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At Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, we are no strangers to treating victims of airstrikes over the years. The team all too often must rush into the emergency room, all hands on deck, ready to treat shrapnel wounds, burns and blood loss. In the early days of the current Israel-Hamas conflict, our hospital of only 80 beds was quickly overrun. On Oct. 17, following the explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, we were flooded with dozens of wounded and dying victims. By the next day, our patient roster had grown by nearly 120. We knew it would…

As we head toward winter, the good news for those who shiver at the thought of cold weather is that temperatures are likely to be warmer for people who live in the nation’s northern tier.You can thank the cyclical weather pattern known as El Niño for that.But for other parts of the planet, the forecast is not nearly so agreeable. For some regions, it might be disastrous. Increased rainfall is likely in South America and severe drought in Australia, Indonesia and parts of southern Asia. Already there has been deadly flooding in Peru and India, and in Australia, where it…

When Jenna Ellis last week became the most recent lawyer to join in an accelerating series of guilty pleas in the Fulton County, Ga., prosecution of Donald Trump and his co-conspirators, she offered a powerful repudiation of the “Big Lie” that could potentially cut the legs out from under Donald Trump’s defense, make her a star witness for prosecutors and a potent weapon against the former president’s political ambitions.Ms. Ellis admitted that the allegations of election fraud she peddled as an advocate for the effort to overturn the 2020 election were false. Two other plea deals, from Kenneth Chesebro and…

There’s a gathering sense that President Biden’s response to the war in Gaza may cost him the 2024 election. A recent Gallup poll showed that his support among Democrats has slipped 11 points in the past month to 75 percent, the lowest of his presidency. On Friday my colleagues in the newsroom reported on a growing backlash against Biden coming from young and left-leaning voters.Does this mean that standing with Israel could be politically fatal for Biden? I don’t think so, and to understand why, it’s important to understand the core responsibilities of an American president.In 2012, when I was…

Idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) is a sleep disorder without a cure. It’s not well-understood. Even experts don’t know what causes it.Your sleepiness might get in the way of your daily life. When that happens, you might find that people around you don’t get how hard your symptoms are to manage.But remember that IH is a medical condition. It’s not your fault.“It’s really important that people realize they are not their illness,” says Lynn Marie Trotti, MD, associate professor of neurology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. “Their illness is a thing that has happened to them.”Your doctor can help…

“Its simplicity is its strength. Unlike complex budgeting methods that require detailed tracking of every expense category, this rule provides flexibility and is easy for most people to understand and implement,” says Colton.It’s digestible, much like the 80-20 rule for nutrition advises balancing healthy and indulgent eating. Eighty percent of the food you eat is healthy and 20% are your favorites that may not be as nutritious. The 50-30-20 budget method strikes a balance between financial essentials and discretionary spending. Both aim for a healthier, more balanced lifestyle – one for your body, the other for your wallet.Unlike other budgeting…

Earlier this year, I made my dutiful annual pilgrimage to have my breasts compressed between paddles like a sandwich in a panini press. Four hours later, I received a call from a nurse at the breast center who calmly told me there was a change in my left breast: two mysterious lumps. I needed to return for a second round of imaging to include another mammogram and maybe an ultrasound. Being called back for another mammogram happens often and can be for a few different reasons—namely, the pictures aren’t clear enough, the breast tissue has changed since your last mammogram,…

Researchers of this study were particularly interested in looking at the impact of mild sleep restriction measures of oxidative stress in endothelial cells—the cells that line blood vessels. Why? Well, blood vessels comprise the body’s vascular system, which is responsible for delivering oxygen-rich blood to every part of the body and sweeping away waste products. While the heart provides the force needed for blood to move throughout the body, the health of individual blood vessels also significantly impacts the brain. Blood vessels are susceptible to damaging oxidative stress (aka an imbalance of beneficial antioxidants to harmful free radicals). This is a major…

When your partner asks you what you want for dinner, you tell them that you’ll eat anything. Perhaps you’re the agreeable one in the friend group who’s always down to do whatever others want. Maybe you’d rather hop into a freezing lake than disagree with a coworker. Or, you hate being the center of attention (others singing, “Happy Birthday” to you is a nightmare) or want to be perceived as the “easygoing” friend who doesn’t have needs. To be clear, these feelings and behaviors are nothing to be ashamed of, but putting a word to what they may signify can…

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