The American Cancer Society now recommends regular PSA testing from age 50 for average risk men and from 45 for Black men and those with strong family histories, citing stronger evidence that screening can reduce prostate cancer deaths.
Experts generally recommend washing bed sheets weekly, yet UK polling shows most people wait longer. Sheets and pillows can collect bodily material, microbes, pet contaminants, and fungi that may pose particular concerns for people with asthma.
A Sacramento pregnancy center expanded into a full service women’s clinic, where executive director Heidi Matzke says prayer and guidance from the Holy Spirit prepared the organization to help Jessica Rose seek care while detransitioning.
Medicare and several states offer training for family caregivers handling complex medical and physical tasks, but limited promotion and provider awareness mean many of the nation’s 63 million caregivers discover support only after facing serious crises alone.
Psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen warns that alcohol, staying in bed, negative thinking, isolation, ultraprocessed foods and poorly matched medication decisions may worsen depression, while activity, social connection and individualized medical evaluation may help support recovery.
A kick to the testicles delivers concentrated pain to highly sensitive, exposed organs, while childbirth can bring hours of contractions, stretching, tearing and lasting soreness. The subjective nature of pain leaves the notorious contest without a decisive winner.
Australian fitness coach Khiana Smith was hospitalized with meningitis during a Bali vacation after a severe headache escalated into light sensitivity, difficulty walking and slurred speech, prompting a physician to warn against ignoring worsening neurological symptoms.
An analysis of more than 28,000 FDA reports found sharply higher reporting of cardiac arrest, heart attacks and abnormal rhythms involving caffeine and stimulant products, though researchers cautioned that the observational findings cannot establish causation.