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BuzzFeedThis Sleep Occurrence May Indicate Your Risk Of Dementia
Your sleep patterns can tell you a lot about your health, including a possible risk for cognitive decline.
- BuzzFeed
Surgeons Are Sharing Their Wildest "Oh, Crap!" Moments From The Job, And I'm Too Stunned To Speak
"The abdominal cavity was quickly filling with blood and the nurse fainted."
- BuzzFeed
I Sought Emergency Women’s Healthcare In A Red State And A Blue State. The Difference Was Staggering.
"'Any miscarriages, any abortions?' I imagined a Texas state trooper waiting outside the door like a dogcatcher, ready to burst in with a net if I answered yes. 'No,' I answered quietly."
- CNN
Undercover Israeli forces raid West Bank hospital, seize alleged militant from ICU
Israeli forces dressed in civilian clothes raided a hospital in the northern occupied West Bank on Wednesday night and detained an alleged Palestinian militant who had days earlier been injured in an Israeli airstrike that killed two Hamas militants.
- BuzzFeed
"I Lost My Uncle": People Are Sharing Stories Of Their Insurance Claims Being Denied, And It's Truly Dystopian
"My mom has stage 4 breast cancer and has maxed out her insurance, and her insurance is saying they won’t cover anything again."
- CBC
B.C. parents sue woman with history of illegal midwifery over botched home birth
A self-described Vancouver Island "childbirth activist" prohibited from serving as a midwife is facing a lawsuit from the parents of a child who was allegedly injured during a botched home birth.Gloria Lemay has been banned for more than two decades from performing midwifery services — but according to a B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit filed this week, the Duncan woman allegedly contracted with a Chemainus couple in 2021 to act as their "midwife or birth attendant."The couple is now suing Lemay over
- HuffPost
Republicans Could End Up Owning A Jump In Health Care Premiums
Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers are about to see that governing is harder than campaigning.
- Fortune
Michael Phelps does these 5 things every day to be his ‘best self’
The Olympian dedicates most of his retirement to mental health advocacy—and keeping his own mental wellness in check.
- The Hill
CDC warns of new drug more deadly than fentanyl
A more potent form of fentanyl is contributing to the thousands of overdose deaths that happen every year, health officials warn. An extremely powerful derivative of fentanyl, called carfentanil, was detected in 513 overdose deaths between 2021 and early 2024, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Carfentanil was…
- CBC
Random Vancouver attack renews calls for involuntary care
Wednesday’s stabbing attack in downtown Vancouver has put the spotlight on the province's promise to expand involuntary care to treat individuals with addiction and mental health issues. As Katie DeRosa reports, Vancouver's mayor says he's angry at the lack of urgency.
- Sky News
How US abortion bans put women at risk: 'My wife almost bled out in our toilet - it can't be the same for my daughter'
"What I want is for people to understand that this is really happening and that abortion bans affect incomplete miscarriages, women like my wife," Mr Hamilton told Sky News. In 2021 Texas introduced stringent laws on abortion, banning it after five weeks of pregnancy.
- Prevention
Former ‘Baywatch’ Star Nicole Eggert Gives Update on Breast Cancer Treatment
Nicole Eggert revealed that she is preparing for radiation and surgery one year after her initial diagnosis with breast cancer. She has already completed chemo.
- The Canadian Press
Saskatoon doctor facing professional charges in circumcision case
SASKATOON, Sask. — A Saskatoon doctor has been accused of unprofessional conduct following a high-cost adult circumcision that included a request for the patient to text unsecured post-op pictures of his genitals.
- Yahoo Life UK
Amy Dowden explains how having Crohn's affected her cancer treatment
Amy Dowden opens up about how her Crohn's flare-ups sometimes delayed her cancer treatment during an appearance on Lorraine.
- Reuters
No indication of warning before bombing of Gaza hospital, WHO says
The United Nations health agency has no indication that a warning was issued before Israel's bombing early on Thursday of north Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, the World Health Organization's regional representative said on Friday. At least 39 were killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday, Palestinian medics said, including at least 20 in an attack that set ablaze tents sheltering displaced families in a crowded camp in the south of the territory. The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya said a 16-year-old boy and several other people, including medics, were wounded by Israeli drone fire.
- BuzzFeed
A Post From UnitedHealthcare Is Going Viral Because Over 71,000 People Reacted With Laughing Emojis
User ability to comment on the post has also been limited.
- Barrons.com
Everyone Is Suddenly Venting Over Insurance Claim Denials. Here’s Why.
In the days since the murder of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, insurance claim denials have become a central point of anger across America.
- CNN
Formaldehyde causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant. Little is being done to curb the risk
In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that is so widespread that nobody in the United States is safe from it.
- The Canadian Press
Work-life balance isn't working for women. Why?
NEW YORK (AP) — About half of working women reported feeling stressed “a lot of the day," compared to about 4 in 10 men, according to a Gallup report published this week.
- CBC
Two Toronto families meet the first responders who changed their lives forever
From car crashes to home fires, first responders and members of the public often find themselves together in dangerous situations for brief, but life-changing, encounters.But paramedics and firefighters don't usually know what happens to a patient after they've dropped them to hospital. And the people whose lives they've saved don't always get the chance to thank them.On Thursday afternoon, two families had the chance to do just that at a reunion at Toronto Emergency Services' joint headquarters