Book Review: A Riveting History of Plastic Surgery…
2022-07-23 Book Review: A Riveting History of Plastic Surgery in World War I by Elizabeth Svoboda In the wee hours of Nov. 20, 1917, a British army private named Percy Clare lay on a grassy…
Dog Day Saturday 2022-07-23 – Dangerous Dog Treats
Dog Day Saturday 2022-07-23 Owning and interacting with pets, according to studies, can be a form of therapy for many. We have dedicated Saturday to dogs and Wednesday to cats, when we will…
Fighting Monkeypox
2022-07-22 Fighting Monkeypox, Sexual Health Clinics Are Underfunded and Ill-Equipped Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News and Lauren Weber Clinics that treat sexually transmitted diseases — already struggling to contain an explosive increase in…
Texas Says It Cares About Mothers, but Its…
2022-07-22 Texas Says It Cares About Mothers, but Its Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Lags Behind Most Other States by Lomi Kriel ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to…
How sustainable are fake meats?
2022-07-22 How sustainable are fake meats? Marketed to meat lovers, plant-based burgers like Impossible and Beyond claim to taste like the real thing and to have far lighter environmental footprints. Here’s what the numbers…
Mental Health Friday 2022-07-22 – Down Syndrome
Mental Health Friday 2022-07-22 Today’s Topic: Down Syndrome On Mental Health Friday, we post, in alphabetical order, one per week, information on mental health disorders. Mental Health Friday is for informational purposes…
To boost or not to boost
2002-07-21 Boost Now or Wait? Many Wonder How Best to Ride Out Covid’s Next Wave Sam Whitehead and Arthur Allen Gwyneth Paige didn’t want to get vaccinated against covid-19 at first. With her…
What does the Black Community think about Mental…
What does the Black Community think about Mental Health and Counseling? By Dr. Marilyn Sturdivant, Dsw, Lcsw It’s not surprising that historically there has been a stigma related to mental health and the…
Reducing Food Insecurity in Infants and Toddlers
Reducing Food Insecurity in Infants and Toddlers (Family Features) Food insecurity isn’t a new problem in the United States, but the economic upheaval created by the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the problem. During the pandemic, households…
California Public Health Tax Dead for Now
2022-07-20 California’s Public Health Tax Is Dead for the Year Angela Hart SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A ballot initiative that would have raised taxes on California millionaires and billionaires to fund public health programs…