March 24, 2024, 6:00am Health
Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with COVID-19 patients, emergency physician Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and misguided the American health system was. Read story
March 24, 2024, 6:00am Health
Following a pivotal year in the movement to discard the term “excited delirium,” momentum is building in several states to ban the discredited medical diagnosis from death certificates, law enforcement training, police incident reports, and civil court testimony. Read story
March 24, 2024, 6:00am Health
Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned by a not-for-profit organization, the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. Read story
March 24, 2024, 6:00am Health
There are traces of Andrea Kolbe all over her big sister, Kyra Vocci. Read story
March 24, 2024, 5:55am Health
Where you live has a significant impact on how long you live. In Washington, life expectancy varies by up to 11 years depending on your county of residence, according to a new report. Read story
March 23, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Health
Sunlight peeked through the gaps of a large tree in Vancouver’s Esther Short Park as James and Jerry Lanz wrapped their arms around each other. Read story
March 22, 2024, 6:09am Health
People often have questions about using essential oils before, during and after pregnancy. These natural oils are distilled from plants or other sources and retain their characteristic fragrance. Aromatherapy is the therapeutic use of essential oils, but research on its effectiveness is limited. Some studies have shown that aromatherapy may… Read story
March 21, 2024, 3:52pm Health
Medicare can pay for the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy — as long as the patients using it also have heart disease and need to reduce the risk of future heart attacks, strokes and other serious problems, federal officials said Thursday. Read story
