This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Suicide is a leading cause of death in America. Suicide was the cause of 49,500
In the U.S., a person has a stroke every 40 seconds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — making strokes just as widespread as they are dangerous. There are different causes of stroke, but the most common is
The European Commission has authorized GSK’s HIV-focused unit ViiV Healthcare’s cabotegravir long-acting injectable and tablets, the British drugmaker said on Tuesday. EUROPEAN COMMISSION CHIEF URSULA VON DER LEYEN ASSURES AID TO FLOOD-STRICKEN SLOVENIA DURING VISIT Cabotegravir is recommended in combination with safer
Tasha Kann, a Michigan mom, was determined to keep her baby alive, even if it meant sacrificing her own treatment. (Tasha Kann) ‘AGAINST GOD’S WILL’ – Tasha Kann shares her story of how she refused to abort her baby after a brain cancer
Cancer has many risk factors. Some — like gender, age and family history — can’t be controlled. But others, like diet, can be managed. Proper nutrition has been shown to reduce cancer risk, noted Dr. Brian Slomovitz, director of gynecologic oncology and
Roughly half of U.S. beaches were found to contain potentially unsafe levels of fecal contamination in 2022, according to a new report. Click the article below to learn more. (iStock) TROUBLE IN PARADISE? – Over half of U.S. beaches were shown to
Like it or not, mosquitoes have arrived for the summer — and beyond their annoying, itchy bites, they also bring the risk of disease, most notably the West Nile virus (WNV). Since the West Nile virus first entered the U.S. in 1999,
Poland and Germany collaborate to protect river from deadly pollution, discuss prevention strategies
Poland and Germany’s environment ministers met at the border between the two nations to address the safeguarding of a river from a potential recurrence of lethal pollution that resulted in the death of numerous tons of fish in the previous year. The
The World Health Organization (WHO) isn’t too sweet on the use of sugar substitutes for weight loss or disease prevention. In new guidance, the WHO specifically recommended against the use of non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) for the purposes of controlling body weight or
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). The topic of suicide is a difficult one to discuss no matter with whom or