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Pope, 86, rushed to hospital Wednesday

On Wednesday, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis was transported to a Rome hospital for medical tests following his weekly general audience. The Vatican declined to specify what kind of tests. The pope, 86, canceled appointments on Saturday and Monday due to the flu. However, he appeared above St. Peter’s… Read More

Wendy Williams’ producers reveal what they suspected about dementia

If you watched Lifetime’s Wendy Williams docuseries that premiered over the weekend and felt uncomfortable, you weren’t alone. “Where is Wendy Williams?” premiered over the weekend and featured numerous scenes of the former talk show host unsteady, belligerent, confused and also drunk. Her manager would regularly find liquor bottles hidden… Read More

Former daytime TV star diagnosed with same dementia as Bruce Willis

Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with a form of dementia, according to a statement released Thursday on behalf of her caretakers. The 59-year-old former talk show host was diagnosed last year with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia “after undergoing a battery of medical tests,” according to the statement. Simple… Read More

Top GOP lawmaker drafts bill to re-legalize IVF in Alabama

Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that, under the state’s statute on wrongful death, a fertility doctor could be held liable for accidentally destroying embryos. Even some pro-life Republicans have condemned the ruling. In fact, one state senator is introducing a bill to protect in vitro fertilization (IVF) explicitly…. Read More

Do smartwatches actually measure blood sugar? FDA says…

This week, the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers about smartwatches or rings advertising needle-free measurements for blood sugar measurements. According to regulators, a device would need to piece skin in order to check the health metric safely and accurately. Roughly 37 million American diabetes patients require routine blood sugar… Read More

New study may have identified an early, silent risk factor for Alzheimer’s

Years before symptoms arise, Alzheimer’s disease stealthily alters the brain. Now researchers have found new clues about the early stages of this sequence, critical knowledge for future treatment efforts. A 20-year study in China tracked spinal fluid and brain scans in older adults. Compared to those staying cognitively healthy, eventual… Read More

Alaska officials scramble to contain ‘alaskapox’

Health officials are reconsidering the risks of the rare “Alaskapox” virus after it contributed to the death of an elderly Alaskan man in late 2022. First identified near Fairbanks in 2015, the previously mild virus has mainly affected those handling small, infected mammals. After this recent fatality, the obscure virus… Read More

Recall issued for these bean dips, enchiladas, and taco kits

Additional snack foods and dairy items sold at major retailers like Costco and Trader Joe’s are being recalled due to a deadly listeria outbreak traced to a California company. So far, the contaminated foods have killed two people and sickened at least 25 since 2014. On Monday, Rizo Lopez Foods… Read More

Biden’s Defense Secretary rushed to hospital

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made headlines last month for failing to inform President Joe Biden of his stay in the intensive care unit. Now, Austin has been hospitalized again. His security detail rushed him to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Sunday afternoon for “symptoms suggesting an emergent… Read More