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Cilia Flores is asking a federal judge to release her from a Brooklyn jail so she can recover from heart procedures at home. Flores, 69, the wife of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, 63, filed papers Wednesday seeking home confinement…
Suicide rates among young girls have climbed faster than among boys over the past decade and a half, according to a new study published Tuesday in JAMA Pediatrics. The report, released in the American Medical Association-published medical journal, found that…
Northwell Health officials warned Tuesday that 9/11-related cancers have surged 75 percent across their system in just three years. The Long Island-based hospital network, which treats patients across the five boroughs, Westchester County and Long Island, revealed that its World…
Emma Heming Willis says her family lives in a “constant state of grief” as they care for Bruce Willis through his frontotemporal dementia. Emma, 50, opened up to Hello! Magazine in an interview published Monday about the painful reality of…
Doctors are sounding the alarm about mold poisoning in college dorms as students settle in for the fall semester. The warning comes amid a wave of litigation against universities nationwide. In July, 48 students sued Dallas Baptist University, alleging administrators…
Billy Joel is speaking out after brain surgery. The 77-year-old “Piano Man” singer revealed Wednesday on SiriusXM’s The Billy Joel Channel that doctors implanted a shunt in his brain to treat a rare condition diagnosed last year. “I’m not going…
Cecily Strong is leaning into mornings with a new campaign and a shelf full of skincare staples. The “Saturday Night Live” alum, 41, has partnered with Thomas’ English muffins for a fresh ad push that has her parodying several “morning…
Leasha Donnelly says she has no regrets about losing her gallbladder after shedding more than 100 pounds on the GLP-1 drug Mounjaro. Donnelly, 38, from Kent, UK, weighed roughly 300 pounds at her heaviest, fueling a routine of fast food,…
Life Time’s Wall Street gym capped auditions at 250 hopefuls chasing instructor slots at one of Manhattan’s priciest fitness clubs. The luxury chain, where memberships start at $348 monthly — above Equinox’s city rates — drew dancers, fighters, recent transplants…
Former President Joe Biden has issued a new health update marking Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, urging men to seek early screening while confirming his own radiation treatment succeeded. Biden, 83, disclosed in a social media post that his cancer had…
Chen Ziyi’s parents have confirmed their 24-year-old daughter, the Chinese mukbang star known online as “Ganfan Yingying,” died on August 17. The confirmation came earlier this month to Global Times, just days after Chen posted her final video warning followers…
Derek Phillips’ family announced his death after removing him from life support following a heat-related collapse at a University of Iowa football game. The 20-year-old Hawkeye Marching Band member from Dubuque, Iowa, suffered sudden cardiac arrest in extreme heat during…
Ana Navarro has admitted she is taking Mounjaro, ending years of speculation about her dramatic weight loss. The View host, 54, made the confession on Tuesday’s episode of the ABC talk show while watching an old clip of herself dancing…
Mount Sinai doctors say the toxic legacy of September 11 is still claiming new victims a quarter-century later. Dr. Raja Flores, chair of thoracic surgery at Mount Sinai, has spent more than two decades tracking how the disaster’s environmental poisons…
Quinton Aaron is returning to acting in a vertical microdrama based on his own life. The 42-year-old ‘Blind Side’ actor has landed his first on-camera role since surviving a near-fatal spinal stroke earlier this year that left him intubated, in…
Rosanne Cash has postponed three upcoming concerts after her team announced an unexpected medical emergency. The 71-year-old singer, the eldest daughter of country legend Johnny Cash, was scheduled to perform Tuesday in Sheridan, Wyoming; Wednesday in Billings, Montana; and Saturday…