Health

by Simon Druker The state agency had previously had a sobriety restriction policy, denying HCV medication for any person who had consumed any alcohol or illicit drugs within the previous six months. Monday’s agreement ensures anyone in […]

by Tarshua Carter Williamson On Monday, 54-year-old R&B legend Al B. Sure, whose real name is Albert Joseph Brown III, shared that he had recently woken up from a two-month-long coma. He shared this news via […]

By The Associated Press An Alabama boy who weighed less than a pound at birth after his mother went into labor at only 21 weeks and one day of gestation has been certified as the world’s […]

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes  As Americans head into the holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections. The Children’s Hospital Association, which includes Children’s of Alabama, […]

by Marcus Williams, BDO Staff Writer About 90% of Americans eat more sodium than is recommended for a healthy diet. Why is this a problem? Too much sodium increases a person’s risk for high blood pressure. […]

By Howard Koplowitz  Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and 21 of his counterparts across the country petitioned the Biden administration on Thursday to repeal the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, claiming the policy is “neither […]

Menopause is a time when a woman’s body goes through major changes. Some may be due to the natural transformations that come with aging. Others are produced when a woman stops generating the hormones that […]

by Derrick Lane Millions of Americans with back pain take powerful and potentially addictive opioid painkillers. But in a new survey, many say the drugs provide only limited relief and they worry about taking them. According […]

by Jessica Daniels Through our genes, we may inherit good traits. That height you have or those light eyes may be passed down from your parents. The unfortunate part about genes, however, is that they can […]

by Nutritionist Mary Toscano Keeping your blood clean and toxin fee is essential for your health. But when there’s an increase of toxins, it hurts the blood’s ability to perform its main roles in the human […]