Author: Lance Garrison
Gen Z and millennials aren’t hot on Biden — or government generally. But the Democrats can win them back.
Over the past 2 decades, treatment options for multiple myeloma have increased dramatically. That’s led to an uptick in survival rates. While there’s still no cure for this blood cancer, more than 90% of those who have it respond to treatment. Many now live for 10 years or longer with the disease. Despite these encouraging facts, your odds for successful treatment and survival vary a lot, based on:Your ageYour overall health at the time of diagnosisThe stage at which the cancer is diagnosedThe type of treatment you getAnd race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status can affect all of these things. According to data…
But Trumpism recreated them.
Jennifer Molson couldn’t feel anything from her chest down. Her partner, Aaron, had to bathe and dress her, and cut her food. “I remember making a bowl of cereal, putting it on my walker, and dropping it on the floor,” Jennifer says. “I just sat on the floor and cried.”Just 4 years earlier, in 2000, she’d been diagnosed with an early, aggressive form of multiple sclerosis, which had already relapsed. Switching to a new, higher-dose medication brought no relief.So when a neurologist at the Ottawa, Canada, hospital where Molson was getting treatment suggested she join a clinical trial, she was interested. The…
The writer Yossi Klein Halevi talks about why many Israelis see the ongoing conflict as an “existential war.”
Nov. 10, 2023 – You may have used ChatGPT-4 or one of the other new artificial intelligence chatbots to ask a question about your health. Or perhaps your doctor is using ChatGPT-4 to generate a summary of what happened in your last visit. Maybe your doctor even has a chatbot doublecheck their diagnosis of your condition.But at this stage in the development of this new technology, experts said, both consumers and doctors would be wise to proceed with caution. Despite the confidence with which an AI chatbot delivers the requested information, it’s not always accurate.As the use of AI chatbots…
Readers discuss the value of liberal arts as some universities cut programs. Also: Barbra Streisand’s new memoir.
If you’re a polite person, you probably say “thank you” several times a day without giving it much thought. But when was the last time you truly felt grateful for something or someone and took a moment to reflect on it? Some people are naturally inclined to focus on the good in their lives, but that’s hardly the norm, says Cortland J. Dahl, PhD, a research scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Healthy Minds. “It goes back to our biology and evolution,” he says. “We’ve evolved not to be happy but to survive, and focusing on the negative is…
One of the first sounds my son ever heard was an air siren. He is one of the lucky ones.
Nov. 6, 2023 – It’s new, it’s exciting, and it’s a topic that has many diabetes researchers and doctors cautiously optimistic, while others are taking a wait-and-see approach until more evidence arrives. But for older people with type 2 diabetes, as well as for those who are starting treatment, the news may be a clear win: New research has shown that common diabetes medications may lower the risk of dementia and, perhaps, other potentially life-threatening disorders. If proven, the link might provide a path toward mindful aging in every sense of the word.Diabetes affects roughly 37 million people in the U.S. and almost half…