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Subscription-based care moves beyond peddling birth control and helping with hair loss 12/26/2023 09:17am • Need help losing weight or handling depression? How about a pill that lowers cholesterol and treats erectile dysfunction? Online subscription services for care have grown far beyond their roots dealing mainly with hair loss, acne or birth control. Companies including Hims & Hers, Ro and Lemonaid Ukraine celebrates Christmas on Dec. 25 for the first time, distancing itself from Russia 12/25/2023 07:55pm • KRYVORIVNIA, Ukraine (AP) — Christmas carried more than spiritual weight for many Ukrainians this year as the country newly observed it as a public holiday on Dec. 25 rather than the later date followed in Russia. The change, enacted in legislation signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in July, Finding new dimensions, sisterhood, and healing in ‘The Color Purple’ 12/24/2023 03:26pm • It’s not a secret that Fantasia Barrino did not want to play Celie again. The “American Idol” winner hadn’t had the best time doing “The Color Purple” on Broadway. The protagonist of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel tells her story of sexual, physical and psychological abuse Senators end 6-game losing streak with 5-4 OT win over Penguins 12/24/2023 12:00am • Tim Stutzle scored 70 seconds into overtime and the Ottawa Senators snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. Brady Tkachuk, Josh Norris, Erik Brannstrom and Jakob Chychrun also scored for Ottawa, which won its first game during Jacques Martin’ Hawaii announces first recipients of student loan payment program for health care workers 12/23/2023 05:45pm • HONOLULU (AP) — The state has announced the first recipients of a program aimed at helping medical professionals pay off student loans in exchange for a two-year commitment to provide care in Hawaii. Gov. Josh Green on Friday thanked state lawmakers for providing $30 million to fund the program. A Terrence Shannon Jr. scores 30, No. 13 Illinois cruises to 97-73 win over Missouri 12/23/2023 01:06am • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Terrence Shannon Jr. had 30 points and 11 rebounds, Quincy Guerrier continued a hot stretch with a career-best 28 points and No. 13 Illinois beat Missouri 97-73 in the Braggin’ Rights rivalry game on Friday night. Coleman Hawkins scored 15 and was the first to grab the trophy wh FDA says fake Ozempic shots are being sold through some legitimate sources 12/22/2023 02:19pm • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has seized “thousands of units” of counterfeit Ozempic, the diabetes drug widely used for weight loss, that had been distributed through legitimate drug supply sources. The FDA and the drug’s maker, Novo Nordisk, are testing the shots. They do not Alabama lineman Justin Eboigbe returns from neck injury better than ever and ready for CFP semifinal 12/22/2023 11:21am • Justin Eboigbe says he just wanted to come back as “a better version of myself.” It’s the goal that helped push the Alabama defensive end through all the rehab from an injury that ended his 2022 season, the weeks in a neck brace and numerous hours wearing a bone stem device. Eboigbe has come b At least 5 US-funded projects in Gaza are damaged or destroyed, but most are spared 12/22/2023 01:39am • Less than a year before a Hamas attack out of Gaza sparked a war, one of the oldest and largest sports complexes in the Palestinian territories got a much-needed overhaul: brand-new basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, a soccer field, a running track and, for the first time, accessible bathroom The Lions have reached their end-of-season test against the Vikings. The reward is a division title. 12/21/2023 05:55pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The games have been lurking at the end of Detroit's schedule like a difficult end-of-semester final exam, two games against Minnesota in the last three weeks that ought to show just how far these on-the-rise Lions have progressed. Despite a three-game lead on the Vikings in the NFL adding tug-of-war to Pro Bowl skills competition 12/21/2023 02:09pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The NFL is adding tug-of-war to its Pro Bowl skills competitions in February. The league announced Thursday what those selected for the Pro Bowl will compete in, including dodgeball, precision passing, a closest-to-the-pin golf challenge and a Madden gaming event. The games wi Today in Sports - Week Ahead, December 22 - 28 12/21/2023 10:00am • Dec. 26 1908 — Jack Johnson becomes the first black man to win the world heavyweight boxing title, with a 14th-round knockout of Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. 1917 — Toronto’s Harry Cameron becomes the first defenseman to score four goals in a game as the Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Cana Maryland doctor explains how 'holiday heart syndrome' is a real thing 12/20/2023 09:13pm • Holiday heart syndrome might sound like it's something out of a holiday rom-com, but Dr. Michael Chen, an interventional cardiologist with Adventist HealthCare, told WTOP in an interview that "it's real." Chen, medical director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Adventist HealthCare at Paramedics overdosed Elijah McClain with a sedative he didn’t need, prosecutor says 12/20/2023 08:22pm • BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado prosecutor told jurors Wednesday in a criminal trial against two paramedics that they failed to properly care for Elijah McClain when they overdosed the Black man with a sedative that he didn't need, leading to his death following a 2019 police encounter. Aurora p Best Diet Plans for Women 12/20/2023 07:00pm • If you're looking for a weight loss plan, it can be overwhelming with all the choices available. It is tough to decipher which is a legitimate, science-backed program that is in line with safety guidelines and will provide you with all the nutrients your body needs. Quick weight loss plans are anoth