“Boardwalk Empire” actor Michael Pitt made a bizarre overture to a Post reporter at a Brooklyn court hearing Thursday – as his defense attorney attempted to get his criminal sex act charges tossed. Pitt, 44, tried schmoozing the reporter — inviting her to his home to “have a conversation” — after she approached him in … Read more
A woman found out she had been living with a tumor for 15 years after she lost hearing when her ears “popped” on a plane. Nicole Cutler, 28, was flying from California to Boston when she experienced the loss and immediately booked an appointment with an audiologist who booked her in for an MRI scan. … Read more
Listen up — your brain health might depend on it. New research suggests that a single device can dramatically reduce your dementia risk, but only if you get one before the age of 70. The findings come as dementia diagnoses are on the rise nationwide, with the number of Americans affected by the memory-robbing disease … Read more
Millennials are the “hearing loss generation” — you heard it here first. Some 1.1 billion young people are at risk of permanent hearing loss, the World Health Organization warns. One study suggested that 10% of millennials — those born between 1981 and 1996 — already have some degree of hearing loss. “Millennials — the generation … Read more
It’s music to our ears. Approximately 11 million people in the US consider themselves deaf or severely hard of hearing. No medications have been approved to treat hereditary hearing loss, but cochlear implants can help people with deafness perceive sound by bypassing damaged parts of the inner ear and directly stimulating the auditory nerve. “This … Read more
You know how they say a picture is worth a thousand words? Well, for one little boy, a photo of his mum’s ultrasound scan didn’t just speak. It screamed. Paige had proudly hung up the scans of her sister’s baby, thinking nothing of it other than the excitement of a little one on the way. But then her two-year-old son … Read more
It’s time to brush up on your oral hygiene. For decades, Americans have been scrubbing their smiles with the wrong tools and techniques thanks to a deeply ingrained myth. This rough-around-the-edges approach is doing more harm than good, according to Chicago-based dentist Dr. Joy Poskozim. Your rough-around-the-edges technique is doing more harm than good, according … Read more
Only Paul Simon could command the sound of silence like this. In the opening act of the first of five sold-out shows of his comeback tour at NYC’s Beacon Theatre, the music legend played the entirety of “Seven Psalms,” his 2023 album that was conceived to be listened to in its entirety as a seven-part … Read more
Here’s to better hearing! Hearing loss is a common problem that affects about 15% of US adults, or roughly 40 million Americans. It can vary from mild to severe and stem from several different causes. Presbycusis is the gradual decline in hearing that occurs with age. Natural changes in the inner ear, middle ear and … Read more
Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting older adults, with about one in three Americans between 65 and 74 affected, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While some of this loss is due to the hair cells in the inner ears breaking down with age and not picking up vibrations as … Read more
Losing these two senses could indicate potentially fatal health conditions, new research shows. Hearing loss has been linked to a higher chance of heart failure while people with a poor sense of smell are more likely to die of neurodegenerative, respiratory and cardiovascular complications, according to two new studies. Scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found … Read more
Sounds like treble. Some 50 million to 60 million Americans have experienced a ringing, buzzing or clicking in their ears that no one else hears, a frustrating condition known as tinnitus. An estimated 15% of tinnitus sufferers have a severe case that disturbs their sleep, mental health and daily routine. An estimated 50 million to … Read more
” player=”SPdDOYds” platform=”jw-player” playlist=”Toq2ZZoq” playlisttype=”recommendations” placement=”true” jwpropertyid=”XDErnc08″ /] We’re all ears for promising developments in staving off Alzheimer’s. Dementia affects more than 6 million Americans and accounts for more than 100,000 deaths each year, with a startling NYU Langone Health study published last month finding that the risk is as high as 35% for men and 48% for women … Read more
Tina Fey retiring? So not fetch. The actress, 54, opened up about wanting to step back from her career in the spotlight, years after becoming a household name on “Saturday Night Live” in 1997. “The impulse to hide and retire is very strong,” Fey told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. “It’s time to help new voices … Read more
At least one familiar face was spotted at Lyle and Erik Menendez’s pivotal resentencing hearing this week. Cooper Koch, who portrayed the younger Menendez brother in Ryan Murphy’s 2024 Netflix series “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” was seen walking into California court on Friday morning, per a clip captured by Fox Local. Koch, … Read more
Prince Harry was dramatically escorted from his hearing at London’s High Court Wednesday after one of his supporters appeared to disrupt proceedings. The Duke of Sussex, 40, was taken out of the courtroom by an entourage of bodyguards after an unnamed woman in her 50s shouted out in support of the royal. The woman in … Read more
The old adage is that moms have eyes in the back of their heads, but a new study shows that women in general may also have more sensitive hearing. The study, recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, sought to examine the correlation between multiple factors — including gender, age and region, among others — and … Read more
April Price decided to watch some television after walking her dog when she felt her past come back to haunt her. It was 2014, and a news program had reported there was audio of former “7th Heaven” star Stephen Collins purportedly confessing to engaging in sexual misconduct with underage girls, which was leaked to TMZ. … Read more
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity doctor, is expected to face a tense confirmation hearing on Friday, with Democratic senators planning to question how he would oversee Medicare and Medicaid now that Republicans and the Trump administration are weighing significant changes affecting millions of Americans. Among the possible plans being considered by Republican lawmakers and … Read more
Hearing health is often something taken for granted by parents. Your baby receives an initial hearing test at a few days old and then you all go about your business … until of course, sometimes it’s too late and damage is done to your child’s hearing, oftentimes through exposure to seemingly inanimate household objects. So, what decibel level is safe … Read more