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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 72-year-old woman, and I have developed painful burning and tingling in my feet over the past several months, to the point that I cannot sleep many nights. Unfortunately, I cannot tolerate ...Read more

Hardly anyone realizes that around 2 million men in the U.S. have osteoporosis and another 16 million are at an increased risk for "brittle bone" disease because of low bone mass. The risk factors that men have include low...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I pray every day that the Lord will give me the privilege of leading someone to the Lord, but every time I try, I am shunned and made fun of. What am I doing wrong? – W.W.

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ATLANTA — Congressional Republicans’ proposed cuts to health care, unveiled this week, lay the groundwork for thousands of Georgians on subsidized private insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act to lose their ...Read more

Even as Republicans in Congress walk back their most aggressive proposal to slash federal Medicaid spending, they are weighing other options that could force states to cut services for children and other vulnerable ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson anticipates that California’s sprawling Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, may need to be dialed back after Gov. Gavin Newsom releases his latest budget, which ...Read more

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Tara Campbell unlocked the front door of the Bricklayers Hall, a no-frills brick building on South Union Street in downtown Montgomery, half a mile from the white-domed Alabama Capitol.

She was ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Since she was a child, Maya Shetty knew she was going to be a doctor.

She wanted to follow in the footsteps of her parents, who are both primary care physicians in West Virginia. And she wanted to use her ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- For reasons I’m not sure I fully understand, I like being a test subject in clinical research studies.

I once signed up for a study at Mayo Clinic that examined the efficacy of a colon cancer screening ...Read more

This year, the sports pages have brought a serious health concern back into the spotlight.

NBA stars Victor Wembanyama and Damian Lillard both were sidelined during the regular season by deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, a ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Whooping cough cases are surging in California with rates returning to pre-pandemic levels, medical experts said.

As of April 26, a total of 590 Californians had contracted the highly contagious ...Read more

Almost 100 million Americans have prediabetes. If most of them convert to full-blown Type 2 diabetes, that's an individual and public health crisis of unimaginable proportions. But many folks can make a U-turn, increase ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married 33 years, but the last 10 years have been extremely difficult. His attitude and selfishness during that time led me to strongly resent him.

He's now telling me he has changed ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently read this morning that the shingles vaccine, Shingrix, "may have a protective effect against dementia." It goes on to say the studies that have been conducted so far are only observational. Is ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: What does it mean when people say that sin’s pleasure is only for a season? – S.P.

A: The Bible tells us that there can be pleasure in sin. We know this from our own ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- It was afternoon at the convent, and that meant bingo.

A dozen elderly women, some in wheelchairs, others with their walkers pushed aside, studied the triplets of cards in front of them. A life-size ...Read more

Lawn care is a common household chore, but it comes with its own set of safety risks — particularly for children. As a parent, it’s important to understand the risks and take steps to ensure that your child stays safe,...Read more

CRESTWOOD, Mo. — The prospect of sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid is alarming to some Missourians who remember the last time the public medical insurance program for those with low incomes or disabilities was pressed ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Nothing helped Dr. Sarah Freitas regain her spark at work — not therapy, not a rafting retreat in Utah, not a three-month leave to clean her garage and catch up on chores.

The obstetrician would return ...Read more

When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo, New York, airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do.

He and another bystander put her flat on her back and checked her pulse (faint) and her breathing (shallow ...Read more