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Report: Viruses may play a role in Alzheimer’s

Viruses that sneak into the brain just might play a role in Alzheimer’s, scientists reported Thursday in a provocative study that promises to re-ignite some long-debated theories about what triggers the mind-robbing disease. A team led by researchers at New York’s Mount Sinai Health System found that certain viruses —… Read More

Report: Americans who smoke reaches all-time low

Smoking in the U.S. has hit another all-time low. About 14 percent of U.S adults were smokers last year, down from about 16 percent the year before, government figures show. There hadn’t been much change the previous two years, but it’s been clear there’s been a general decline and the… Read More

Everything you need in your emergency go-bag

Heather Kretzer, a health consultant for the Florida Department of Health in Panama City, lives near the water. But the most recent call for an evacuation in her area wasn’t because of a hurricane but because of an active shooter. The incident, which did not result in any bystanders being… Read More

George H.W. Bush becomes the first president to….

George H.W. Bush enjoyed a relaxing birthday on Tuesday as he became the first former U.S. president to live to the rip old-age of 94. The nation’s 41st president was receiving calls and taking it easy at his seaside home eight days after being released from a hospital where he… Read More

Top Trump adviser hospitalized after heart attack

Larry Kudlow, the prominent economic commentator who joined President Donald Trump’s administration this year as the president’s top economic adviser, has suffered a heart attack, the White House said Monday night. Kudlow was being treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, White House press secretary Sarah… Read More

White House launches anti-opioid campaign targeting teens

The White House launched a series of new advertisements Thursday aimed at warning young people about the dangers of opioids, taking another step in the effort to turn the tide against the deadly epidemic. The White House said its first public service campaign would include several partners, including the Ad… Read More

Terminal cancer patient saved by experimental treatment

Floridian Judy Perkins was told by doctors that she had three months left to live after her breast cancer had advanced and spread to other parts of her body. Her cancer was not responding to conventional treatment, and tumors the size of tennis balls had taken up residence in her… Read More

Health alert! Romaine lettuce death toll climbs to 5

Four more deaths have been linked to a national food poisoning outbreak blamed on tainted lettuce, bringing the total to five. Health officials have tied the E. coli outbreak to romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona. The growing season there ended six weeks ago, and it’s unlikely any tainted lettuce… Read More

Obama never dared do THIS (but Trump did!)

President Donald Trump signed a law Wednesday that former President Barack Obama never dared to touch — and the move has seniors cheering. A bill aimed at helping people with deadly diseases try experimental treatments, calling it a “fundamental freedom” that will offer hope and save lives, is now law…. Read More

Trump delivers MAJOR win for Veteran Affairs

President Donald Trump delivered a victory by expanding private care for veterans as an alternative to the troubled Veterans Affairs health system. The sweeping measure would allow veterans to see private doctors when they do not receive the treatment they expected, with the approval of a Department of Veterans Affairs health… Read More