Jan. 6, 2023 – Even if the causes of long COVID remain confusing, researchers are zeroing in on biomarkers – compounds that can be detected and measured –…
Read more Researchers Hunt Biomarkers – Potential Keys to Long COVIDIt’s now a lot easier — and cheaper — for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help. Hearing aids can now be sold without a prescription from a specialist.…
Read more FDA change ushers in cheaper, easier-to-get hearing aidsLOS ANGELES — A federal judge threw out a lawsuit against the maker of an anti-malarial drug blamed for causing psychotic behavior and neurological damage to U.S. servicemembers,…
Read more Vet’s lawsuit blaming antimalarial drug for psychosis tossedArmed guards were a fixture outside the marijuana growing operation in rural Oklahoma where four people were slain execution-style. The mail carrier “was met with guns pretty much…
Read more Armed guards a fixture outside pot farm before 4 were slainNEW YORK — Brittany Newton’s family grieved last spring when her life was cut short, at age 30, by a brain aneurysm. But they got to feel close…
Read more HIV-positive heart donor’s family, recipient meetLOS ANGELES — Jay Leno underwent surgery for serious burns suffered when flames erupted as he worked on a vintage car and remains hospitalized for further treatment, the…
Read more Leno has surgery for burns from car fire, in good conditionJACKSON, Miss — Local officials in Mississippi’s capital city, where a late summer water crisis upended life for 150,00 people, have approved an emergency plan to increase staffing…
Read more Mississippi capital to hire emergency water plant workersLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Voters in five states are deciding on Election Day whether to approve recreational marijuana, a move that could signal a major shift toward legalization…
Read more Voters in 5 states decide whether to legalize marijuanaThe lone volunteer in a unique study involving a gene-editing technique has died, and those behind the trial are now trying to figure out what killed him. Terry…
Read more Death in CRISPR gene therapy study sparks search for answersLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — There are few surprises expected on Election Day in solidly Republican Arkansas, where Donald Trump’s former press secretary is heavily favored in the race…
Read more Biden’s pot pardons could boost states’ legalization drivesIRVINE, California — President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs on Friday as part of his three-state Western tour this week, as…
Read more Biden pushing lower prescription drug costs in midterm pressWASHINGTON — After finishing a tour in Afghanistan in 2013, Dionne Williamson felt emotionally numb. More warning signs appeared during several years of subsequent overseas postings. “It’s like…
Read more As suicides rise, US military seeks to address mental healthSTOCKHOLM — Swedish scientist Svante Paabo won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for his discoveries on human evolution that provided key insights into our immune system and…
Read more Nobel win for Swede who unlocked secrets of Neanderthal DNA
