Bad news for Billy Joel fans. The 75-year-old “Uptown Girl” singer announced Tuesday that he’s postponing several upcoming shows on his Billy Joel in Concert tour due to “a medical condition.” “The current tour will be postponed for four months to allow him to recover from recent surgery and to undergo physical therapy under the … Read more
Maybe that was a true reflection of reality. Our dogs regularly romped through Prospect Park in Brooklyn, swapped germs with playmates and scarfed down rogue chicken bones, while our cats lived cosseted, indoor lives. Now I suspect that we may have missed signs of illness in our cats. I had worried that we were overreacting … Read more
Fed-up patients facing astronomical medical bills are fighting back against hospitals and insurance companies with a secret weapon: artificial intelligence. Alicia Bittle gave birth to her youngest son in August, but rushed him to the emergency room just three weeks later after the infant developed a fever and respiratory illness. The stay-at-home mom and “trad wife” who raises her brood … Read more
Princess Beatrice’s plans for the holidays have changed. The 36-year-old royal — who is currently pregnant with her second child — was going to spend Christmas with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and his parents in Italy. However, multiple outlets reported Sunday that Beatrice canceled the overseas trip because of medical advise that she received. … Read more
After being shot in both legs by a Hamas sniper in Gaza, Israeli reservist and New York native Aaron Bours is among the many soldiers pioneering the use of cutting-edge rehabilitative technologies that have been a result of Israel’s war with Hamas. Bours, now 34, moved from Long Island to Israel as a teenager to … Read more
He’s back! In his new Netflix comedy special, “What Had Happened Was …,” Jamie Foxx revealed shocking new details about his headline-grabbing 2023 health scare. The Oscar winner, 56, said that he had a “brain bleed that led to a stroke.” “April 11, I was having a bad headache, and I asked my boy for … Read more
Is what’s on your wrist more valuable to your health than what’s in your medicine cabinet? A new survey of 2,000 Americans revealed consumer sentiments about purchasing, using, and relying on medical devices for vital health information sharing. More than one in four consumers (28%) reported they have had a personal medical device alert them … Read more
Three in five women (60%) say they are entirely self-taught when it comes to menopause knowledge, according to new research. A new survey of 2,000 American women found many feel they are overly targeted with information about pregnancy and childbirth but feel under-resourced when it comes to perimenopause and menopause. Additionally, three in four women … Read more
This show strikes a chord. A radical feminist opera is causing major controversy and causing disturbed attendees to require medical treatment — and it’s coming to the US this month. “Sancta Susanna” tells the story of a suppressed nun’s journey of self-discovery and sexuality, featuring shocking elements including explicit lesbian scenes, real injuries and nudity. … Read more
This eggs-pert wasn’t yolk-ing around. Harvard medical student, Dr. Nick Norwitz ate 720 eggs in a month to study the effects the “fowl” diet had on his cholesterol and saw that his levels dropped nearly 20 percent. Norwitz “hypothesized” before his experiment that consuming the 60 dozen eggs would not increase his LDL (low-density lipoprotein) … Read more
NYU Langone Health has once again been named the top comprehensive academic medical center in the country by the health care performance improvement company Vizient. The rankings, released Wednesday, measure annual performance across six key areas: safety, mortality, effectiveness, efficiency, patient centeredness and equity. “Recognitions like this further validate the quality that NYU Langone consistently … Read more
Slash’s stepdaughter Lucy-Bleu Knight left suicide notes before tragically taking her life in a rental unit, the Los Angeles Medical Examiner confirmed to The Post on Monday. The Guns N’ Roses guitarist’s 25-year-old stepchild passed away on July 19 of hydrogen sulfide toxicity. Her manner of death was ruled a suicide. The coroner just released … Read more
Paramedics and the fire department were reportedly en route to Artem Chigvintsev’s home before the “Dancing With the Stars” professional dancer’s arrest. Sources connected to the ongoing investigation told TMZ that a call was made around 8:30 a.m. PT on Thursday, with the unidentified person on the other line reporting a “medical emergency” at the … Read more
One of the doctors charged in Matthew Perry’s death has been told he can reopen his medical practice — but he is no longer allowed to prescribe patients controlled substances like ketamine, the drug prosecutors say he supplied the addicted “Friends” actor before his fatal overdose. Dr. Salvador Plasencia will reopen his practice, Malibu Canyon … Read more
Unexpectedly high medical bills are common in the United States, but there are ways to get relief. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one in five Americans are affected by outstanding medical debt, for a total cost of $88 billion. In a 2022 study, the bureau found that roughly 20% of U.S. households report that … Read more
MrBeast’s team is pushing back on the allegations that make his competition reality series “Beast Games” out to be the literal Hunger Games, with a source telling The Post exclusively that they “acknowledge the need for improvement.” The world’s most popular YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has come under fire again after several … Read more
Guardant Health said its blood test to detect a cancer that starts in the colon or rectum got an approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, sending the company’s shares up 16% in premarket trading on Monday. The test, known as Shield, has been available in the U.S. as a laboratory-developed test (LDT) since … Read more
Don’t get caught tryin’ to wing it at 30,000 feet. Summer is peak travel season, and Dr. Sasha Haddad, an LA-based family practitioner, has taken to TikTok to share her list of essential medical travel supplies — as well as the knowledge that it’s better to have it and not need it than to need … Read more
Stevie Nicks dealt with a scary medical emergency recently. Earlier this month, the 76-year-old singer canceled a solo concert in Glasgow, Scotland after suffering what was said to be a leg injury that required surgery. But during the rescheduled show on July 24, Nicks revealed that her health scare was much more serious. Stevie Nicks … Read more
TikTok users are a wellspring of wellness advice — from sleep specialists sharing snooze suggestions to sustenance savants offering top tips for avoiding colon cancer. It is also the hallowed land of bizarre beauty hacks, and the latest trend, wearing a chin strap to bed, claims to be a marriage of the aesthetic and the … Read more