A Florida man diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer at the age of 38 admitted he had no clue men could develop the disease. Zac Yarbrough, now 42, told Insider he first noticed a lump on his chest back in 2018, while playing in a pool with his two toddler daughters. “I noticed a knot … Read more
Kirstie Haysman has been battling debilitating Lyme disease symptoms for nearly a decade, but says Bella Hadid openly talking about her diagnosis has finally given her optimism for recovery. The 35-year-old was diagnosed with the chronic illness in 2013, after years of debilitating muscle and joint pain. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that’s transmitted to humans … Read more
Short bursts of exercise can help reduce the symptoms of chronic depression, a study has found. The study, published on Monday in JAMA Network Open, found when people over 50 who suffer from conditions often linked to depression — such as diabetes, heart disease and chronic pain — exercised, the activity reduced their depressive symptoms. The … Read more
New data further points to a connection between poor sleep and Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. The FDA-approved insomnia pill known as suvorexant (under the brand Belsomra) was seen to reduce harmful proteins associated with the disease in subjects who took it before bed, the … Read more