, the 3-year-old from Peoria, Illinois, just kept crying and crying and crying, and nothing would calm her down.
Her mother, Maggi Wettstein, remembered fearing it could be a yeast or urinary tract infection, something they had been dealing with during potty training. The urgent care centers around them were closed for the night, so around 10:30...