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PHILADELPHIA — When Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital began offering new mothers who gave birth there a follow-up visit with a nurse at home, Ebony Durant worried that the idea would be a hard sell for patients.

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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new tool that can estimate a person's risk of developing memory and thinking problems associated with Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms appear. The ...Read more

If your guts are sluggish and you have a bowel movement three times or less per week, you're battling chronic constipation. And you're not alone. Between 12% and 19% of folks deal with it -- and among those ages 65 and ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I have a 54-year-old profoundly disabled, non-verbal child who is in a group home. I have been advocating for her since birth, when we learned she had suffered severe brain damage. The umbilical cord was wrapped...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: My primary care doctor has prescribed the medication Evenity for my osteoporosis. I have been on Fosamax for about three years, but my recent bone density scan went down slightly in the osteoporosis area....Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: This may be a wrong reason to go to church, but when I moved away from home to start college, I looked for a church where I might meet a nice, young Christian lady. I’ve ...Read more

CHICAGO — Out on his farm in Dundee Township, Cliff McConville sees geese landing in the fields where his turkeys and chickens graze. It’s a sight that often unnerves poultry producers, as migratory waterfowl carry and...Read more

Antimicrobial Awareness Week, Nov. 18–24, serves as a global call to action to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) — a growing public health concern that occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites stop ...Read more

Removing the most dire warning from hormonal therapies to treat menopause is likely the right call, women’s health experts say, but exuberance for the treatments could be getting ahead of the evidence.

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A healthy blue whale can have a neck with a circumference of 540 inches (45 feet). Humans need a much smaller neck size to be able to swim around diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, atrial fibrillation, high ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My oldest son, "Adam," turned 50 last month. He and his wife, "Lindy," live four hours away. They invited me and my husband to a birthday party she was having for him. Adam's daughter from a previous marriage ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 76-year-old woman in what I thought was excellent health. On a recent coronary calcium CT scan that was ordered because of my age and slightly elevated cholesterol, an incidental finding was ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I want to live for Christ and turn my back on the hold my friends have on me, but we’ve grown up together, and they will reject me if I change my lifestyle. They would treat...Read more

For years, the two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors and researchers follow people with cognitive impairment as they age, as well as a group with normal cognition....Read more

A 47-year-old man from New Jersey died within hours of eating a hamburger at a barbecue in the summer of 2024.

He had no major medical problems before, nor did his autopsy find a cause of death.

But several months later,...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I'm getting married soon and I am very excited. It is a true blessing. I love my fiancee very much, and I'm happy to spend the rest of my life with her. I have one concern, though, and it is about her daughters....Read more

Q: With a recent change in my job, I'm finally going to be able to spend more time with my family. My kids aren't used to having Dad home much. How can I build and keep up relational momentum with them?

Jim: One of most ...Read more

NEW YORK — After enduring fire, flood, recession, a pandemic and changing times, a Brooklyn church still stands to celebrate its 170th anniversary on Sunday.

Much as visitors to Red Hook experience today, the Visitation...Read more

Ethiopia confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease after sending samples from a cluster of suspected cases of viral hemorrhagic fever for testing earlier this week.

The virus is the same strain reported in ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My ex, "Hank," and I have two sons together. Both are smart, kind, college-educated, hardworking and independent young adults.

Hank is estranged from our younger son, "Andrew." Andrew could never live up to his...Read more