Health

Alan Alda has revealed that his Parkinson’s disease first announced itself through a violent dream he acted out in bed. The 90-year-old actor, best known for “M*A*S*H” and “The West Wing,” said Sunday Morning that his earliest symptom was not…

A British microbiologist has pushed back against panic over a possible Russian plague outbreak, stressing the illness behaves nothing like Covid-19. Dr Simon Clarke, associate professor in cellular microbiology at the University of Reading, spoke out this week after the…

Nickodemus Dacres has died at 23 after a stomach ache led to a diagnosis of one of the rarest cancers on record. The Croydon, south London, resident passed away on September 26 from stage four medullary renal cell carcinoma, an…

A 13-year-old California soccer player is bedridden and unable to move his legs after a mosquito bite led to a rare neurological collapse. Joseph Vasquez, 13, of Long Beach, has spent the last three weeks at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles…

Constance Zimmer has revealed she secretly battled breast cancer while promoting her acclaimed FX series earlier this year. The 55-year-old actress shared the news in a candid Instagram post Sunday, disclosing that she received her diagnosis during a Zoom call…

Donald Trump revealed he takes a daily aspirin dose far above medical guidance because he fears “thick blood.” The 80-year-old president shared the disclosure at a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on Saturday, where he described his regimen in characteristically freewheeling…

A Scarsdale mother who works as a nurse for the same hospital network is suing after surgeons allegedly left a needle inside her abdomen for seven years. Jana Petriganova DeGregoris, a cardiothoracic nurse practitioner at Mount Sinai since 2013, and…

A suspected pneumonic plague death has triggered an emergency lockdown at a Siberian hospital and mass quarantine protocols across a Russian region. Daria Shipilova, 28, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, died Friday in Shelekhov, a town on…

Dr. Joel Zivot says Christa Pike’s blood disorder likely blocked the lethal drug from reaching her system. Pike, 50, remains in critical condition at a Nashville, Tennessee hospital after two doses of pentobarbital failed to kill her during a scheduled…

Colorectal cancer is surging among American children and teenagers, with new research revealing starkly different disease patterns than those seen in older patients. A fresh study tracking 84 patients aged 21 and younger found that the median age of diagnosis…

Amanda Peet has spoken out about the unusual warning sign that preceded her breast cancer diagnosis, even after an initial MRI mistakenly reassured her she was healthy. The actress, 54, appeared on NBC’s Today show Thursday to detail the skin…

A Manhattan therapist who marketed his practice to gay men was arrested Thursday and charged with raping and sexually assaulting two vulnerable patients in his care. Joseph LoGuidice, who founded Liberation Psychotherapy and ran the private LGBTQ therapy group Variety…

Busy Philipps revealed her latest scan came back clean as she promoted her new CBS drama in New York. The “Freaks and Geeks” alum, 47, said at the “Cupertino” premiere Wednesday that she had spoken with her oncologist earlier that…

A widow has spoken out five years after doctors dismissed her husband’s cancer symptoms because he was “too young.” Anita Williams, 43, a police officer from Gloucestershire, UK, is still processing the loss of Ben Williams, who died at 38…

Lola Young has gone public with the toll that years of vaping have taken on her body. The British singer, 25, posted a candid TikTok video last week in which she described her lungs as feeling “battery powered” and complained…

Christa Pike, 50, survived two lethal injection attempts on September 30 before Tennessee’s governor halted all executions in the state. Pike had been scheduled to become the first woman executed by Tennessee in more than 200 years. Journalists inside the…