Huntington’s disease, a fatal, inherited neurodegenerative condition, is caused by a genetic error present at birth, though its symptoms often don’t begin until middle adulthood. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been trying to understand how the aging process triggers the onset of symptoms, with the expectation that such knowledge could point to treatments that delay or prevent neurodegeneration.

Citing current statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Family Physicians recently reported that the opioid epidemic is far from over. As long as the incidence of substance use disorder in pregnant women continues to rise, a growing number of babies will be born at risk for opioid withdrawal syndrome.

I lost my fight to avoid contracting COVID in May 2022.

My main symptoms passed quickly—a day or two of fatigue, mild cough, loss of taste, stuffy head. But other symptoms I’d struggled with for years became worse.

Don Sabol, 63, of Kampsville, Illinois.,is—literally—a poster boy for cancer screening. After receiving a flier from Siteman Cancer Center about the importance of early detection, Don asked his doctor about screening for lung cancer and discovered he qualified because of his history as a smoker. He was shocked and scared when he was subsequently diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer, but early detection helped save his life.

Current injectable vaccines help prevent severe illness and death but do little to prevent infections, especially as highly contagious newer variants continue to spread. The advantage of the nasal vaccine is that it delivers a boost to immunity in the nose and upper respiratory tract, right where the virus enters the body, thereby potentially preventing infections altogether.