Mardi Gras festivities celebrated worldwide
Mardi Gras — or Fat Tuesday — is world-renowned as a rowdy, bawdy celebration, but the day is more than that. Fat Tuesday has been traditionally the…
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What happens after Mardi Gras
The many Krewes of the New Orleans Mardi Gras parades throw beads and trinkets, thought to be collectibles and much prized by the rowdy celebrants of Fat…
Lent: Humility and insight may come from giving up pleasures
Humility and insight may come from giving up pleasures Oh how brilliant a simple sandwich tastes when you are really, really hungry. Everyone has…
How to toast St. Patrick’s Day the Irish way
On March 17, raise a glass to St. Patrick and remember, if you’re lucky enough to be Irish, you’re lucky enough! At least, that’s what one traditional…
March is Disability Awareness Month
Wheelchair courtesy A wheelchair can be a lonely place, and not just because users are generally sitting lower than other people are standing. To be…
Medicare proposes restrictions for Alzheimer’s drug
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a draft decision outlining proposed coverage guidelines for Aduhelm, a controversial…
That ominous tingle: Preventing, treating cold sores
If you’re one of the 50 to 80 percent of Americans infected with oral herpes, you might be familiar with the warning signs of a cold sore: A tingling…
Cancer death rate continues to decline
People in the U.S. are living longer after cancer diagnosis, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. Between its 1991 peak and 2019,…
The future of organ transplants?
Surgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have successfully transplanted kidneys from a genetically modified pig into the abdomen of a…
Your rights under the No Surprises Act
It’s a familiar story — a necessary trip to the emergency room that yields an astronomical bill because the on-call physician or the facility aren’t part…