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Drugstores tinker with new looks as their usual way of doing business faces challenges 08/04/2024 08:27am • America’s drugstores are testing smaller locations and more ways to offer care as price-sensitive shoppers look elsewhere. Customers may see Walgreens stores that are one-fourth the size of a regular location or CVS drugstores with entire primary clinics stuffed inside. If these experiments succee Researchers are taking a second look at uncovering endometrial cancer in Black women 08/04/2024 06:29am • The No. 1 recommendation to fight endometrial cancer is to catch it early. But new research from JAMA Network found that Black women may be losing valuable time in that battle, because the most common test used to detect the disease isn't as conclusive as doctors once believed. "These screenin 'We're going to survive and it's going to come back': A year after Maui wildfire, survivors press on 08/04/2024 02:45am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — They have combed the ashes for mementos, worried about where they would sleep, questioned their faith and tried to find a way to grieve amid the great, unsettling devastation. Residents have faced a year of challenges, practical and emotional, since the deadliest U.S. wildfi Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica's 2-time Olympic gold medalist, withdraws from 100M with injury 08/03/2024 07:35pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Two-time Olympic 100 champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's quest for another title ended abruptly Saturday when she pulled out before the 100-meter semifinal at the Paris Games. Olympic officials said she suffered an undisclosed injury. The letters “DNS” — “Did Not Ryan Crouser overcomes bothersome elbow to win 3rd straight Olympic shot put gold medal 08/03/2024 06:33pm • SAINT DENIS, France (AP) — Leading into the Paris Games, shot putter Ryan Crouser wasn't sure his aching elbow was going to hold up enough for him to compete, let alone defend his title. It did. He would. Crouser became the first three-time Olympic winner in the men's shot put Saturday night in th Jade Carey fights through illness to win a second medal in Paris, a bronze on vault 08/03/2024 03:26pm • PARIS (AP) — Jade Carey and her coach, Brian Carey — also known as Dad at home — plot out her gymnastics career on a massive desk calendar. The training sessions are written in pencil, a nod to the importance of being flexible because things happen, particularly when you're 24 and have been fl Sick triathlete after Paris Olympics race pushes Switzerland to change team for mixed relay 08/03/2024 10:03am • PARIS (AP) — Three days after the men’s triathlon at the Paris Olympics, the Swiss team said Saturday one of its athletes has a stomach infection and will not compete in the mixed relay event. It was “impossible to say” if Adrien Briffod’s gastrointestinal infection is linked to water qual IBS and digestive trouble are in the spotlight on social media. Here's what you should know 08/03/2024 08:55am • Are you spending more time in the bathroom than you’d like? Loads of TikTok posts show you’re not alone. Young people, especially women, are increasingly talking on social media about gastrointestinal distress, such as irritable bowel syndrome or chronic bloating. Some experts say that’s mostl Younger adults are going public with their digestive problems. Experts say it's mostly a good thing 08/03/2024 08:54am • Lauren Bell was stressed out and just starting her first job post-college in New York City when she realized a bout of food poisoning wasn’t going away after weeks. A doctor’s appointment revealed she had irritable bowel syndrome, a surprising diagnosis — until she learned more about the conn Could getting vaccinated for shingles prevent dementia? 08/03/2024 07:54am • Getting a vaccine to prevent a painful case of shingles might also be good for your brain. Two new studies, spearheaded by the journal Nature Medicine and the pharmaceutical company GSK, point to the potential benefits of one specific shingles vaccine: Shingrix. In the first Nature Medicine st Michigan voters to choose party candidates for crucial Senate race in battleground state 08/03/2024 07:11am • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan voters could play a major role in choosing who the next president will be — and they could also determine which major party controls Congress in 2025. Party primaries Tuesday for an open U.S. Senate seat and two congressional races in the battleground state will se Democratic primary in Arizona's 3rd District enters recount range as count continues 08/02/2024 10:39pm • PHOENIX (AP) — The Democratic primary in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District narrowed to a margin of just 0.21 percentage points Friday, within the range of an automatic recount. Former Phoenix City Council member Yassamin Ansari led former state lawmaker Raquel Terán by 89 votes, with 42,523 Rays place Richie Palacios on 10-day injured list with right knee sprain 08/02/2024 09:03pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Richie Palacios was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday with a right knee sprain. Palacios left Wednesday’s game against Miami with knee discomfort after after banging his right knee on the ground on a head-first slide into second base in the second Analysis: Simone Biles' greatest power might be the toughness that's been there all along 08/02/2024 04:53pm • PARIS (AP) — In the early days after she was adopted by her grandparents, Simone Biles, a preschooler at the time, put herself in charge of younger sister Adria. Part of it was Biles doing what big sisters do. Part of it was trying to give Adria something familiar to hold onto as they adjusted to Periodic flooding hurts Mississippi. But could mitigation there hurt downstream in Louisiana? 08/02/2024 04:29pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Flooding left squishy, stinky messes in hundreds of homes in Mississippi's capital city in 2020 — a recurring problem when heavy rains push the Pearl River over its banks. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it intends to make a final recommendation by the end of this yea