Heart-healthy alcoholic drinks to add to your NYE shopping list, according to a doctor

Heart-healthy alcoholic drinks to add to your NYE shopping list, according to a doctor

With New Year’s Eve just around the corner, many Britons will be prepping their fridges for another round of parties. And no NYE party would be complete without a glass of fizz. However, Dr Aamer Khan has revealed that certain alcoholic drinks are better than others. While research tends to stress that all alcohol spells … Read more

Why do Women Lose their Sexual Desire?

Why do Women Lose their Sexual Desire?

Did you know that nearly half of women report having at least one problem with sexual function — whether its low desire, loss of arousal, trouble having an orgasm, or pain during sex? Probably not, since it’s not something you hear much talk about. When Lyndsey Harper, MD, first went into practice as an OB/GYN, she … Read more

California is expanding health care coverage for low-income immigrants in the new year

California is expanding health care coverage for low-income immigrants in the new year

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than 700,000 immigrants living illegally in California will gain access to free health care starting Monday under one of the state’s most ambitious coverage expansions in a decade. It’s an effort that will eventually cost the state about $3.1 billion per year and inches California closer to Democrats’ goal of providing … Read more

Urgent warning issued as one person killed in UK following E.coli outbreak

Urgent warning issued as one person killed in UK following E.coli outbreak

One person has died following an E.coli outbreak in the UK, health officials have confirmed. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) the affected person died in Scotland. This came as the result of a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreak in the UK, which has been linked to some unpasteurised cheeses. A total … Read more

What You Need to Know

What You Need to Know

For many women, sexual desire goes up and down over the years, often tied to changes in relationships, stress, and physical changes like pregnancy and menopause. But roughly 10% of women deal with a low sex drive that causes them distress. It’s a condition known as hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). There are a few … Read more

Judge allows lawsuit that challenges Idaho’s broad abortion ban to move forward

Judge allows lawsuit that challenges Idaho’s broad abortion ban to move forward

An Idaho judge on Friday denied a request by the state’s top legal chief to throw out a lawsuit seeking to clarify the exemptions tucked inside the state’s broad abortion ban. Instead, 4th District Judge Jason Scott narrowed the case to focus only on the circumstances where an abortion would be allowed and whether abortion … Read more

Family’s hope in US vaccine for little girl with rare cancer

Family’s hope in US vaccine for little girl with rare cancer

The family of a little girl with a rare cancer are pinning their hopes on a vaccine in the US in a bid to stop the disease returning. Ava Bolton’s parents have raised £290,000 to pay for the experimental treatment, which is so far available only at a New York clinic. Three-year-old Ava was diagnosed … Read more

West Virginia starts distributing funds from the settlement of opioid lawsuits

West Virginia starts distributing funds from the settlement of opioid lawsuits

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is issuing the first checks from a fund established by the settlement of opioid lawsuits in the state, which has by far the nation’s highest drug overdose death rate. The Kanawha County Commission said Thursday it received a $2.9 million check and plans to discuss how it will be spent … Read more