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Ask the Pediatrician: How do I know these unfamiliar brands of infant formula on store shelves are safe?
Q: Why am I seeing brands of baby formula I’ve never heard of, and are they safe?A: To help ease the national shortage... Read More
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Feeling anxious about the end of Roe v. Wade? Experts discuss mental health implications
The reversal of the most significant reproductive rights ruling in U.S. history has left Roe v. Wade supporters to grapple with what’s next.
The majority of Americans support legal abortions at least most of the time, ...Read more

Nutrition News: Heart-Healthy Foods
Heart-Healthy Foods
Most of us would agree on the importance of a healthy heart. Our food and lifestyle choices over our lifetime can make a difference in keeping our hearts strong and healthy. According to the Academy of...Read more

Should you get a vasectomy after Roe decision? Doctors explain how it works
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Since Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday and Missouri’s trigger ban outlawed nearly all abortion in the state, interest in vasectomies has been on the rise around Kansas City.
Since the ruling ...Read more

Fla. parents scramble to find COVID vaccines for infants, toddlers
TAMPA, Fla. -- It’s been almost two weeks since federal regulators authorized COVID-19 vaccines for infants and preschoolers, but Katie Old Crow still hasn’t been able to get her 14-month-old son vaccinated.
The Town ...Read more

On Nutrition: Deadhead damaging health habits
The rich array of daisies in my garden are now spent and faded, not nearly as fresh and vibrant as they were in the spring. So I decided to teach my grandkids how to remove (aka “deadhead”) the dried-up flowers to help...Read more

Ask Amy: Officiant feels demoted from being a groomsman
Dear Amy: My husband and I were just involved in the wedding of our two dear friends – I as a bridesmaid and my husband as the officiant.
Originally, they'd asked my husband to be a groomsman. They later asked if he'd ...Read more

Many meds in combination make a complicated BP treatment
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a healthy 77-year-old male. I'm 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weigh 145 pounds, with difficult-to-control high blood pressure. For many years I had a blood pressure reading around 140/80 with no medicines....Read more

COVID-19 insights for patients of color and folks getting boosted
According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, as of the Memorial Day weekend, the seven-day average for COVID-19 cases in the U.S. was 119,725.
A year ago, the seven-day average was just 17,887 cases! So ...Read more

Mother Unsupportive Of Transitioning Teen
DEAR ABBY: I am a 19-year-old trans man. I told my mother years ago, and while she hasn't stopped me from transitioning, she's wholly unsupportive. Despite telling her my new name and pronouns, she refuses to refer to me ...Read more

How do I walk with God?
From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham
Q: I’ve never understood the concept of walking with God. I grew up in church, but it doesn’t make sense to me to walk with someone who is not on Earth. – R.D.
A: Walking ...Read more

What you need to know about monkeypox
The World Health Organization said June 25 that monkeypox wasn’t yet a public health emergency of international concern. More than 4,500 cases have been reported worldwide, with more than 300 in the U.S.
And with ...Read more

Editorial: Pray for sanity: The Supreme Court lets religion back into schools
The six conservatives on the Supreme Court, who purport to revere the Constitution, have a funny way of ignoring the parts of the document that go against their conclusions. We know of no other way to rationalize their ...Read more

Is an ectopic pregnancy abortion legal? Overturn of Roe v. Wade opens states to decide
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The overturn of Roe v. Wade leaves the decision of whether abortion is legal or not up to the states to decide. Concerns on what restrictions this will place on life-threatening cases have been voiced ...Read more

The God Squad: The great seal of the United States of America
As all faithful readers of The God Squad know, I am a big fan of holidays. Holidays, though I'd rather call them Holy Days, remind us that there are two kinds of time: Secular time and sacred time. Secular time is the ...Read more

Diabetes and your brain
Type 2 diabetes denial is a common response to an initial diagnosis. Tom Hanks had elevated blood sugar numbers when he was 36 but ignored the warning signs and went on to develop full-blown Type 2 diabetes in 2013 at age ...Read more

Ask Amy: Final break-up does not require details
Dear Amy: I've been in an on-and-off relationship with a man whose handsy, flirtatious style of interacting with women he finds attractive has always bothered me. I've broken up with him over this and have explained in ...Read more

GFR goes down with age
Dear Dr. Roach: Each year when I receive results from my yearly bloodwork I notice that my GFR score keeps going down. This year is the first year that my score dropped below 60, with a score of 57. I am 66 years old, and ...Read more

Abusive Husband Manipulates Wife, Kids Living In Shelter
DEAR ABBY: I am the mother of two small children. I have separated from their verbally abusive, alcoholic father. I returned to my grandmother, who raised me, and tried to get a job. I couldn't find one quickly because we ...Read more

Are self-help books unbiblical?
From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham
Q: My grandparents are products of the 1960s and they were all in, and still are. I have taken a different route and am a Christian. They keep giving me their books about self-...Read more

Missouri health system reverses course, resumes offering emergency contraception after assurances
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Saint Luke’s Health System said Wednesday it would resume providing emergency contraceptives, reversing course less than 24 hours after The Kansas City Star first reported it was no longer providing ...Read more
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- Should you get a vasectomy after Roe decision? Doctors explain how it works
- Fla. parents scramble to find COVID vaccines for infants, toddlers
- Feeling anxious about the end of Roe v. Wade? Experts discuss mental health implications
- Ask the Pediatrician: How do I know these unfamiliar brands of infant formula on store shelves are safe?
- What you need to know about monkeypox