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FortuneWho’s most at risk of developing long COVID? Experts think these 6 groups of people might be
No. 1: Those who've had repeat COVID infections, regardless of severity.
- USA TODAY
'Too busy to die': Brain cancer patient and his mom save lives by pushing care in new ways
Jace Ward had 1 goal when he died of a brain tumor a year ago: to make the path easier for others. A year later, his mother still pursues that dream.
- The Columbus Dispatch
Emergency medicine: Cancer relapse leads patient to consider her end-of-life wishes
Monica had beaten cancer before, but this time it wasn't responding to chemotherapy, prompting her to consider what she wanted to do next.
- INSIDER
Alabama officials are using the overturning of Roe v. Wade to argue that the state should also be able to ban gender-affirming medical care
A brief from the Alabama Attorney General's office argued that gender-affirming care was also not "deeply rooted in our history or traditions."
- Country Living
Can You Complete This 10-Second Test? A New Study Says It Can Indicate Your Overall Health
A new study had participants attempt a 10-second one-legged balance test. 20% were unable to complete the task, which indicated their overall health.
- The Hill
Advocates warn US at risk of losing control on monkeypox
Infectious disease experts and public health advocates are warning that the Biden administration has been too slow to respond to the monkeypox outbreak and that the U.S. is at risk of losing control of the disease. The response to monkeypox is mirroring the worst parts of the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, they say,…
- USA TODAY
'Bursts of sharp jabbing pain': What it's like to have monkeypox – and the fight against stigma
In order to bring more awareness and understanding to monkeypox, we spoke to people who either experienced it or got vaccinated against it.
- Eating Well
12 Easy Summer Veggie Sides to Help Lower Blood Pressure
These summery sides feature plenty of veggies, which deliver potassium, a key nutrient that helps keep blood-pressure in check. Plus, they're lower in saturated fat and sodium—two nutrients people with high blood pressure need to be aware of. Recipes like our Fresh Sweet Corn Salad and Air Fryer Eggplant are perfect to pair with a healthy high-blood pressure dinner.
- Fox News
Travis Barker’s ‘life-threatening’ pancreatitis from recent endoscopy: What is it?
Blink-182 drummer and husband of Kourtney Kardashian, Travis Barker, opens up about his recent hospital experience after an endoscopy, a surgical procedure.
- HuffPost
The Love Of My Life Has Terminal Cancer — And We Just Got Married. Here’s What I Learned About Hope.
"We don’t even know if this marriage will make it to the five-year anniversary. And dare I say it... I’ll be OK if it doesn’t."
- Akron Beacon Journal
In need of a good night's sleep? Here's tips and help from a doctor| Betty Lin-Fisher
This month's Healthy Actions column looks at healthy sleep habits and sleep disorders.
- HuffPost
I Spoke To Over 40 Women About Their Medical Experiences. They Offered A Disturbing Warning.
"There is a fraught history of centuries of women’s bodies mocked, minimized, disparaged, or even ignored."
- LA Times
New ultra-contagious Omicron subvariants BA.4, BA.5 worsening California coronavirus wave
Subvariants BA.4, BA5 are ultra-contagious and capable of reinfecting those who have survived earlier Omicron infection
- INSIDER
I've been weight lifting for 5 years. Here are 6 things about getting fit I wish I'd known at the start
I learned exercise is overrated for fat loss, lifting doesn't make you "bulky," and "toning" is a myth.
- INSIDER
A judge in Brazil ordered a 10-year-old rape victim to be removed from her family and sent to a shelter to prevent her from having an abortion
Brazilian Judge Joana Ribeiro Zimmer asked the girl, if she could stand to be pregnant "a little while longer?"
- INSIDER
Yes, scromiting — or 'scream vomiting' — is real and can be caused by heavy marijuana use. And it may be on the rise thanks to widespread legalization.
Those with Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome experience extreme bouts of nausea that disappear once they completely stop using cannabis products.
- Lohud | The Journal News
Zev Zelenko, former Kiryas Joel doctor who developed controversial COVID protocol, dies
While serving the Kiryas Joel community, Dr. Zelenko was lauded by then-President Trump for his advocacy of Hydroxychloroquine as a COVID protocol.
- E! News
Kourtney Kardashian Speaks Out About Travis Barker's "Scary" Health Scare and Hospitalization
Kourtney Kardashian broke her silence about her husband Travis Barker's recent hospitalization for pancreatitis. Read her message to fans.
- The New York Times
A Clunky Mask May be the Answer to Airborne Disease and N95 Waste
In the early 1990s, long before PPE, N95 and asymptomatic transmission became household terms, federal health officials issued guidelines for how medical workers should protect themselves from tuberculosis during a resurgence of the highly infectious respiratory disease. Their recommendation, elastomeric respirators, an industrial-grade face mask familiar to car painters and construction workers, would in the decades that followed become the gold standard for infection-control specialists focuse
- The Wrap
GOP Gov. Kristi Noem Says 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Should Be Forced to Have Baby (Video)
"I don’t believe a tragic situation should be perpetuated by another tragedy,” Noem tells CNN's Dana Bash