You've likely heard all about the new skin care trends taking over cosmetics stores. What used to be a process as simple as "wash your face before bed" is now a massive industry, with some facial washes, creams, scrubs and oils costing as much as a car payment! (google 'most expensive skin care' at your own risk) While a moisturizer infused with caviar is not a necessity, healthy skin practices can look different for people across all ages, economic backgrounds, ethnicities, and genders. Here to discuss best practices for care, and bring us back down to earth as far as skin care is concerned, is Dr. Lauren Kole, MD.

APR News reported last week on how philanthropist Melinda French Gates invested $5 million dollars in a Tuscaloosa women’s health center that features mental health treatment. A new study by CNBC ranks Alabama as one of the worst places to live in the U.S., and a lack of mental health treatment is one reason. The network said Alabama ranks dead last for mental health providers per capita, even though nearly a quarter of residents have been told by a health professional that they have a depressive disorder.

This week on StoryCorps, Beth Spivey returns to tell stories about the children in her family and her methods for teaching them right from wrong.

Members of Congress in Alabama are remembering the late U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham. The South Carolina lawmaker was one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress, who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, died after a tear in his aorta, according to a preliminary medical examiner finding shared by his office.

This week, Don reviews Hunters: A Novel by John Pritchard.

Arthritis can affect humans and animals as they age, While it may be treatable, arthritis is not curable. Finding the right treatment can make a real difference.

A week ago, 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells took a boat trip with friends to celebrate the Fourth of July on an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. He never came back. Two days later, he was found dead on Horn Island, near the border of Alabama and Mississippi. What happened, Wells' parents say, is a mystery riddled with conflicting stories, implausible explanations and missing details

Alabama is among forty three states to collect money from a court settlement with the owners of an alternative online banking system called “Cash App.” Oregon and California led the action, which alleged that the parent company of the App , Block Incorporated, deceived customers on the safety of the system, failed to provide promised safeguards and resolution services required by law.

Cam Marston has a confession this morning. Eighteen months ago, he and his wife made a pact to declutter their house for good. Here's why it didn't survive contact with a U-Haul trailer.

Philanthropist Melinda French Gates is making her presence known in Alabama. And in the process, a Tuscaloosa women’s health center is getting an international spotlight. Here’s at what four years and five million dollars can do. Our story begins with breaking news from four years ago.

Multiple sources say that there are roughly 400,000 kids in the foster care system in the United States currently. There are some things that humans won't fully understand unless they live through them, and the processes surrounding adoption and foster care are likely included in those things. But taking super nuanced concepts and making them less scary to approach is what we do best here at Simplified! Dr. Brian Gannon is an associate professor in the department of pediatrics at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. He is a general pediatrician at the University Medical Center as well as the founder of the FRESH Start Clinic at UMC, which serves children in state custody across West Alabama. He is a foster parent himself to eight (!!!) children and an advocate for foster families.

Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been arrested on drug possession charges in Alabama after police say they pulled him over for erratic driving and found marijuana and meth in his vehicle.