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NY lawmakers may weaken, stall tougher educational requirements for yeshivas
NEW YORK — New York lawmakers are brokering a deal that would delay and weaken educational requirements for religious ... Read More
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In reversal, FDA rehires staff tasked with releasing public records
The FDA has rehired at least some workers tasked with releasing public records generated by the agency’s regulatory activities, two employees said. The recall reverses firings carried out roughly a month ago by the ...Read more
RFK Jr. said his agency will find the cause of autism. These researchers have actually been looking
The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research took place in Seattle this week.
The field's premiere scientific conference was scheduled to be held in the Emerald City five years ago, until COVID-19 ...Read more
Mediterranean Diet Pattern for Health
If you're looking for a healthy way to eat, look no further than the Mediterranean Diet. It's healthy, environmentally friendly, flexible and perhaps the most healthful way to eat.
May just happens to be International ...Read more
Mayo Clinic Minute: Dual procedure combines liver transplant, bariatric surgery
Mayo Clinic surgeons have found that an innovative approach can help patients with obesity get lifesaving care. Obesity can be a barrier to liver transplant. Dr. Julie Heimbach, director of the Mayo Clinic Transplant ...Read more
On Nutrition: What is the Mediterranean diet, really?
My husband and I traveled to Italy in 2019. Everything was wonderful, even the “house” wine in restaurants. We were surprised, however, that much of food we were served did not exactly match what we expected in this ...Read more
Friend Abruptly Cuts Off Complaint About Feeling Sick
DEAR ABBY: I've known "Bianca" since high school. She's my neighbor and godmother to my son. I consider her a sister, and we travel and spend holidays together. Our families get along well.
A month ago, my body started ...Read more
Doctors Give Conflicting Advice On Measles Immunity
DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband and I recently welcomed our new granddaughter. She is 2 months old and therefore several months away from receiving her first MMR vaccine. We live in Texas, and while there are currently no ...Read more
Tough to swallow
We've all run into situations or statements that we find hard to swallow -- but for up to 700,000 folks every year, its food and drink that cause the problem. The condition, called dysphagia, can trigger coughing while ...Read more
Does the Bible speak of a golden age?
From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham
Q: There is a lot of talk about a coming Golden Age in the political realm. There’s also a religious book by the same title, but it is about Jesus Christ returning to Earth. ...Read more
When they don’t recognize you anymore
It happened more than a decade ago, but the moment remains with her.
Sara Stewart was talking at the dining room table with her mother, Barbara Cole, 86 at the time, in Bar Harbor, Maine. Stewart, then 59, a lawyer, was ...Read more
Kansas reports 9 new measles cases ahead of summer. Vaccines urged
Kansas saw another bump in measles cases over the past week during an outbreak that has, so far this year, not yet spread to the Kansas City metro.
The state saw nine new cases, bringing the total number from 37 to 46, ...Read more
World Trade Center health program resumes treatments after outcry
The health program that treats Sept. 11 first responders has started resuming enrollment of new participants and approving treatments for ailing patients after on-again, off-again Trump administration cuts had hobbled the ...Read more
In a broken mental health system, a tiny jail cell becomes an institution of last resort
POLSON, Mont. — When someone accused of a crime in this small northwestern Montana town needs mental health care, chances are they’ll be locked in a basement jail cell the size of a walk-in closet.
Prisoners, some ...Read more
When they don't recognize you anymore
It happened more than a decade ago, but the moment remains with her.
Sara Stewart was talking at the dining room table with her mother, Barbara Cole, 86 at the time, in Bar Harbor, Maine. Stewart, then 59, a lawyer, was ...Read more
The God Squad: RIP Pope Francis
Many notes of reflection on the passing of the pope. This from my friend F in Wisconsin:
“When he was a teenager, he loved to play basketball. Then, in his 20s, he had life-threatening pneumonia and part of a lung ...Read more
Starstruck Father Can't Play It Cool Around Celebrities
DEAR ABBY: I am a 55-year-old father of a 7-year-old child. My social skills and experience are rusty due to graduate school and post-graduate training years (12 years, to be exact) without much social interaction. I ...Read more
Cholesterol Medication Isn't Indicated For 63-Year-Old Female
DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a female who is 63 years old. My blood pressure is 110/70 mmHg. I'm 98 pounds, and my heart doctor believes that I might be one of those people who produces cholesterol. My total cholesterol is 241 mg...Read more
Coffee, decaf and digestion
Your morning cup of coffee may help you mentally kickstart the day. But it can also help you get moving internally. For about a third of folks, drinking coffee, even decaf, promotes a bowel movement. (Caffeinated coffee is...Read more
What is the difference between physical poverty and spiritual poverty?
From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham
Q: What is the difference between physical poverty and spiritual poverty? – P.S.
A: Man’s spiritual poverty is even more wretched than his physical poverty. His failure to ...Read more
Florida has seen a rise in tuberculosis cases. What too know about avoiding infection
MIAMI — A Broward County high school has confirmed an active case of tuberculosis, one of the deadliest, but treatable, infectious diseases in the world.
The bacterial infection, also known as TB, spreads when people ...Read more
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