Jay Swinnerton, 26, from Manchester, was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma in March 2017 and created their drag queen alter ego Shanika Sunrise during treatment
Peloton's Jessie Malone is running a marathon to mark one year since her Apple Watch saved her life by revealing a heart condition she was completely unaware she had. Malone is not just a young and fit woman who exercises regularly, she's a producer for Peloton in New York. Yet as she was cycling home in May 2023, her Apple Watch alerted her that she might have atrial fibrillation. "It was saying you need to seek medical attention immediately," she told Today.com, . "It was red and...
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Doctors who perform life-saving abortions may soon be required to document whether they first tried to transfer the patient to another facility to avoid terminating the pregnancy, a move some say goes beyond the language of the law. Health lawyers and doctors worry this proposed requirement further disincentivizes doctors from performing medically necessary, but...
Reece said a phonecall from a member of the group brought him back from the edge
Alua Arthur helps people plan for death. A big part of her work is helping them reconcile the lives they lived with the lives they might have wanted. Her memoir is called Briefly Perfectly Human.
A chance encounter between Brock Purdy and Bay Area TV news anchor Sara Donchey resulted in the San Francisco 49ers quarterback saving her life, Purdy said this week. Back in February, Purdy filmed a John Deere tractor ad near Bernal Heights Park in San Francisco. Donchey, who is an anchor for KPIX, was walking by with her dog when she was startled by the quarterback. “I suddenly heard Brock scream, ‘Coyote!’” Donchey recounted on KPIX. “And I turned around and saw the biggest coyote I’ve ever...
Dr James Cleary, a gastrointestinal oncologist at Dana-Farber cancer institute in Boston, warned that if you have anemia and unintended weight loss, you should get checked for colon cancer.
Apple is developing technology for wearable devices like Apple Vision Pro that measure and monitor biometric data and location to provide tailored and potentially lifesaving advice. Apple wearables could provide medication reminders and guidance. An Apple patent, "Method and device for health monitoring," describes a system for monitoring a user's biometric data to display suggestions and guidance in a mixed-reality (MR) system. The implementation of the technology suggests future...
Under an ambitious plan to tackle the country's 'cancer calamity', the NHS vowed in 2019 to diagnose 75 per cent of patients in the earliest stage by 2028.
The Sex Education star, 31, graced the cover of Attitude Magazine's 30th Anniversary Issue , and told the publication he's found it 'fascinating' that some viewers have taken offence to his casting.
The heartbroken mother of a Killamarsh woman murdered by her abusive partner says life 'never gets easier' without her daughter and grandchildren, who he also killed. Angela Smith's pregnant daughter Terri Harris, 35, was brutally killed by violent psychopath Damien Bendall at her home in Killamarsh, in 2021. Bendall - now serving a whole life tariff - killed her children John Paul Bennett, 13, and Lacey Bennett, 11. He also killed Lacey's friend Connie Gent, also 11, at a family sleepover in an...
The Lake County state’s attorney, joined by local and state officials, announced a new “violence reduction plan” Tuesday afternoon that aims to prevent gun violence in the Waukegan, North Chicago and Zion communities. Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart — joined by officials like Congressman Brad Schneider, State Representative Rita Mayfield and State Senator Adriane […]