He’s got the prognosis. HBO Max’s awards-sweeping hit drama “The Pitt” is back for Season 2, showing Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch (Noah Wyle) and his team dealing with more medical emergencies. The show has already been renewed for a Season 3, ahead of Season 2’s premiere, which debuted Thursday on HBO Max. “My whole thing … Read more
The doctor is in. Noah Wyle and his “The Pitt” co-stars all went through a tough “boot camp” before production. “This is a fairly young ensemble, and certainly none of us have ever been doctors before, and we all had to start at a pretty high level of proficiency,” Wyle, 54, said on “CBS Sunday … Read more
Adam Sandler’s love life flatlined while next to George Clooney. The “Happy Gilmore” actor, 59, revealed that when he first became pals with the then-star of “ER,” 64, he felt the full force of Clooney’s fame. Sandler met the ’90s heartthrob on “Saturday Night Live” in 1995. Shortly after, the friends went to an NBA … Read more
The Grey Sloan doctors stayed on call for this one. When Denzel Washington directed an episode of the long-running medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” some of the female actors were ready to get to shooting — and STAT. Jason George, who has played Dr. Ben Warren on the show since Season 6, revealed exactly how the … Read more
They’re pitted against each other. Noah Wyle is “profoundly sad and disappointed” by the lawsuit that “ER” creator Michael Crichton’s widow has against “The Pitt.” Wyle, who previously starred in “ER” from 1994 to 2009, is now starring on and executive producing the hit Max medical drama, “The Pitt.” Noah Wyle on “The Pitt.” HBO … Read more
A Canadian woman with stage 4 cancer says she ignored signs of the disease because she believed them to be “eczema-related.” Taylor Deanne Roy, 32, experienced extreme tiredness and itchy skin for years before medics made a devastating diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma last month. “I have been struggling for three years with itchy skin that … Read more
He gave her an emergency resuscitation. During a recent appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Nov. 8, Julianna Margulies, 58, admitted that she nearly botched her “ER” audition — and, after she got cast, her character was supposed to die after just one episode until she got some indirect help from costar George Clooney. … Read more
A mom-of-three diagnosed with stage four skin cancer is urging youngsters not to make the same mistake that she did in her twenties. Claire Turner, 43 was diagnosed with the cutaneous malignant melanoma in January, learning that the disease had spread to her liver, thighs, lymph nodes and shoulders. “I did use sun beds and … Read more
She’d rather they not come. Sexual intimacy plays an important role in a relationship, whether it’s romantic, spontaneous or a little risky. But for one woman engaging in any ejaculate inducing acts can lead to a burning sensation that takes the mood from hot to cold right quick. Allison Tennyson, 34, confessed she’s allergic to … Read more
D’oh! A Pennsylvania mom claims a store-bought herbal remedy for menopause symptoms turned her skin so yellow, she wound up looking like Marge Simpson. Amber Heimbach, 39, visited her doctor last October, complaining of a number of issues, ranging from mood swings to heavy bleeding. The Harrisburg resident was offered prescription medication, but opted to … Read more
A deadly, fast-spreading strain of the monkeypox virus has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on high alert. The variant of the virus, which causes the severe disease known as mpox, kills up to 10% of the people who are infected, according to the World Health Organization. “The virus variant is known to be … Read more
An inflammatory new claim that taking vitamin supplements will increase your risk of cancer has ruffled feathers throughout the medical community. Dr. Mohammad Muneeb Khan, an oncologist with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), has proclaimed that multivitamins should be labeled with the same warnings now found on cigarette packages. “Synthetic pills contain obscenely high … Read more
Chris Supalla, tossing and turning with a stuffy nose, was advised by several doctors that a simple nasal surgery could help him get some rest — but afterward, he lost more than sleep. “He was gasping for breath,” his mother, Mary Supalla, told The Post of her son’s waking nightmare. “He felt like a plastic … Read more
Your nightmare this evening comes to you from Australia, where a woman kept returning to the hospital for a range of symptoms — until doctors found a worm living in her brain. Since 2021, doctors had been treating the 64-year-old woman with steroids and other drugs for pneumonia, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dry cough, fever and … Read more
A national state of emergency has been declared in Peru as doctors battle an outbreak of a rare disease that can cause lifelong paralysis or death. More than 230 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, or GBS, have been reported in the South American country, with more than half the cases occurring in a brief five-week period … Read more
You’ve heard of “long COVID,” the cases of people who can’t shake the lingering symptoms of COVID-19. Now comes “long vax” — a rare, but baffling set of symptoms that follow a small number of people for months after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. “You see one or two patients and you wonder if it’s a … Read more
Over 30 million Americans a year use benzodiazepines, or “benzos,” including Xanax, Valium, Ativan and Klonopin. Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety disorders, insomnia, muscle spasms, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, seizures and epilepsy. But this widely used class of drugs is linked to severe side effects and life impacts that can last for years — even … Read more
A teen says his six-year vaping habit caused his lungs to collapse four times — and made them look like he’s been smoking for 30 years. Draven Hatfield said he started vaping when he was 13, thinking it was a “neat trend” — and ended up vaping through a disposable pen every two to three … Read more
A man in India caught a plant fungal disease in a world-first case of human infection. Medics at the Consultant Apollo Multispecialty Hospitals in India wrote in the journal Medical Mycology Case Reports that the 61-year-old patient came to the hospital with complaints of a recurring couch, hoarseness of voice, difficulty swallowing, a sore throat … Read more
A man who died before being miraculously revived by doctors is speaking out about his incredible experience in the “afterlife.” Kevin Hill’s heart stopped beating for several minutes following complications from a heart-valve operation last year. The 55-year-old — whom doctors dubbed “The Miracle Man” after he was subsequently resuscitated — told South West News … Read more