Health Headlines

Green Anesthesia: Expert touts gas with smaller carbon footprint

It was early morning in an operating theater at Providence Hospital in Portland, Ore. A middle-aged woman lay on the operating table, wrapped in blankets. Surgeons were...

Today’s Workout: Go for a roll outdoors

Take your fitness outdoors! Your options are endless, the weather is great, and we all could use a little vitamin D!Pretty much anything you choose to do...

The Healthy Geezer: Andropause is real but different from menopause

Q: My husband told me he has no energy to do chores around the house because he’s suffering from male menopause. He’s a very funny...

Health News Briefs

ORMC hosts ‘Stop the Bleed’ classMIDDLETOWN — Orange Regional Medical Center will offer free "Stop the Bleed" training courses...

Aortic stenosis and TAVR: What you should know

Patients with narrowing of the aortic valve of their heart used to need open heart surgery, and for many, the procedure was considered high risk. In April 2002 the first...

Mid-Hudson is a hot spot for Lyme disease

GOSHEN - May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and also starts the beginning of tick season. Orange County has historically been a hot spot for Lyme disease...

That shrimp you're eating could have traces of cocaine, pesticides

Researchers say they've found traces of cocaine and pesticides in shrimp.The study, conducted by King's College London, also found lidocaine, alprazolam, diazepam...

Could popular beauty products be making you sick?

Ingredients found in soaps, lotions, shampoos and other beauty products could be making you sick, researchers claim.Now, lawmakers are taking action.