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Older athletes find competition and community at the National Senior Games

More than 11,000 athletes from across the U.S. have flocked to Pittsburgh this week to compete in the National Senior Games. The Olympics-style competition celebrates staying active and healthy aging.
- Jillian Forstadt
Outdoor program aims to help younger Alzheimer’s patients

One in ten people with Alzheimer’s get their diagnosis before age sixty-five.
- Eilís O'Neill
Many things got Amanda Schroeder into addiction. Her kids got her out

Last February, Amanda Schroeder landed in jail for breaking into a car to keep warm.
- Eilís O'Neill
Biomedical startups are racing to revolutionize the way humans reproduce

Companies are racing to accelerate and commercialize in-vitro gametogenesis, or IVG, which would make human eggs and sperm in the lab from any cell in the body containing anyone's DNA.
- Rob Stein
So your tween wants a smartphone? Read this first

When's the right time to start your child with a phone? Is 12 too young? Here's what a professional screen time consultant tells parents about the risks kids face online.
- Michaeleen Doucleff
Iowa Republicans pass bill banning most abortions after about 6 weeks

Iowa's Republican-led Legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a marathon session Tuesday. Gov. Kim Reynolds said she would sign the bill on Friday.
- The Associated Press
The legacy of the Odessa Brown Clinic

Growing up, RadioActive's Indigo Mays loved going to the doctor’s office. She went to the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic in the Central District. But that location has been closed for more than a year. Now, Mays explores the history, recent controversy, and legacy of the Odessa Brown Clinic.
- Indigo Mays
Deaths from xylazine are on the rise. The White House has a new plan to tackle it

Deaths from overdoses of Xylazine-laced fentanyl have surged. The White House drug czar says he's marshalling efforts on testing, tracking, treatment, and stopping the spread.
- Deepa Shivaram
A shuttered clinic raises questions about anti-racism work in the medical field

Earlier this year, Seattle Children's Hospital released an independent assessment of its anti-racism action plan, which has completed it's first phase. Among several challenges within the report was the still rocky relationship with the Odessa Brown Clinic in Seattle's Central District.
- Hans Anderson
New measures are being taken to reduce heat-related deaths in Phoenix

Forecasters are predicting record temperatures in the Valley of the Sun. Last year, the Phoenix metro saw a record number of heat-related deaths. New measures are being taken to reduce health risks.
- Katherine Davis-Young

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