A century ago, so little was known about heart disease that people who had it resigned themselves to years of bed rest or, worse, an early death. Even less was known about how heart disease affected women – because nobody thought it did.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's largest city won't be able to enforce its ban on guns on all public property, including parks and sidewalks, while a lawsuit challenging that restriction moves forward.

LINCOLN — Thousands of Nebraska abortion opponents marched Saturday from the State Capitol to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the annual Walk for Life.

But this year’s gathering struck a more somber tone than last year’s, which celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade and sending abortion decisions back to the states.

Gov. Jim Pillen and all five members of Nebraska’s congressional delegation — all Republicans — attended the march, focusing much of their attention on a potential ballot initiative to enshrine abortion in the State Constitution.

Many people are wired to seek and respond to rewards. Your brain interprets food as rewarding when you are hungry and water as rewarding when you are thirsty. But addictive substances like alcohol and drugs of abuse can overwhelm the natural reward pathways in your brain, resulting in intolerable cravings and reduced impulse control.