A mid-day snooze isn’t always as harmless as it might seem. For some, persistent daytime drowsiness can be more than just a function of getting older — it could be a warning sign of dementia. A new study has pinpointed when sleepiness during the day is a clue that you’re headed for mental decline. Generally … Read more
More than 100,000 Americans are on waiting lists for donor organs, most needing a kidney. Only 25,000 human donor kidneys become available each year. Twelve Americans on the kidney list die every day on average. Scientists first transplanted genetically engineered pig organs into other animals and then to brain-dead human patients. In 2022, researchers received … Read more
HBO star Matt Smith has hit out at sensitive modern audiences that have become reliant on “trigger warnings” before TV shows and movies. While recently speaking with the Times, the House of the Dragon actor, 41, claimed that giving viewers “trigger warnings” has left TV shows “dumbed down.” “Too much policing of stories and being afraid to bring … 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 newly approved medicinal cream made from pineapples could be a “game changer” for burn patients, doctors say. At Stony Brook Medicine’s burn center in New York, doctors recently started using NexoBrid, which became commercially available on Sept. 20, to treat deep burns. This is a departure from surgical skin grafting, which has been the go-to treatment for … Read more
At least 68 people across the US are now known to have been infected by contaminated eyedrops — killing three, blinding eight and leaving four others needing an eyeball surgically removed. The over-the-counter drops by EzriCare and Delsam Phama, first recalled in February, have now been linked to cases in 16 states across the US, … Read more