General Health

If you or your child has eczema, you’re probably no stranger to the itchiness, inflammation, and rash-like symptoms it can bring on. You can get eczema anywhere on your body. Exactly where depends partly on how old you are, says Kalyani Marathe, MD, a pediatric dermatologist and director of the Division of Dermatology at Cincinnati … Read more

New York City law enforcement and city officials pose before a desk of so-called ghost guns and related items confiscated from recent searches. Photo courtesy of NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban/X Sept. 28 (UPI) — Ghost guns and tools used to manufacture such weaponry, including a 3D printer, have been found in a Manhattan daycare, authorities … Read more

A couple of weeks ago, Andrew Longhurst and his family started to feel worse for wear.  Wanting to test themselves for COVID-19, Longhurst, who lives with his wife and four-year-old son in Roberts Creek, B.C., travelled to pharmacies in nearby Sechelt and Gibsons in search of rapid test kits.  “Two of the pharmacies I went to … Read more

A person holds up a transgender and gender-diverse flag during a rally for LGBTQ rights on the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia in Berlin, Germany, in May 2018. A state judge in Montana has granted a preliminary injunction, temporarily delaying the implementation of a new law that would ban gender-affirming care until a lawsuit … Read more

A 13-year-old Black girl who was wrongly singled out on suspicion of theft by her manager at a Vancouver juice bar has been awarded more than $27,000 in damages for discrimination. The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has found that because of her race and sex, the young worker was subjected to a “poisoned” work environment … Read more

Stress can take a toll on anyone. But if you have depression, you might not bounce back from stress easily. The death of a loved one, a job loss, or a divorce could trigger symptoms such as guilt and hopelessness. But there are steps you can take to get better. “You need to see that … Read more

A study of age-verification policies and other practices of 80 online marijuana dispensaries found that minors can easily access the drug online. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo The lax enforcement of age limits by many online marijuana dispensaries makes it easier for minors to buy weed, claims new research that looked at … Read more

Actor David McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in the 1960s and was the eccentric medical examiner in the popular NCIS 40 years later, has died. He was 90. McCallum died Monday of natural causes surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian Hospital, CBS said in a statement. “David … Read more

The Numbers The research examined the age-verification policies and other practices of 80 online dispensaries, based in 32 states, that sell marijuana to American customers. The study found that 18.8 percent of dispensaries, or nearly one in five, “required no formal age verification at any stage of the purchasing process.” And that more than 80 … Read more