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Around a third of Americans ages 65 to 74 have hearing loss and it affects about half of folks age 75 and older. That sets them up for a variety of health problems. Not only do hearing problems increase the risk of ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: There’s a popular commercial running that asks people on the street, “How’s your heart?” The advertisement is about an app that digitally monitors the human heart. ...Read more

FORSYTH, Ga. — Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill Thursday that bans gender-affirming medical care for transgender inmates in Georgia prisons.

The measure had sparked a rift among Democrats and led to a dramatic mass walkout...Read more

On Thursday, Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was introduced to the world as the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and the first American pope, taking the name Leo XIV.

For Catholic theologians, the significance of the...Read more

WASHINGTON — When the white smoke began drifting from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s spokesman clued the former speaker in on the news.

“I have never heard her more excited about anything,” ...Read more

Pope Leo XIV, who was known as Cardinal Robert Prevost before becoming the first American selected to lead the Catholic Church on Thursday, has reposted online content critical of President Donald Trump and Vice President ...Read more

Researchers are hoping they can tackle the mystery of how to diagnose CTE in the living.

The Boston University CTE Center and other research centers have received a $15 million NIH grant to diagnose CTE during life, as ...Read more

CHICAGO — Catholics across the region are celebrating the historic announcement that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the church was born and raised in the Chicago area.

In his first words as Pope ...Read more

President Donald Trump Thursday congratulated Pope Leo XIV, calling it a “great honor” that the Chicago-born pontiff has become the first pope born in the U.S.

“It is such an honor to realize that he is the first ...Read more

ROME — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Roman Catholic pontiff, the first ever pope from the United States and a possible bridge between the moderate and hard-line sides of a divided Church.

Prevost, 69, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed in principle to settle more than 100 childhood sexual abuse lawsuits filed against it last year in San Diego and across California, according to ...Read more

The number of reported measles cases in Kansas grew slightly over the past week, and while the outbreak has not spread to the Kansas City metro, it is getting closer.

The state saw two new cases, bringing the total number...Read more

A cancer diagnosis is an emotional experience. Learning that you have cancer can create feelings of hopelessness, fear and sadness. This is especially true if your cancer is advanced or available treatments are unable to ...Read more

May is National Trauma Awareness Month. It's a time to spread awareness about injury prevention and trauma.

Falls are the No. 1 cause of nonfatal injuries among children up to 14 years old in the U.S., according to the ...Read more

Q: What do you as a rabbi want from the new pope? – (From F)

A: As it turns out, I want the same things from a new pope that I would want from a new rabbi – plus the ability to run a worldwide, multicultural,...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My fiancee and I have been arguing almost every day. We have been verbally and emotionally hurting each other. I love her very much, but she has a severe alcohol disorder, and I want her to stop drinking. She ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 76 years old, and I have had an essential tremor for over six years. It has progressively gotten stronger, mainly in my hands. I have been reading about an MR-guided focused ultrasound and was ...Read more

Perimenopause is the time when hormone fluctuations -- and the associated symptoms -- mean you're heading to the complete cessation of your periods, AKA menopause. It often starts in your mid-40s and lasts eight to 10 ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: If God knows every thought we have – good or bad (especially the bad) – why is it necessary for us to tell Him what we’re thinking and how we’re feeling and behaving? ...Read more

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed an executive order that formally restricts the unauthorized collection of autism-related data by state agencies.

Pritzker’s order responds to federal efforts under Health Secretary ...Read more