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Should You Get a Full-Body MRI? 06/10/2024 08:00pm • Full-body MRIs have been in the spotlight recently -- with celebrities and influencers using the tool to get a comprehensive picture of their health. For a high price, these all-encompassing MRIs will scan the body from head to toe and have the ability to detect various abnormalities that may be lur How Future Doctors Can Advocate for Patients and Improve Public Health 06/10/2024 08:00pm • Becoming a doctor requires not only a strong foundation in science, but also a commitment to advocating for patients and improving public health. Advocacy in the medical profession includes ensuring that the needs of patients -- medical and otherwise -- are met and that broader public health issues Shark attack victims are recovering from life-altering injuries in Florida panhandle 06/10/2024 07:21pm • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Days after a shark attack in the Florida panhandle cost teenager Lulu Gribbin her left hand and right leg, her mother said the first words she uttered after surgery were “I made it.” Gribbin was one of three people injured in shark attacks Friday over the course of Here's how you can improve your health by stopping negativity and embracing optimism 06/10/2024 06:53pm • Prince Bhojwani never thought of himself as a negative person, until three trips to the hospital in one month forced him to reconsider. Before May 2018, he was a healthy but chronically worried start-up founder who regularly did 20-mile (32-kilometer) bike rides. When he suddenly became barely able California socialite sentenced to 15 years to life for 2020 hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers 06/10/2024 06:03pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California socialite was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in prison for the hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers in a crosswalk more than three years ago. Authorities said Rebecca Grossman, wife of a prominent Los Angeles burn doctor, fatally struck Mark Iskan Alzheimer's drug that can slow disease gets backing from FDA advisers 06/10/2024 05:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A closely watched Alzheimer's drug from Eli Lilly won the backing of federal health advisers on Monday, setting the stage for the treatment's expected approval for people with mild dementia caused by the brain-robbing disease. Food and Drug Administration advisers voted unanimous British TV host Dr. Michael Mosley reached millions by being his own guinea pig 06/10/2024 05:18pm • RHODES, Greece (AP) — Dr. Michael Mosley was his own guinea pig. In the name of science, the British television host put his body to the test by ingesting tape worms, injecting snake venom and letting leeches suck his blood. What didn't kill him made him more popular and he reached millions throu Marquette University President Michael Lovell dies in Rome 06/10/2024 04:07pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette University President Michael Lovell has died in Rome after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 57. Lovell had been suffering from sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that develops in the bones and soft tissues, when he died Sunday, university officials said in a news rele Sudan's notorious paramilitary group loots a main Darfur hospital, aid group says 06/10/2024 01:58pm • CAIRO (AP) — The notorious Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, fighting Sudan’s military for over a year, fired shots and looted a main hospital in the western region of Darfur, forcing its closure, an international aid group said. The RSF attacked the South Hospital in al-Fasher, the capit Book Review: ‘Miss May Does Not Exist’ is an engaging study of enigmatic Hollywood figure Elaine May 06/10/2024 12:58pm • Groundbreaking comedian, writer and filmmaker Elaine May charted her own fearlessly original path in Hollywood and the theater world over the decades. Shunning the spotlight and reluctant to talk to reporters, her name might not be as well known as her comedy partner, Mike Nichols, but Carrie Courog Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 16-22 06/10/2024 09:48am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 16-22: June 16: Actor Eileen Atkins (“The Crown,” ″Doc Martin”) is 90. Actor Bill Cobbs is 90. Country singer Billy “Crash” Craddock is 86. Singer Eddie Levert of The O’Jays is 82. Actor Joan Van Ark is 81. Actor Geoff Pierson (“Splitting Up T European elections are 1st electoral setback for Sweden's populist party with far-right roots 06/10/2024 09:00am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The elections in Sweden to the European Parliament marked the first electoral setback for the Swedish populist party with far-right roots that grabbed more than 13% of the votes but came fourth, according to preliminary figures Monday. That made Sweden one of the few cou How an Israeli raid freed 4 hostages and killed at least 274 Palestinians in Gaza 06/10/2024 03:32am • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — They arrived in the middle of the day, when the squat concrete buildings of the Nuseirat refugee camp are stifling and the narrow streets outside are filled with people. No one suspected a thing until the shots rang out. The Israeli raid caught everyone off guard, fr Newly chosen Haitian prime minister discharged from a hospital after spending a night in treatment 06/09/2024 11:05pm • PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille was discharged from a hospital Sunday after spending a night in treatment for an undisclosed condition. In a video published on YouTube, Conille said he felt well and was “ready” to continue to help steer the cou What Helps With Nausea in Children? When to Be Concerned 06/09/2024 08:00pm • Patients often describe nausea as having a queasy feeling in their stomach and, in some, the sensation can be quite life-altering. Some children describe this as feeling "sick to their stomach" or simply "don't feel good." Nausea is relatively common in children, and not all episodes of nausea are a