Eat More Purple Foods for Cancer Prevention and a Healthier Gut and Heart

Eat More Purple Foods for Cancer Prevention and a Healthier Gut and Heart

Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published October 9, 2017. Polyphenols1,2 (also known as phenolics) are phytochemicals, natural plant chemicals with powerful antioxidant properties. There are over 8,000 identified polyphenols found in foods such as tea, wine, chocolates, fruits and vegetables. Antioxidants — which in addition to polyphenols include carotenoids and … Read more

Nebraska governor stands firm on rejection of federal money to feed food-insecure children

Nebraska governor stands firm on rejection of federal money to feed food-insecure children

OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska’s Republican governor on Friday reiterated his rejection of $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out. Nebraska will not participate in the 2024 Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children — or Summer EBT — program, Gov. Jim Pillen said in a … Read more

The key to keeping new year resolutions? Don’t make them in the first place | New year

The key to keeping new year resolutions? Don’t make them in the first place | New year

When you stop to think about it, the strange thing about conventional new year resolutions – the big, ambitious, change-your-life-completely kind – isn’t that they never seem to work. It’s that we ever imagined they might. Consider the situation. For one thing, you’re too busy (who isn’t?), so it’s not as though making time for … Read more

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