Frankie Davies 
Invest in your ‘sexual currency’ In order to have a healthy sexual appetite, it’s crucial to monitor how you and your partner are interacting with one another when you’re not having sex, according to Dr Karen Gurney, psychosexologist and author of Mind the Gap: The Truth About Desire and How to Futureproof Your Sex Life. … Read more
An advertising agency that helped develop marketing campaigns for OxyContin and other prescription painkillers and a drugmaker announced separate agreements Thursday worth a total of $500 million to avoid going to trial on claims that they bore some responsibility for the nation’s opioid crisis. Publicis Health, part of the Paris-based media conglomerate Publicis Groupe, agreed … Read more
A gastroenterologist has outlined the two warning signs of gallbladder disease. The condition refers to inflammation, infection, stones or blockage of the gallbladder. Gallbladder disease and gallstones are common, affecting more than one in every 10 adults in the UK. Located under the liver, the gallbladder is a sac that stores and concentrates bile. Bile … Read more
By Linda Chernek Moore, as told to Keri Wiginton Whether you live with someone or not, the role of caregiver can be all-consuming. But like they say before takeoff: Put your oxygen mask on first. In other words, you can’t care for others if you don’t care for yourself. I also caution people about being … Read more
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Daily life largely returned to normal for most of the nearly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that caught fire a year ago, but the worries and fears are always there. Some people still report respiratory problems, … Read more
Those heavy lead aprons may be on their way out at the dentist office, depending on where you live. The nation’s largest dental association said Thursday it will no longer recommend the use of lead aprons and thyroid collars on patients who are getting dental X-rays. There are two main reasons for the change. X-ray … Read more
Can you abstain from alcohol for a month? That is the core question of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Dry Feb, a fundraising campaign challenging Canadians to hold off on consuming their favourite alcoholic beverages for a month, while raising funds for cancer research. With campaigns such as Dry Feb and Dry January, and the growing … Read more
Cases of measles have almost tripled in the last week. Health authors were notified of 314 suspected cases in England and Wales, up from 129 infections the previous week. That brings the number of cases so far this year up to 588. During the same period in 2023, there were just 52 suspected cases. These … Read more
By Joan Kathryn, as told to Keri Wiginton I’m 79 now, and my doctor diagnosed me with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 2008. Over the past 15 years, I’ve developed wet AMD in my left eye and geographic atrophy (GA) in both eyes. I don’t like to call attention to myself, and people often don’t … Read more
SEATTLE — Providence health care system is refunding nearly $21 million in medical bills paid by low-income residents of Washington — and it’s erasing $137 million more in outstanding debt for tens of thousands of others — to settle the state’s allegations that it overcharged those patients and then used aggressive collection tactics when they … Read more
