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Throughout the majority of human history, giving birth to a baby has been a dangerous pursuit.Hundreds of years ago, when knowledge of pregnancy and childbirth was still largely shrouded in mystery, as many as 30% of all women would die while giving birth. Even in times that are more recent, ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> We applaud the Fayette Living Well Coalition for offering year-round healthy activities to residents of the community. Recognizing that cold weather is not always conducive to outdoor workouts, the group, building on its Walk Your Way to ...

Feeling anxious? You arenÎÞëÊÓÆµ™t alone.The National Institute of Mental Health puts the number of people diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder at about 6.8 million adults. ThatÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s more than 3% of the population. It doesnÎÞëÊÓÆµ™t necessarily include those suffering from social anxiety disorder, ...

Over the decades, movies have been hailed as a small-d democratic art form.No matter your station in life, you could purchase a ticket and crowd into the same movie theater as everyone else. Whether you were young or old, rich or poor, educated or not, you could still thrill to the same images ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> The plumes of black smoke rising seemingly without end from derailed railroad cars this week in East Palestine, Ohio, were surely extraordinarily frightening for residents of that community, as well as residents who lived just over the state ...

EDITORIAL: Troubling statistics on gonorrhea

The coronavirus pandemic and, before that, AIDS captured much of the publicÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s health-concerns attention beyond illnesses and conditions including cancer, heart disease and strokes.However, another serious medical problem has been lurking in the proverbial shadows ÎÞëÊÓÆµ” a culprit people ...