Temperatures have started their fall descent, and frost is predicted for this evening. The scenery in my neighborhood is changing, too. Leaves are accumulating on lawns and sidewalks, and pumpkins…
read moreTUESDAY, Oct. 13, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Pharma companies are influencing doctors to prescribe pricey drugs by wooing them with money and gifts, a new evidence review has concluded.Payments and…
read moreI still remember the puzzles in Highlights for Children, the magazine that made reading a little more fun. Hidden Pictures challenged me to find pencils, teacups and other objects camouflaged…
read moreMONDAY, Oct. 5, 2026 (HealthDay News) —Democratic congressional members and candidates are already planning to use any midterm election gains to expand health coverage, including boosting Affordable Care Act subsidies,…
read moreTUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2026 (HealthDay News) — The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally.The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that…
read moreI admit there are things I didn’t know, things I now know — and plenty of things I suspect I will never know. There was a time when cache, cookies…
read moreTUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2026 (HealthDay News) — When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was deciding whether to approve the drug Tavneos several years ago to treat a set…
read moreNames matter. We give them to people, places, products, foods—and puppies. Sometimes we choose a name because we love its meaning. Sometimes we wonder where a name came from. And…
read moreTUESDAY, Sept 15, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Women’s risk of having a harmless tumor caught and treated as a result of breast cancer screening is much lower than once thought,…
read moreMost of us have memories tied to the sound of a bell. School bells. Church bells. Doorbells. Each one signals a moment we recognize. But bells can also mark something…
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