Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was diagnosed with a hernia and will undergo surgery Sunday night, the prime minister’s office said. The hernia was diagnosed during a routine checkup Saturday night, Netanyahu’s office revealed. After Netanyahu consulted with his doctors, it was decided the best way forward was to surgically repair the hernia at a hospital Sunday night. The operation …
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A Texas Army veteran and seventh-grade math teacher has changed his name to “Literally Anybody Else” to run for president. Else, whose former name was Dustin Ebey, legally changed his name in January and is urging Americans “to transcend the constraints of the status quo and embrace a bold vision for change,” according to his campaign website. “In a landscape …
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A Stanhope, New Jersey, mom has taken her love of Taylor Swift to a new level. Selena Campione, 36, underwent brain surgery on Jan. 31, 2024 – but it wasn’t an ordinary procedure. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Campione shared that she’d been to numerous doctors to address some peculiar symptoms that began in March 2023. This included …
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A Texas appeals court upheld a lower court’s injunction Friday blocking the state from investigating parents who provide their children with gender-transitioning treatment. The appeals court in Austin upheld a district court judge’s injunction imposed in March 2022 after Republican Governor Greg Abbott ordered the state Department of Family Protective Services (DFPS) to investigate families whose children were receiving puberty …
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After a top England’s National Health Service (NHS) director warned people “not to eat the whole Easter egg in one go,” doctors hit back, saying that “life is too short” to cut back this holiday season. In a blog post, Dr Andrew Kelso, a NHS medical director, advised people to watch their waistline and show constraint when it comes to …
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The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 was the highest in a decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced. The CDC said on its website Thursday that “overall, cases increased from 8,320 in 2022 to 9,615 in 2023, an increase of 1,295 cases” “The rate also increased from 2.5 per 100,000 persons in 2022 to 2.9 …
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The first ambulance service in the United States reportedly rolled to the aid of patients in Cincinnati, Ohio, on this day in history, March 28, 1866. “For many years, Bellevue Hospital in New York claimed to have introduced the first citywide ambulance service in 1869, but records show Cincinnati beat them to it,” the Cincinnati Enquirer reported in 2018. It …
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Adults tend to need more medical care as they age, but coordinating that care can be stressful and strenuous for seniors. Getting in-person care and treatment can require “substantial time, effort and cost” for older adults and their partners or caregivers, according to a new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Led by Ishani Ganguli, an associate professor …
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A toddler recently received life-changing surgery after she suffered from droopy eyelids from the time she was born. Lily Etherton is a two-year-old from Salem, Oregon, who was born with blepharophimosis ptosis epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES). The condition meant she was not able to open her eyes fully, according to SWNS. As Etherton grew and began walking, her parents Ashley …
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A new study indicates that women who drink more than eight alcoholic beverages a week are at greater risk of developing heart disease than those who drink less. Those who binge-drink take even more risks with their heart health, the study indicated. The American College of Cardiology’s study aimed to identify links between alcohol intake and coronary heart disease. At …
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