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Recently, a middle-aged woman came to see me in my ophthalmology clinic because her eyes felt gritty and uncomfortable. She had seen another doctor a month earlier who diagnosed her with eyelid inflammation and wrote her a prescription. As I examined her eyes, she mentioned in passing the prescription medication she’d been using – ivermectin. … Read more
Alvin and the Chipmunks was my wake-up call. A Blu-ray copy of the film had stared down from my bookshelf for years, accumulating dust, when one day a shard of sunlight landed on it, as if directed by a higher power. This prompted some uncomfortable questions. Had I watched it? No. Did I intend to? … Read more
Tang During the Tang dynasty, which lasted from the seventh to the early 10th century, Vikings were raiding the coasts of what today is called Europe. In the small archipelago now known as Britain, Anglo-Saxon kingdoms flitted by. Meanwhile, in Mesoamerica, after 3,000 years of flourishing, the Maya civilisation was collapsing. In the east, China … Read more
KFF Health News chief rural correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble discussed the findings of a KFF-Associated Press poll about rural support for the Make America Healthy Again movement on NPR’s Morning Edition on Sept. 30. Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed a new GLP-1 weight loss drug on CBS News’ CBS Mornings … Read more
Alex Norris has been unable to say how many prisoners freed early from jail this week have been tagged, despite previous reassurances from the justice department. In an interview on Sunday, the justice secretary said it was “too soon” to say how many of the roughly 700 male prisoners let out on Thursday had been … Read more
Providing people with nutritious foods can improve the management of chronic metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension. However, most studies of “Food Is Medicine” programs have only looked at their short-term impacts—on the scale of weeks to months.
Don’t let negative thoughts or fear mess with your performance. Psychologist Cindra Kamphoff, who helps athletes and business leaders keep their confidence in high-stakes situations, offers anxiety-busting tools from her new book. Anton Vierietin/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption toggle caption i Anton Vierietin/Getty Images/iStockphoto Never miss a story or episode from Life Kit. Sign up for our … Read more
Lawyers and campaigners have condemned the “horrifying” scale of child-on-child sexual abuse in schools after a Guardian investigation revealed thousands of sexual offences against under-13s, including multiple rapes, are reported to police every year. Close to five sexual crimes against children aged 12 and younger were recorded on average by police every day in primary … Read more
Is it even possible to choose a favorite Alan Alda character? How about Senator Arnold Vinick on “The West Wing”? Or lawyer Jack Burroughs in “The Four Seasons”? And, of course, “Hawkeye” Pierce, the sarcastic Korean War combat surgeon, on “M*A*S*H”? For his work on “M*A*S*H,” which aired on CBS for 11 seasons beginning … Read more
Two people are dead and another 35 were injured after a shooting broke out at a neighborhood block party in southern Georgia, authorities said. Twenty-five of those injured were hospitalized, officials told local media. Shots were fired in the early hours of Sunday morning in the city of Vienna, with sheriff’s deputies hearing them ring … Read more