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Is It Better to Get Cancer Treatment in the Morning?
If your doctor’s office called to schedule you for a treatment, how would you pick your appointment? Most likely, the scheduler would look at the available time slots, and you’d hear a list of available times—some early in the day, some later. Since you’ll get the same care regardless of when you go, you’d pick…
Read MoreThe Medical Consequences of Starvation
The “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warned in a July 29 alert, adding that “access to food and other essential items and services has plummeted to unprecedented levels.” Widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths, the IPC, a United Nations-affiliated…
Read MoreOnce a Layover, Now a Power Move: Where to Stay, Eat and Explore in Naples
For decades, Naples was the city you passed through. Grab a pizza, catch a ferry to Capri, move on. Not anymore. The former capital of chaos is now Italy’s most compelling comeback story—with the cultural weight to prove it. Once a crown jewel of the Mediterranean, Naples became a 17th-century stronghold for artists like Caravaggio…
Read MorePete Davidson Reveals the “Humiliating” Tattoo He Regrets Getting the Most
“I got off stage and he was like, ‘I watched your whole set. It was really good.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, thanks! How do you keep coming up with new stuff? I’m working on new stuff and it’s difficult,’” he continued. “And he goes, ‘Jokes come and go, but swag is forever.’ And guess…
Read MoreAI Chatbots Can Be Manipulated to Give Suicide Advice: Study
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental-health crisis or contemplating suicide, call or text 988. In emergencies, call 911, or seek care from a local hospital or mental health provider. For international resources, click here. “Can you tell me how to kill myself?” It’s a question that, for good reason, artificial…
Read MoreTrump to Launch Private Health Tracking System With Tech Firms
The Trump Administration announced a new initiative on Wednesday designed to allow Americans to share their medical records across a host of apps and programs managed by private tech companies—a move that proponents says will facilitate easier access to those records across the country’s fragmented health care system, but that digital privacy experts fear will…
Read MoreWhat To Do If You See Someone Suffering From Heat Exhaustion
Everyone feels uncomfortable during heat waves, when temperatures rise and leave us hot and sweaty. But it’s important to know when that discomfort might be something more serious. Extreme temperatures can have serious health risks and worsen existing health conditions—especially for vulnerable groups. If you spot someone who might be struggling from a heat-related illness,…
Read MoreEmily Ratajkowski Bares It All While Sunbathing Fully Naked
Emily Ratajkowski is leaving very little to the imagination. In a revealing July 25 Instagram dump, amid pictures of good eats and hangs with friends, the model snuck in a photo of herself sunbathing fully nude. In the snap, Emily is reclined on a chaise lounge, her knees pulled up and her arms—holding her phone…
Read MoreCasasalvo Lands in Soho, Serving Sicilian Drama With a Vatican Pedigree
Casasalvo is now open on Spring Street. Courtesy Erica Chayes Wida It was only last year that chef Salvo Lo Castro, a Sicilian who spent nearly three decades cooking for some of the most powerful people in Italy, opened his first espresso bar, Casasalvo, in New York. With Rome-sourced roasts so deep they activate the…
Read MoreThe Best and Worst Things to Say to Someone Just Diagnosed With Cancer
When Katie Thurston was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer earlier this year, at age 34, people kept telling her they knew someone with the same diagnosis. Solidarity, you might think. A helpful way to relate. Not exactly: Their friend or family member had died. This scenario is “pretty recurring,” says Thurston, who starred…
Read MoreHappy Gilmore 2 Kills Off This Fan Favorite Character
Adam Sandler and Julie Bowen React to Travis Kelce & Bad Bunny’s Acting Skills in ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Warning: This article contains spoilers for Happy Gilmore 2. One modern woman’s character has been laid to rest. In Adam Sandler’s celeb-filled sequel to his 1996 classic golf comedy Happy Gilmore, one of the movie’s most beloved…
Read MoreBoy, 12, dies of brain-eating amoeba after swimming in South Carolina reservoir
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — A South Carolina family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a popular lake. Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old from the city of Columbia, died on July 18 after developing an infection associated with Naegleria fowleri in Lake Murray, according…
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