AUSTIN, TX — Rising temperatures have forced a change in hours of operation of several testing sites for the coronavirus, health officials said Monday. Central Health-affiliated CommUnityCare Health Centers announced the shifting of operating hours at all its COVID-19 testing sites to 6:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., officials said. The […]
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A man who cared for his grandmother, a dementia patient, since he was a sixth grader is seen in Tokyo on March 16, 2020. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake) TOKYO — One out of some 20 high school students in the east Japan prefecture of Saitama said […]
By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) TUESDAY, Aug. 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A growing number of older people are turning to the vitamin biotin to fortify their aging skin, hair and nails. But a new study shows how large doses of it can interfere with some vital medical tests. Biotin, […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain More and more older people are turning to the vitamin biotin to fortify their aging skin, hair, and nails. But in a new study, researchers found at high doses, the popular biotin supplement could mask heart trouble by interfering with some vital medical tests. The research […]
Representatives from School District 51 and MarillacHealth visited Central High School on Friday to celebrate the opening of the district’s first school- based health center. The need for the medical clinic was identified after several teen suicides in 2017 and a report from Colorado Health Institute, which pinpointed three District […]
Drug overdose deaths climbed to a record high last year, reversing a historic decline in 2018 that President Donald Trump touted as one of his administration’s key accomplishments, new federal data show. There were 70,980 reported deaths from overdoses in 2019, surpassing the peak of 70,699 deaths in 2017, according […]
Last month, I was certain high school sports would play out in California this fall, even if in an abbreviated form. I wasn’t naive. I was hopeful, as were the sea of coaches, administrators, parents and student-athletes I regularly spoke to. I was encouraged because flattening the coronavirus curve meant […]
Restaurants face high fees from delivery apps. Uber buying Postmates will make it worse. Nobu Shiozawa is determined to get customers his restaurant’s homemade tofu and sushi without using delivery apps such as Uber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash, and Postmates. That’s not easy these days. Thanks to COVID-19, New York City […]