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Get Your Pet's Beach Bodies Ready...Safely 06/19/2017 01:57pm • This article is sponsored by Rocky Gorge Animal Hospital No one wants your pet to be their healthiest more than your Veterinarian. But we also want you to be aware of some of the safest ways to achieve your pet’s best! Each and every one of us is different and believe it or not every dog and ev What New Diagnostic Tests Might Be Available for MS Soon? 06/18/2017 08:00pm • The adage "things aren't always what they seem" rings particularly true when it comes to making an MS diagnosis. One reason for the uncertainty is that the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, such as vision problems, imbalance, brain fog, pain, spasticity and fatigue, can mirror those of other medical Understanding What Causes a Slow Heart Rate 06/18/2017 08:00pm • The average healthy person has a resting heart rate between 60 and 100 beats per minute. The more athletic a person is, the lower his or her heart beat will be. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps reportedly has a heart rate in the 30s, for example, because of his extraordinary physical conditioning. Whe Intervention: Stepping in to Get a Loved One Professional Help 06/18/2017 08:00pm • When a loved one is having emotional struggles, family and close friends will do anything they can to help. In many instances, a caring conversation is all one needs to put things in perspective. In other cases, a person may need professional help, such as undergoing counseling or seeing a psychiatr To North Korea and back: Otto Warmbier's strange, sad trip 06/18/2017 01:13pm • WYOMING, Ohio (AP) — Over and over, Otto Warmbier apologized and begged — at first calmly, then choking up and finally in tears — to be reunited with his family. North Korean officials seated at long tables watched impassively, with cameras rolling and journalists taking notes, as the adven The Latest: Lobbyist shot is expected to make full recovery 06/17/2017 12:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of the shooting of a Republican lawmaker and others at a baseball practice this week (all times EDT): 12:50 p.m. The family of a lobbyist shot multiple times during a Republican baseball practice outside Washington says he has undergone additiona Suit over life-ending drugs for terminally ill gets hearing 06/16/2017 04:14am • RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday is expected to weigh whether a challenge can proceed to California's law letting terminally ill patients seek prescriptions for life-ending drugs. Riverside County Judge Daniel A. Ottolia is expected to hear arguments over whether a lawsuit by doctors Review: 'The Book of Henry' starts strong, spirals into far-fetched plot 06/16/2017 01:34am • WASHINGTON — After bursting on the indie scene in 2012 with "Safety Not Guaranteed," Colin Trevorrow directed "Jurassic World" into one of the biggest blockbusters of 2015, a feat that landed him "Star Wars: Episode IX" for 2019. But first, Trevorrow attempts a smaller, suburban suspense ta The evolving role of fathers: How to be a modern dad 06/16/2017 01:08am • WASHINGTON — The Don and Betty Draper days of parenting are over. Now more than ever, raising a child has become a tag-team effort in households across the country. In two-thirds of American families, both parents work, meaning more men are helping out with tasks traditionally reserved for Data Doctors: Mesh network makes for a stronger home Wi-Fi 06/15/2017 10:37pm • Q: Have you had a chance to test any of the mesh network products for a larger house? Wi-Fi can be a challenge when you have a large area that you’d like to cover or when you have construction materials that impact coverage. Concrete walls, metal structures and lots of metal air conditioning du 21st-Century Approaches for Advancing Breast Cancer Care 06/15/2017 08:00pm • Breast cancer remains a common disease with a high burden on patients, families and the health care system. One in 8 women will be affected by breast cancer in her lifetime, and the American Cancer Society estimates that doctors will identify more than 300,000 new cases this year alone. Despite the Managing Pregnancy When You Have MS 06/15/2017 08:00pm • For 32-year-old Nikki Aragon of Craig, Colorado, the possibility of pregnancy was too good to be true. A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and an unrelated uterine surgery led her to believe that having children with her husband wasn't in the cards. Yet there she was early in February 2016, looking a Why Hemoglobin A1C Numbers Are Important for Your Diabetes 06/14/2017 08:00pm • Hemoglobin A1C is a number that indicates your average blood sugar for the previous two to three months. If you have a hemoglobin A1C of 5.7 to 6.4 percent, you have prediabetes. If your hemoglobin A1C is 6.5 percent or higher, you have diabetes. Doctors often also use a fasting blood glucose test What's the link between gut bacteria and colon cancer? 06/14/2017 08:00pm • Have you heard about the gut microbiome? It's getting a lot of attention these days for its possible role in colon cancer. What Is the Gut Microbiome? "We live in a world that is microbiotic -- the oceans, soil, air and the skin and gut of the human body," says Dr. Arthur Frankel, professor o What's an Axillary Node Dissection for Breast Cancer? 06/14/2017 08:00pm • The word "dissection" may conjure images of a high school biology lab full of frogs or sheep's eyeballs in various stages of deconstruction. But an axillary node dissection is a decidedly different type of procedure and not one you should fear, even though some doctors are now trying to avoid perfo