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Nurse reveals simple technique that reduces pain, promotes wound healing — and even improves quality of life in cancer patients

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Nurse reveals simple technique that reduces pain, promotes wound healing — and even improves quality of life in cancer patients

Caitlyn Ecock used to feel like just another cog in the machine. Inside the cardiac procedures unit at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, the 28-year-old had grown accustomed to darting between patients, checking vitals, prepping them for surgery and keeping the department moving amid a constant flow of activity. But somewhere in the middle of the chaos, … Read more

Prince William carries ‘wound that will not heal’ from Diana’s ‘Panorama’ interview

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Prince William carries ‘wound that will not heal’ from Diana’s ‘Panorama’ interview

Prince William has endured the private agony of knowing how deeply his mother was betrayed — and now he’s determined to find the truth. “I’ve been discreet because I’ve gone as far as I was advised to go,” Andy Webb, author of “Dianarama,” told Fox News Digital. “I describe William as having a wound that will not … Read more

Rapper OG Maco dead at 32 after sustaining self-inflicted gunshot wound

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Rapper OG Maco dead at 32 after sustaining self-inflicted gunshot wound

Rapper OG Maco has died two weeks after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 32. Maco, best known for his song “U Guessed It,” passed away surrounded by his family Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital, according to TMZ. Maco’s family later confirmed his death in a post shared on the rapper’s Instagram … Read more

World’s most poisonous plant has driven people to suicide — like the man who accidentally used the leaves as toilet paper and wound up shooting himself

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World’s most poisonous plant has driven people to suicide — like the man who accidentally used the leaves as toilet paper and wound up shooting himself

Don’t put your thumb on this green. Many gardeners might not be aware of the lethal plant thought to be the most toxic in the world called the Gympie-Gympie. The ghoulish greenery sports tiny hair-like needles full of poison and has a sting so painful it has driven some people to contemplate suicide, The Mirror reported. … Read more

I wound up in the hospital on my wedding day — don’t make the same mistake I did

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I wound up in the hospital on my wedding day — don’t make the same mistake I did

Through sickness and health came a bit sooner than they’d hoped.  Just one hour after saying “I do,” bride Mary Greenwell found herself on the ground screaming, “My ankle! My ankle! My ankle!” The newlywed had suffered a severe fracture following an ill-fated piggyback she’d given her six-foot, 300-pound groom, Blake.  Greenwell’s ankle swelled up … Read more

Royal family member Thomas Kingston died from ‘traumatic head wound’ at age 45

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Royal family member Thomas Kingston died from ‘traumatic head wound’ at age 45

Thomas Kingston died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to an inquest into his death. The royal family member, Lady Gabriella Windsor’s husband and Pippa Middleton’s ex-boyfriend, was found dead in Gloucestershire, England, on Sunday. He was 45. According to The Telegraph, Kingston was at his parents’ home in the Cotswolds where he was meeting his folks … Read more

I was so obsessed with calorie counting as a teen, I wound up in the hospital — and thought I would die

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I was so obsessed with calorie counting as a teen, I wound up in the hospital — and thought I would die

An Atlanta woman who was so obsessed with calorie counting and fitness tracking that it hospitalized her is now speaking out to warn others of their downsides. Dani Fernandez, now 25, had been battling an eating disorder for years since she was a young teen. It had reached a point where she would feel “guilty” … Read more

I sabotaged my parents’ condoms — and wound up with a little sister

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I sabotaged my parents’ condoms — and wound up with a little sister

Call it a breakthrough. A woman on TikTok has gone viral for revealing the reason her younger sister was born — because she poked holes in her parents’ condoms. The TikToker, known on the platform as Keely, posted the video last month as a birthday tribute to her sister, Sam, garnering nearly 7 million views. … Read more

How Boris Becker won Wimbledon at 17  — and wound up a bankrupt criminal

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How Boris Becker won Wimbledon at 17  — and wound up a bankrupt criminal

In 1985, Boris Becker was an unranked 17-year-old when he shocked the world and won Wimbledon. After the tournament, his then-manager Ion Tiriac took him to Monaco, where he was living, checked him into a hotel and had a talk with the new champion. “[He said] ‘I will teach you the right and wrongs of … Read more

I thought I was going on a dream date in Hawaii — I wound up ditched on a volcano

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I thought I was going on a dream date in Hawaii — I wound up ditched on a volcano

My latest Tinder meet-up could have been something out of a Netflix rom-com based on a solo traveler hooking up with a local online, all set in dreamy Hawaii. Instead, I was blindsided by a brutal dumping in paradise. I’d only been on Hawaii’s Big Island for 48 hours when I matched with Jerry*, a handsome, edgy 30-something … Read more

How an iconic New York video store wound up tied to the mafia in Sicily

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How an iconic New York video store wound up tied to the mafia in Sicily

For nearly 30 years, Kim’s Video and Music, across five downtown locations, was a haven for NYC movie lovers offering a trove of 55,000 often rare, otherwise unfindable titles. After the most famous location, Mondo Kim’s on St. Marks Place in the East Village closed in early 2009, the massive collection went on a wild … Read more

I flew to Bali for a first date and he ghosted me — then we wound up on the same flight home

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I flew to Bali for a first date and he ghosted me — then we wound up on the same flight home

A Sydney woman who flew to Bali for a first date has detailed the mortifying moment she realized she had been stood up. Jess Austen, 29, hopped on a plane to Indonesia to meet a man she’d been talking to online for several months after he invited her to join him on holiday. But after … Read more