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Tensions with insurers mount in Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case
BALTIMORE — Tensions are growing in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy case around the role of the church’s insurers.
Baltimore’s arm of the Catholic Church, America’s oldest archdiocese, has sued its ...Read more
Legislation to restructure United Methodists moves forward
United Methodist delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment many say could defuse debates over the role of LGBTQ people in the church. The amendment, approved Thursday at the denomination’s ...Read more
Nutrition News: Cooking Oils Versus Butter
With our health, it's the little decisions that make a big difference over time.
A new study finds that the little decision of choosing olive, canola or corn oil over butter or margarine can help prevent chronic disease. ...Read more
Know the signs of irritable bowel syndrome
April is IBS Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS.
Research suggests that about 12% of people in the U.S. have irritable bowel syndrome, and it's ...Read more
Recognizing symptoms of Parkinson's disease
April is Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month, which make this a good time to learn about the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
An estimated 1 million people in the U.S. and more than 10 million people worldwide are living ...Read more
On Nutrition: Counting calories
My husband and I mysteriously arrived back from our month-long trip to Texas with extra baggage. And it seems to be stuck to our waists.
We both had the same excuses. We really didn’t eat that much … except for a few ...Read more
Ask Amy: Sex offender lives in the neighborhood
Dear Amy: I have a neighbor who was previously convicted of a sexual offense involving a “child.” He served time in jail.
I don’t know the exact circumstances, but I do understand that the term “child” may ...Read more
Three's More Than A Crowd For This Tiny Apartment
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend is 18 years younger than I am. Our relationship hasn't been perfect, but I love him to death. Unfortunately, I'm going through menopause and have all the side effects. Long story short, he found ...Read more
'Super Platelet Donor' Concerned About High Platelet Count
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 58-year-old female in reasonably good health. When I was young, I donated blood several times and would have continued to do so, had I not become ineligible due to living in England during the mad ...Read more
How the mind and body work when you have heart disease
Between 20% and 30% of folks diagnosed with heart disease also contend with anxiety or depression, according to a study in Frontiers in Psychology. And in the first year after having a heart attack or stroke, for example, ...Read more
What does the quote “a crown of beauty instead of ashes,” mean?
From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham
Q: A friend of mine gave me a book that has the poetry from the Bible. I love the phrase “a crown of beauty instead of ashes,” but I’m not sure what it means. As I watch ...Read more
Cancer cases in younger people are on the rise
ATLANTA — In the United States this year alone, there will be an anticipated 2,001,140 new cancer cases — leading to an estimated 611,720 related deaths. That’s 5,480 new cases and 1,680 deaths every day. And, ...Read more
How worrying is bird flu's jump to dairy cows? Here's what experts say
ATLANTA -- Since 2022, a highly contagious strain of bird flu has spread across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, resulting in the deaths of more than 90 million birds in commercial and backyard poultry flocks, plus ...Read more
TikTok to crack down on content that promotes disordered eating and dangerous weight-loss habits
Saying it does not want to promote negative body comparisons, TikTok is cracking down on posts about disordered eating, dangerous weight-loss habits and potentially harmful weight-management products.
The wildly popular ...Read more
Holdout states consider expanding Medicaid -- with work requirements
In Humphreys County, Mississippi — about 70 miles north of the state capital, in the heart of the fertile Delta region — a third of the residents live in poverty. In Belzoni, the county seat, there are just a handful ...Read more
COUNTERPOINT: Bible blasphemy or act of godliness?
Donald Trump was recently accused of “Bible blasphemy” for selling a version of the Bible, which prompted me to write this article on his motivations for such an act. Is this truly blasphemy? Or is it a way to ...Read more
He thinks his wife died in an understaffed hospital. Now he's trying to change the industry
For the past year, police Detective Tim Lillard has spent most of his waking hours unofficially investigating his wife’s death.
The question has never been exactly how Ann Picha-Lillard died on Nov. 19, 2022: She ...Read more
Rural jails turn to community health workers to help the newly released succeed
MANTI, Utah — Garrett Clark estimates he has spent about six years in the Sanpete County Jail, a plain concrete building perched on a dusty hill just outside this small, rural town where he grew up.
He blames his ...Read more
POINT: Perverting God's word for politics is a sin
In March, former President Donald Trump began hawking a “God Bless the USA” Bible online for $59.99, a King James Version that also includes the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of ...Read more
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