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Grandparents can have a major impact on a mom’s mental health

March 25, 2024, 8:44pm Health

In the bustling world of parenting, where the to-do list seems never-ending, there’s a new beacon of hope — grandparents. A study from Finland, dubbed the “happiest country in the world,” reveals the significant positive impact of grandparental support on a mother’s mental health. Read story

Bargain cinnamon may not be the deal you thought; alert issued by Washington Poison Center

March 25, 2024, 6:59pm Health

If you’ve gotten a good deal on ground cinnamon, you may want to check whether it is covered by national and Washington state alerts based on unsafe levels of lead. Read story

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication

March 25, 2024, 7:38am Business

The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, for the… Read story

An oak tree with new leaf growth also shows pollen and a drop of water hanging among the branches at a park in Richardson, Texas, Thursday, March 21, 2024. The 2024 allergy season in the U.S. is starting sooner than experts expected. There are three main types of pollen that cause seasonal allergies. Earlier in the spring, tree pollen is the main culprit. After that grasses pollinate, followed by weeds in the late summer and early fall.

Allergy season arrived early in US. Here’s how to keep pollen from ruining your spring

March 25, 2024, 5:37am Health

and it’s earlier and stronger than expected. Read story

FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. (AP Photo/Allen G.

Mifepristone access is coming before the U.S. Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?

March 24, 2024, 4:23pm Health

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. Read story

As more states target disavowed ‘excited delirium’ diagnosis, police groups push back

Verdell and William Haleck have pushed for lawmakers to rein in how the Ç&fnof;úexcited deliriumÇ&fnof;ù term is used in Hawaii, where their son Sheldon died in 2015 after he was pepper-sprayed, shocked and restrained by Honolulu police. In a civil trial that the Halecks lost, officers blamed his death on excited delirium.

March 24, 2024, 6:00am Health

Following a pivotal year in the movement to discard the term “excited delirium,” momentum is building in several states to ban the discredited medical diagnosis from death certificates, law enforcement training, police incident reports, and civil court testimony. Read story

Concerns grow over quality of care as investor groups buy not-for-profit nursing homes

March 24, 2024, 6:00am Health

Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned by a not-for-profit organization, the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. Read story