Day: June 15, 2023

Drinking alcohol weekly could be connected to 61 different diseases, study finds

10:13 pm June 15, 2023

Alcohol use has been linked to 61 different diseases, most of which had not been identified as having drinking-related outcomes by the World Health Organization (WHO), according to a new study. Beyond the more widely known conditions — such as liver cirrhosis, stroke and gastric cancers — a new study identified links to diseases including […]

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says teams should have option to have Pride Night instead of league-wide event

10:12 pm June 15, 2023

With June being Pride Month, which celebrates the LGBTQ+ community, many MLB teams have set up their own Pride Night at their respective ballparks in observance. That led MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred to answer a question about having a league-wide Pride Night in the future. Manfred says leaving it up to the teams is MLB’s […]

American Medical Association adopts new policy on healthy weight assessment

10:08 pm June 15, 2023

The American Medical Association (AMA) on Wednesday said it will advise doctors to pay less attention to body mass index (BMI) in determining if a patient is at a healthy weight, saying the measure does not predict disease risk equally well across racial and ethnic groups. BMI, a ratio of weight to height, has long […]

Democrat bill gives immigrants instant access to federal benefits, ends ‘xenophobic’ 5-year wait

9:56 pm June 15, 2023

Democrats in the House and Senate introduced a bill Thursday that would give immigrants immediate access to a range of federal benefits instead of making them wait for five years. Congress passed legislation in 1996 requiring most immigrants to wait five years after obtaining their official immigration status before they can access Medicaid, food stamps […]

Woman speaks out after father’s remains trafficked in Harvard Medical School morgue scandal: ‘No words’

9:53 pm June 15, 2023

Warning: This story contains graphic content. A New Hampshire woman whose father’s remains were allegedly trafficked by a disgraced Harvard Medical School morgue manager has spoken out, calling the crimes “unthinkable.” Paula Peltonovich’s father Nicholas Pichowicz wrote in his will that he wanted his remains donated to Harvard’s medical school. He passed away in 2019 at the […]