Longtime ESPN broadcaster Michael Wilbon is taking a step back from work to address “multiple health issues” he said he should have listened to sooner. The NBA studio analyst, who co-hosts ESPN’s debate show “Pardon The Interruption” alongside Tony Kornheiser, said that he will take an indefinite leave of absence from “PTI” and his NBA … Read more
You’ve heard of red flags in relationships, but what are “beige flags“? Everyone knows to run at the sight of a red flag, while beige ones have slipped under the radar and aren’t as in-your-face. The latter are more subtle behaviors or signs in a relationship that foreshadow potential conflict or even the possibility of … Read more
Long COVID can reduce a person’s IQ by up to six points, worrying research has revealed. A report in the New England Journal of Medicine found that COVID-19 was “associated with longer-term objectively measurable cognitive deficits.” Experts were attempting to learn more about the mentally straining phenomenon commonly referred to as brain fog, brought on … Read more
It’s been known that women tend to outlive men, but a new study shows that the gender-death gap is widening. A research paper published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine found that U.S. men on average die nearly six years before women — the largest rift since 1996. The difference increased to 5.8 years … Read more
Opioid use could put dementia patients at a higher risk of death, particularly in the first two weeks after starting a medication, according to new research revealed on Tuesday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Amsterdam. Among all patients age 65 and older who were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in Denmark and who took an … Read more