Challenging your brain helps keep it healthy. Here’s how to do it
WASHINGTON (AP) — “Exercise your brain,” experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. But how? Stretching your brain might be the better description.Do...
Human rights court orders Peru to pay compensation for a 1997 forced sterilization death
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a judgment and ordered Peru to pay reparations for the death of a...
Jamaica to end decades-long agreement with Cuba over medical missions criticized by US
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Jamaica's foreign ministry said Thursday it was ending a decades-long agreement with Cuba involving its medical missions.The unexpected...
What to say if you’re in recovery and your workplace encourages social drinking
Picture this: It’s lunchtime in the 1960s, and you’re out with co-workers enjoying not one, not two, but three cocktails with your meal.While the...
Trump administration widens its anti-fraud efforts with a Medicaid probe in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration is expanding its crackdown on state Medicaid programs to New York, launching a fraud probe in...
Navigating conversations with children about war, conflict and other traumatic events
The latest conflict in the Middle East is developing quickly and deeply complex, which can make it difficult for children to make sense of...
US maternal deaths fell in 2024 and may have dropped again last year, government...
NEW YORK (AP) — Fewer U.S. women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the...
Experts talk how to navigate distressing news stories and finding coping mechanisms
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As people awoke to headlines over the weekend about deadly U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and potential of widening conflict,...
Racial slur at BAFTA awards stirs complex feelings for Black people with Tourette syndrome
For Black people living with Tourette syndrome, the British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards incident earlier this week where a vocal tic manifested...
Electrolyte supplements are everywhere. Who benefits from them and when?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Social media is filled with influencers rating electrolyte supplements or even telling followers how to make their own. But experts...
