Photo©ValeriiHoncharuk/123rf We’ve all been there, lying awake at 3 a.m. with thoughts spinning or feeling like our minds won’t settle. When someone suggests we “just relax,” it doesn’t quite land because overwhelm is both mental and physical. Quieting the mind often...

Photo©hania138/123rf Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the U.S. These findings...

Photo©VitalijSova/123rf Consider a common scenario: someone with years of on-and-off low back pain, an ache that flares after long days at a desk or the first few miles of a run. Lumbar support cushions, core workouts, even a back brace haven’t helped. On assessment,...

Photo courtesy Governor Mikie Sherrill/Facebook Sherrill Administration Announces Statewide Housing Resources Ensure No Veteran Has To Go Homeless by Governor Mikie Sherrill Governor Mikie Sherrill today joined the Department of Community Affairs (DCA), Department of...

Photo©VadymDrobot/123rf At age 73, I had been given the diagnosis of wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (wet AMD) in the left eye, and cataracts had begun to form in both eyes. I would need cataract surgery to save my sight, but was told by my optometrist that I...