Sticking to those New Year’s resolutions with counseling help By Bill Rettew January 1, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. “You need to be vulnerable and transparent, open to solutions,” said Pat Brown of ETHOS...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Health | Ozempic overdose? Poison control experts explain why thousands OD’d this year By Tribune News Service December 29, 2023 at 3:04 p.m. Between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30 of 2023, at least 2,941 Americans reported overdose exposures...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Health | Spending fights, supply chain delays slow mobile health boom By Tribune News Service December 29, 2023 at 1:57 p.m. Next year, a 2022 law will authorize the further expansion of mobile clinics. But Congress...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Civil rights leader removed from movie theater for using his own chair By Associated Press December 29, 2023 at 8:25 p.m. A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater...
Plenty of options to ski or snowboard in the region By Courtney H. Diener-Stokes December 29, 2023 at 5:30 a.m. Despite not having a white Christmas, it’s been cold enough for some local ski resorts...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Health | Rift over when to use N95s puts health workers at risk again By Tribune News Service December 28, 2023 at 2:12 p.m. Experts warn front line workers may again be at risk if the CDC takes its...
New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay By Associated Press December 28, 2023 at 6:40 p.m. Obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are capturing the attention of celebrities and showing promising...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Health | ‘They see a cash cow’: Corporations could consume $50 billion of opioid settlements By Tribune News Service December 27, 2023 at 1:27 p.m. Email records in eight states show health departments, sheriffs’ offices, and councils overseeing settlement funds...
Health | ‘Financial ruin is baked into the system’: Readers on the costs of long-term care By Tribune News Service December 27, 2023 at 1:19 p.m. Readers expressed anxieties about getting older themselves and needing help to stay at home or...
Health | Science doesn’t yet support broad restrictions on teens’ access to social media, experts say By Tribune News Service December 26, 2023 at 2:34 p.m. Social media also creates opportunities for exploitation and harassment that simply didn't exist before vast...