Often these past few weeks I have found myself breathing a sigh of relief that I live in a state where certain protections are in place ahead of the next Trump presidency, and feeling both concern and guilt when thinking about the millions of people who live in states that have been, or are now,…
{KXLG – Watertown, SD} The Boys & Girls Club of Watertown has announced in a notice sent to parents changes to its membership fee structure for 2025, effective from the next enrollment period. The increase would be the first increase in eight years for the club. According to the notice, the fee increase is necessitated…
Orlando, Fla – For those striving to maintain a healthy lifestyle, holiday celebrations can feel like a minefield of dietary pitfalls, bound to derail the progress you’ve made through diet and exercise the rest of the year. In fact, a new national survey by Orlando Health finds nearly two in five (39%) Americans worry about…
According to a recent report from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, only 21% (one in five people) of the middle class believe they have enough saved for a comfortable retirement. The middle class, which represents 55% of the U.S. adult population and earns between $50,000 and $199,999, has many retirement fears, ranging from running…
Questions about candidate choice Re: “This Black Democrat can’t vote for Harris — Party disregards my community’s best interests on immigration, economics, abortion,” by Marvin H. Lett, Wednesday Opinion. Lett’s op-ed piece derides Kamala Harris for prioritizing abortion as a voting issue. His reasoning includes slow growth rates in minority communities. Is he OK then…
Descriptive characteristics of NUTRiMDEA population Participants’ phenotypic characteristics in the NUTRiMDEA study were categorized by sex (female and male) and age (< 40 years and ≥ 40 years), whose data are shown in Tables 1, 2 and 3. Regarding the analysis of factorial interactions between sex and age, significant differences were found in education, home situation, number of…
Healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as good nutrition, smoking cessation and being physically active, along with routine health screenings and managing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke with medication, can help prevent individuals from having a first stroke. Screening for stroke risk and educating people on how to lower their chances of having a stroke…
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A healthy diet can help keep prostate cancer in check, a new study finds. The better a man eats, the less likely his low-grade prostate cancer will progress to a more dangerous state, researchers reported Oct. 17 in the journal JAMA Oncology. For every increase of 12.5 points…
Christine Bryant Times correspondent Frank Serna talks about how the weight loss drug Zepbound helped him lose 60 pounds and how it gave him time to develop better eating and exercise habits. Tony V. Martin, The Times In his late 20s, Frank Serna knew what he did next could reshape the course…
MIAMI — As rescues and recovery continue across Florida following the devastation left behind by Hurricane Milton, South Florida is stepping up to help their Gulf Coast and Central neighbors who desperately need relief. Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm and barreled across the Florida peninsula…