ST. LOUIS — Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, according to the Catholic Health Association. Nuns…
Month: November 2024
Richard A. Cash, Who Saved Millions From Dehydration, Dies at 83
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Richard A. Cash, who as a young public-health researcher in South Asia in the late 1960s showed that a simple cocktail of salt, sugar and clean water…
Is Gatorade good or bad for you?
MEDICAL NEWS TODAY – Gatorade is sold as an exercise enhancement drink. It contains rehydrating electrolytes but also has a high concentration of sugar. There are benefits and risks of drinking Gatorade…
Shameless Cannabis Industry Happy To Sell Pot To Pregnant Women
University of Georgia College of Public Health – A new study from the University of Georgia College of Public Health found that about 6% of pregnant women reported using marijuana during the…
Teen dies after eating deadly “vegan cheese”
EDITOR’S NOTE: There is, of course, no such thing as “vegan cheese;” cheese is a dairy product. Any source claiming to offer “vegan cheese” cannot be fully trusted to honestly disclose the…
Walking To Lose Weight? There’s a right way and wrong way
Phys.org – A team of researchers at the University of Milan has found that climbing stairs or walking for short bursts allows people to consume 20% to 60% more energy than if…
Why Diet Coke is growing again
CNN – Consumers are turning away from pricier Starbucks coffee, McDonald’s Big Mac meals, Doritos chips, Monster energy drinks and Heineken beer. But they can’t stop guzzling Coke and Dr Pepper. Both…
6 Signs You’re Not Drinking Enough Water
The Conversation – Water is essential for daily functioning and health, and we can only survive a few days without it. Yet we constantly lose water through sweat, urination and even evaporation…
NYC customer sues Subway for ‘falsely advertising’ amounts of meat on sandwiches: lawsuit
Fox Business – Subway was hit with a lawsuit on Monday claiming the restaurant chain “materially overstates” the amount of meat in visual ads for sandwiches. The suit took aim at photos…
Mother, 2 children die after going over Niagara Falls safety rail: Police
OFFICIAL STATEMENT, UPDATED October 30, 2024 New York State Police – On October 28, 2024, at approximately 9:00 P.M., New York State Park Police and the New York State Police, Bureau of…