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From bone to heart health, aspirin has been linked to all kinds of benefits through the years — though many of these benefits have since been debunked. But according to a recent study, the pill may significantly lower colorectal cancer risks.

Published in JAMA Oncology, researchers analyzed data from over 107,000 people who were monitored ...Read more

People in their 50s with severely narrowed leg arteries may face a high risk for major amputations despite having emergency surgery to restore blood flow to their legs, new research shows.

The findings, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, highlight the need for early detection and treatment of peripheral artery ...Read more

People infected with the COVID-19 virus in 2020 may have double the risk for future heart attacks, strokes or premature death from any cause up to three years later – even if they never showed signs of severe illness, according to new research. The risk may be considerably higher in people hospitalized for COVID-19 in the first year of the ...Read more

Inside a frame in Roberta and Andre Moore's den in Pasadena, California, are medals – the kind attached to wide striped ribbons that hang around the necks of athletes, signifying a race completed. The Moores also have a folder stuffed with numbers once pinned to their workout clothes while they walked various 5Ks during the past several years....Read more

A historic seaport where Russian explorers clashed with the Indigenous Tlingit people and Gold Rush pioneers “socialized” with prostitutes. An ill-fated love triangle whose spectral impact can still be felt. A former hotel whose halls are haunted by a grisly 70-year-old murder.

We walked the streets of Sitka, Alaska, on a late-summer ...Read more

I started strength training about nine years ago for admittedly vain reasons. Fresh off a breakup at the time, weight training offered a welcome distraction and the prospect of a revenge body.

I trained two or three times a week — nothing crazy, just good old fashioned bicep curls, weighted squats, plank holds. But the results were astounding...Read more

I started strength training about nine years ago for admittedly vain reasons. Fresh off a breakup at the time, weight training offered a welcome distraction and the prospect of a revenge body.

I trained two or three times a week — nothing crazy, just good old fashioned bicep curls, weighted squats, plank holds. But the results were astounding...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The search party walked slowly up Alvarado Street by MacArthur Park and turned right onto Wilshire Boulevard, filled with heartbreak and hope.

Barbara Siegman and Michele Wood, mother and daughter, were searching for a 34-year-old named Jackie, who is homeless and addicted to drugs. Jackie is Siegman's granddaughter and Wood's ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The search party walked slowly up Alvarado Street by MacArthur Park and turned right onto Wilshire Boulevard, filled with heartbreak and hope.

Barbara Siegman and Michele Wood, mother and daughter, were searching for a 34-year-old named Jackie, who is homeless and addicted to drugs. Jackie is Siegman's granddaughter and Wood's ...Read more

Gerri Norington, 78, never wanted to be on her own as she grew old.

But her first marriage ended in divorce, and her second husband died more than 30 years ago. When a five-year relationship came to a close in 2006, she found herself alone — a situation that has lasted since.

“I miss having a companion who I can talk to and ask ‘How was ...Read more

Gerri Norington, 78, never wanted to be on her own as she grew old.

But her first marriage ended in divorce, and her second husband died more than 30 years ago. When a five-year relationship came to a close in 2006, she found herself alone — a situation that has lasted since.

“I miss having a companion who I can talk to and ask ‘How was ...Read more