Weight training Strength training is vital for your health as you age. You may want to start with lighter weights and slowly increase. Lifting weights may especially benefit older adults, and may…
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Trump Slashes Cancer Research Dollars, Crony Capitalists Fume
MSNBC – My daily work as an oncologist is often sobering and difficult. [How sad; the average salary for a oncologist is $352,537 per year in the United States. Jobs paying that…
Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall
Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall This fall, the U.S. Government Accountability Office expects to release a report on how much it costs to run Georgia Pathways to Coverage…
Parents outraged by homey prison life for driver who killed their son: ‘How is this justice?’
Fox News – A grieving family says Colorado law let a texting driver off easy and failed their son, who was killed while crossing the street. In August 2023, the lives of…
Exclusive: Woman, 23, diagnosed with melanoma after mom warns about ‘weird’ spot
TODAY – With vibrant red hair, pale skin and lots of freckles, Sara McOlvin knew she was vulnerable to skin cancer, but there were even more risk factors to consider. Melanoma runs…
Texas hospitals hit with $122 million bill for illegal immigrants’ care in single month
Fox News – An audit requested by state GOP lawmakers shows Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s administration underestimated costs and demand for illegal immigrant health programs, totaling $1.6B. Texas hospitals were left on the…
Fall asleep quicker using one ‘odd’ item that ‘may help restless leg syndrome’
EXPRESS – Nothing can be more frustrating than lying awake at night, struggling to fall asleep. A poor night’s sleep can leave you feeling exhausted, groggy and unable to tackle the demands…
What’s it like to be 70 years old in space? “All those little aches and pains heal up.”
ARS TECHNICA – Not many people celebrate their birthday by burning a fiery arc through the atmosphere, pulling 4.4gs in freefall back to planet Earth, thudding into the ground, and emptying their…
Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Dentists reveal what happened
SCIENCE NEWS – Warren Loeppky has been a pediatric dentist in the Canadian city of Calgary for 20 years. Over the last decade, he says, tooth decay in children he’s seen has…
Why our waistlines expand in middle age—aging stem cells shift into overdrive
City of Hope National Medical Center – It’s no secret that our waistlines often expand in middle age, but the problem isn’t strictly cosmetic. Belly fat accelerates aging and slows down metabolism,…