December 5, 2023
Linda Evangelista, the supermodel made famous in the 1990s, revealed in an interview that she survived breast cancer twice in five years. The fashion model described her diagnoses and multiple health challenges in an interview with The Wall Street Journal Magazine that was published on Tuesday. Ms. Evangelista, 58, said she was first diagnosed in
READ MOREPregúntale a Patricia Anderson cómo está, y quizá no obtendrás una respuesta rutinaria. “Hoy trabajo y estoy bien”, dijo un martes reciente. “El sábado y el domingo estuve postrada en cama. La covid prolongada es una montaña rusa”. Antes de la pandemia, Anderson practicaba artes marciales y no tenía auto, sino que caminaba y tomaba
READ MOREWith a growing number of women approaching the age of hormonal changes — by 2025, approximately 1.1 billion women worldwide will have experienced menopause — the travel industry is catering to a new niche: Women who want help dealing with everything from hot flashes to mood swings, with perhaps some classic spa treatments thrown in.
READ MOREDoctors in Australia had screened, scanned and tested a woman to find out why she was sick after being hospitalized with abdominal pains and diarrhea. They were not prepared for what they found. A three-inch red worm was living in the woman’s brain. The worm was removed last year after doctors spent more than a
READ MOREOver the last three years, a highly lethal form of avian influenza has whipped around the world, felling birds in Europe, Africa and Asia before jumping across the ocean and setting off the worst bird flu outbreak in United States history. Last fall, the virus, known as H5N1, finally arrived in South America. It raced
READ MOREA four-line letter, signed by the attending physician of Congress and released by Senator Mitch McConnell on Thursday, suggested that his recent spells of speechlessness were linked to “occasional lightheadedness” perhaps brought on by his recovery from a concussion last winter or “dehydration.” But seven neurologists, relying on what they described as unusually revealing video
READ MOREAs he heads toward a re-election campaign next year, President Biden is betting that his success in pushing for policies intended to lower health care costs for millions of Americans will be rewarded by voters at the ballot box. In speech after speech, Mr. Biden talks about capping the cost of insulin at $35, putting
READ MOREThe author and psychologist Lisa Damour has become somewhat of a celebrity among many parents of teenagers. “I’ve been Damour-alizing myself big time for about a month now,” said Rebecca Gold, a mother of three in Great Barrington, Mass. “I love her so much that I just created a verb in her honor.” Ms. Gold,
READ MOREThe Biden administration on Tuesday announced the first 10 medicines that will be subject to price negotiations with Medicare, kicking off a landmark program that is expected to reduce the government’s drug spending but is being fought by the pharmaceutical industry in court. The medications on the list are taken by millions of older Americans
READ MOREAbout one in four adults in the United States develop symptoms of insomnia each year. In most cases, these are short-lived, caused by things like stress or illness. But one in 10 adults are estimated to have chronic insomnia, which means difficulty falling or staying asleep at least three times a week for three months
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