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A 162-acre brush fire was burning in western Martin County near the Okeechobee County line, according to fire officials. The wildfire began about 6 p.m. July 7 and was 90% contained by the afternoon ...

Priscilla L. (Desrochers) Martin, age 81, a longtime resident of Dracut, passed away peacefully at Lowell General Hospital on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, surrounded by her loving family and friends.

For over a century, scientists have chased the dream of insulin pills, but the digestive system kept destroying the drug before it could work—forcing millions of patients to rely on daily injections.

Sustaining weight loss is rarely as simple as eating less and working out more. In fact, the key may actually be rooted in hormones. “Every single study of weight loss shows that when you just count ...

BURNS — Going off to college can be a scary thing for any high school student, let alone a student-athlete that will be getting to know new schedules and classmates on top of coaches, teammates and ...

If you’re on insulin to treat type 1 or type 2 diabetes, it’s critical to know exactly how to use it. “Insulin can be a very dangerous drug if used improperly,” says Stanley Mathew, MD, an ...

Max Martin is one of Taylor Swift’s favorite collaborators — as on her soon-to-be blockbuster The Life of a Showgirl, where he and Shellback co-produced and co-wrote the whole album. Martin, the ...