Bill Plaschke: Fighting Parkinson’s one punch at a time
They pull giant boxing gloves over aging, sometimes shaking hands.They approach a black punching bag on weary, sometimes wobbly feet.Then they wail.Lord, do they wail.They…
Planet-warming emissions dropped when companies had to report them. EPA wants to end that
LEOPOLD, Ind. — On the ceiling of Abbie Brockman’s middle school English classroom in Perry County, the fluorescent lights are covered with images of a bright blue…
Billy Joel cancels all shows after brain disorder diagnosis
Billy Joel has canceled all upcoming concerts, revealing he has been diagnosed with a brain disorder that causes physical and mental issues. Joel, 76, has…
Biden is part of a long history of presidential health cover-ups
Suddenly, it’s 2024 all over again.Once more we’re litigating Joe Biden’s catatonic debate performance, his lumbering gait, his moth-eaten memory and his selfish delusion he…
Questions emerge over Biden’s cancer diagnosis, decision to run
WASHINGTON — The revelation that former President Biden has advanced prostate cancer generated more questions than answers on Monday, prompting debate among experts in the oncology community…
Biden is diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ form of prostate cancer
WASHINGTON — Former President Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, his office said Sunday.Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary…
Meet Casey Means, L.A. holistic doctor and Trump surgeon general pick
President Trump’s choice of Dr. Casey Means, a Los Angeles holistic medicine doctor and wellness influencer, as his nominee for surgeon general appears to mark…
Cuts eliminate many U.S. government health-tracking programs
NEW YORK — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s motto is “Make America Healthy Again,” but government cuts could make it harder to know if that’s…
Column: Another Big Lie: RFK Jr. wants to make America healthy again
What do you think would happen, I asked my daughter, a nurse practitioner who works in addiction medicine, if Narcan, the drug that reverses opiate…
Fat jabs can treat liver disease affecting one in five people, finds trial
Weight loss jabs are all the rage as studies and patient stories reveal they help people shed flab at almost unbelievable rates, as well as…
Place in the Sun Laura Hamilton’s emotional life from Womble dad to killer disease and tragedy
Laura Hamilton turned down her uni offer to enter the world of TV, and has since juggled being a pub landlady with A Place in…
Ten worrying symptoms every dog owner should look out for this spring as vet issues urgent disease warning
TEN worrying symptoms that every dog owner should look out for this spring.A leading vet has issued an urgent warning over a disease that can…
Kennedy says he wants to target chronic disease in U.S. tribes. A key program to do it was gutted
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent time in tribal communities in Arizona and New Mexico this week highlighting ways they are trying to…
Trump administration rolls back forest protections in effort to rev up logging
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration acted to roll back environmental safeguards related to future logging projects in more than half of national forests under an emergency…
California sues over cuts to CDC infectious disease funding
California and a coalition of other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to cut billions of dollars in federal public health grants…
Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up…
Florida’s orange juice industry squeezed by disease, hurricanes as orange crop hits 95-year low
Florida's crop for the 2024-2025 season is predicted to be the smallest since before World War II, with orange juice consumption plummeting more than 50%…
California school vaccine rates fell; some students are vulnerable to measles
Despite having some of the nation’s strictest school vaccination laws, California reported a decline last year in the share of kindergarten students who were immunized…
Top U.S. health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
WASHINGTON — Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human…
ACTG Presents Study at CROI Demonstrating Increased Risk of Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease After Switch to Integrase Inhibitor-Containing Regimen
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