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OAK HILL, W.Va. — Each day at New River Health in Oak Hill, Lisa Emery finds disheartening signs of what she describes as a slow-motion repeat of the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster.

Emery is director of New River’s ...Read more

In young adults, heart disease can sneak into the heart, neck and leg arteries quietly, causing what's called silent atherosclerosis. It doesn't trigger symptoms and evaluating your risks for heart woes based on blood ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married for 20 years. She's an academic, and we've lived a transient lifestyle to accommodate her career. She had a greater professional vision than I ever did, so I opted to stay at home...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: Have you ever discussed prion disease in your column? It afflicts one in 1 million people, swiftly kills its victims in a matter of days, and is incurable. People commonly know it as "mad cow disease." I ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I hear preachers say that we should memorize Scripture. Where in the Bible does it say this? Memorizing is hard work with little return. – M.D.

A: The Bible says, “Your ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado will distribute almost $170 million to 91 rural healthcare providers next year to try to put them on a more solid long-term footing and improve patients’ outcomes.

The state will receive $1 billion ...Read more

Anyone with ovaries who lives long enough will experience menopause. While menopause is a natural transition in midlife, it can strongly affect a person’s quality of life and their current and future risk of heart ...Read more

When our second child was born, my spouse had several weeks of paternity leave under his parental leave policy at work.

I’m a certified family life educator, and parental leave comes up regularly in my ...Read more

“Would you like your receipt?”

It’s a question you’re likely to hear every time you pop into the grocery store or stop for a latte on the way to work. Some people may also have heard warnings that have ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Our daughter plays field hockey, and it can get physical on the field with collisions and falls. We're worried that we won't know if she gets a concussion. What signs should we watch for?

ANSWER: With ...Read more

September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month. This year alone, nearly 68,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with leukemia. Mayo Clinic hematologist and oncologist Dr. Cecilia Arana Yi says treatment is changing, and it'...Read more

Every year, droughts affect millions of people around the world, including children. Drought conditions can have far-reaching effects on families and communities, impacting water supplies, food production, air quality and ...Read more

The San Vicente de Paúl Nursing Home in the South Bronx hasn’t admitted a patient since December 2024. ArchCare, which operates the facility, has reduced its capacity from 120 available beds to 53 and plans to shrink it...Read more

Eighteen months after his initial diagnosis, chemotherapy hadn’t slowed 21-year-old Mason Henderson’s rare brain tumor, which had spread to his spinal fluid. So he left his home in southeastern Texas to spend three ...Read more

It's estimated that around 8 million Americans age 65 or older have mild cognitive impairment (7.4 million of them are undiagnosed) and almost that many may have full-blown Alzheimer's disease. But it's been hard to pin ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My father is in his mid-80s. He has been to the hospital several times in the last month because of age-related medical conditions. A family member is vacationing here and wants to stay at dad's house for a week...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a very healthy and active 74-year-old woman, and I'm also quite proactive with my health. I get bone scans done every two years and have osteopenia in both my hips and spine. But because of a T12 ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I am a retired executive chef, divorced for many years with three adult children. My son was also an executive chef, but no longer. He is a mean alcoholic. He stays drunk when not at his job, and he says cruel ...Read more

Q: I'm a single mother. I'm trying to develop a social life and find another relationship. But my young son doesn't like to "share" me with anyone else. He disliked my last boyfriend so much that I was forced to end the ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I have a group of friends who get together once a month, usually for a casual dinner. Next month's gathering will be to celebrate three birthdays, one of which is mine. While planning this gathering (via text), ...Read more