North Dakota’s Republican governor issued a heartfelt plea to state residents not to turn wearing face masks to protect public health amid the COVID-19 crisis into a “senseless dividing line.” “We’re all in this together, and there’s only one battle we’re fighting, and that’s the battle of the virus,” Gov. Doug Burgum said at a press […]
President Donald Trump repeatedly badgered and vilified members of the news media during Monday’s White House briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, calling one “horrid” and another a “third-rate reporter.” McClatchy reporter Francesca Chambers asked Trump a question about the federal government’s new Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, saying it had gotten off to a […]
Sudden spikes in air pollution in the UK trigger hundreds more heart attacks, strokes and acute asthma attacks on those days, research suggests. A team at King’s College London looked at data from London, Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford and Southampton. Days when pollutant levels were in the top half of the annual […]
If someone asked you to picture a heart attack patient, you might imagine an older man clutching his chest. In reality, every year an estimated 445,000 U.S. women 35 and older will experience a new heart attack, recurrent heart attack, or fatal outcome of coronary heart disease (which, in addition to heart attack, can cause […]
Heart disease is the most common cause of death in men and women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But some people still think of cardiac issues—particularly heart attacks—as a male problem. Unfortunately, a recent study suggests that, not only are heart attacks a concern for women, they're becoming more common […]
Can someone have a panic attack while sleeping? Answer From Craig N. Sawchuk, Ph.D., L.P. Nighttime (nocturnal) panic attacks can occur with no obvious trigger and awaken you from sleep. As with a daytime panic attack, you may experience sweating, rapid heart rate, trembling, shortness of breath, heavy breathing (hyperventilation), flushing or chills, and a […]
WASHINGTON ― Global public health experts are growing increasingly alarmed about the Ebola outbreak in the northeast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has killed 219 people so far. It is now the largest outbreak that the DRC has ever seen ― with 341 probable and confirmed cases ― and the third largest […]
It's tempting to push down and ignore any negative thoughts. For some, that leads to feelings of guilt about having those thoughts in the first place, a sentiment that model Gisele Bündchen talked candidly about in a new interview with People. In it, Bündchen detailed why she chose to open up about her mental health […]
Gisele Bündchen discloses details about her life ― and her secret struggle with severe panic attacks ― in her new book, Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life. The supermodel spoke about her battle, despite having what looked like a “perfect” life, in an interview with People magazine published Wednesday. The 38-year-old revealed that the panic […]
I was laying flat on my back, barely moving in the still darkness of my childhood home as my breath slowly wheezed in and out of my chest. My breathing was shallow and my chest ached; it felt as if a cinder block was pressing me deep into the bed. I was trying, and failing, […]
By Michael Ollove Despite Republican efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act, insurance premiums will go up only slightly in most states where carriers have submitted proposed prices for next year. And insurance carriers are entering markets rather than fleeing them. The improvements stem from less political uncertainty over health policy, steeper than necessary increases […]
Ivanka Trump complained in a tweet Monday about “much misinformation” concerning the Trump administration’s opposition earlier this year to a United Nations resolution that encouraged breastfeeding around the world. Twitter went bonkers. The first daughter directed her Twitter followers to a “clarifying” opinion piece by federal health officials published Friday in the New York Post. Trump didn’t detail what […]