Efforts renew to expand Prisma Health's Black Doula program in South Carolina
A successful South Carolina pilot program is leading to the continuance of Prisma Health's Black Doula program.
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Daily MealHere's What Happens When You Eat Cashews Every Day
Densely nutritious and good for your heart and brain, cashews can be much more than just a snack food. Here's what happens if you add them to your daily diet
- Euronews
'Ozempic breasts' to 'Ozempic face': What you need to know about weight loss drug side effects
While many people suffering from obesity have been using Ozempic to help with weight loss, health professionals are warning of potential side effects.
- CNN
Woman claims Alzheimer’s symptoms were reversed after five years
In “The Last Alzheimer’s Patient,” CNN chief medical correspondent follows Alzheimer’s patient Cici Zerbe who says her symptoms have been reversed after participating in Dr. Dean Ornish’s clinical trial on the effects of intensive lifestyle changes on the progression of mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to Alzheimer’s Disease. That peer-reviewed study will be published in the journal “Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy” in June 2024. Dr. Ornish’s program includes a plant-based diet, regular exercise, group support, yoga or meditation.Watch the full documentary on CNN’s “The Whole Story” premiering on May 19th at 8p et/pt and streaming on MAX on June 18th.
- People
Teen Died of Cancer Just 1 Month After School Honored Him with Special Graduation Ceremony
"Now his suffering is over and his kind, sweet soul is all around us,” the family of Brian Ortiz, 17, said in a GoFundMe
- BBC
Mum still feels guilt for son's infected blood death
Martin White died at the age of 33 after being given blood products contaminated with HIV.
- BuzzFeed
16 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Labor And Postpartum, Now That I'm Almost A Year Into Motherhood
"These are the stories that were being played and replayed in my mind throughout my pregnancy, but the reality was so different."
- PA Media: Science
Preserving breast tissue outside of body will aid cancer research – study
Experts say they have paved the way for the development of new drugs to treat and prevent breast cancer.
- INSIDER
More than 250 passengers taken ill after suspected 'vomiting bug' outbreak aboard cruise ship, report says
A P&O spokesperson told BI that there had been numerous reports of guests with "gastrointestinal symptoms" on board.
- Charlotte Observer
Abortion opponents rally in Raleigh: ‘I would like to see it totally abolished.’
A year after North Carolina tightened abortion restrictions, abortion opponents rally to call for a complete ban.
- The Canadian Press
Dialysis is crucial for kidney patients. It also generates a lot of waste.
Dialysis is one of the most resource-intensive therapies but patients with kidney failure have no other option, except for a kidney transplant. Nephrologists are trying to quantify the waste as they advocate for environmentally sustainable kidney care, noting the lifesaving therapy generates hundreds of litres of wastewater at least three times a week per patient, along withvast amounts of carbon emissions and single-use plastic. WHAT WASTE IS GENERATED BY DIALYSIS? Kidney care waste includes tu
- Associated Press
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians
Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently.
- BBC
The campaigners who fought for justice, but didn't live to see it
Su Gorman and Steve Dymond helped to expose an NHS scandal - but they died without seeing justice.
- BANG Showbiz
Coronation Street's Lisa George's blindness fears
'Coronation Street's Lisa George fears she is going blind after a shock diagnosis of non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
- Associated Press
Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state's near-ban on abortion stand?
A county judge could rule as early as Monday on Ohio's law banning virtually all abortions, a decision that will take into consideration the decision by voters to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. The 2019 law under consideration by Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins bans most abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many women are aware. A group of abortion clinics sought to overturn the law even before voters approved Issue 1, which gives every person in Ohio “the right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions.”
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Soap stars raise money for breast cancer charity wearing decorated bras
EastEnders actors Harriet Thorpe and Natalie Cassidy were among the stars who took part in the walking event.
- PA Media: UK News
‘I’m glad my brother isn’t alive to see what happened – he loved Treloar’s’
Some 75 of the boys with haemophilia treated at Treloar’s College are now dead.
- CNN
People using popular drugs for weight loss, diabetes are more likely to be diagnosed with stomach paralysis, studies find
Injected medications that treat diabetes and obesity increase the risk of a rare but serious side effect: stomach paralysis, according to new data on real-world use of the drugs.
- USA TODAY
You may want to eat more cantaloupe this summer. Here's why.
With cantaloupe season soon to be descending upon us, here's everything you need to know about the fruit's health benefits
- Bloomberg
Most Thais Back PM’s Plan to Reclassify Cannabis as Drug: Survey
(Bloomberg) -- The majority of Thais support Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s plan to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic and limit its use to medical purposes, according to a survey.Most Read from BloombergIran State TV Says ‘No Sign of Life’ at Helicopter Crash SiteSpeedier Wall Street Trades Are Putting Global Finance On EdgeEbrahim Raisi, Iranian President Confronting West, Dies at 63China’s Housing Rescue Too Small to End Crisis, Analysts SayEven If Alito Is Right, the Upside-Down Flag Was W
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Tina Malone reveals husband took his own life amid PTSD struggle
Tina Malone's husband, Paul Chase, took his own life after struggling with PTSD.