Author: Michelle Korhonen
The BAFTAs 2024: Kate Beckinsale’s stepfather Roy Battersby missed out of show’s In Memoriam segment after she was left ‘paralysed and sickened’ when bosses told her director may not be featured following his recent death – Sound health and lasting wealth
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. Each year in the UK there are more than 55,000 new cases, and the disease claims the lives of 11,500 women. In the US, it strikes 266,000 each year and kills 40,000. But what causes it and how can it be treated? What is breast cancer? It comes from a cancerous cell which develops in the lining of a duct or lobule in one of the breasts. When the breast cancer has spread into surrounding tissue it is called ‘invasive’. Some people are diagnosed with ‘carcinoma in situ’, where…
When someone is yelling in a movie, I turn the volume down. She was running in a field, though nothing was chasing her and there was nowhere to go. The truth was this: We are each running for our lives. Flailing our limbs as if split-bodied, ill-mattered, tired with the decades but desperate enough to run. What form does a void take in a field as relentless as stone? I felt most myself when I was least loved. Cast into the night like a half-formed sound, I was falling toward sleep when I heard a faint rustling as if it…
After a grim winter, the hint of spring in the air this week made me feel quite giddy. And I’m not the only one: my inbox is full of letters asking about treatments to tone your body in time for the summer season. I usually get requests for advice with only weeks to spare. Unfortunately, while some non-surgical tweaks can erase niggles that healthy eating and exercise can’t touch, the scalpel-free nips and tucks take months to show results. That’s why this is the right time to talk about the procedures I rate (and, I’m not easily impressed). None will…
About 4.6 million adults in the U.S. have a peanut allergy, according to a study published by the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in 2021. Patrick Sison/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Sison/AP About 4.6 million adults in the U.S. have a peanut allergy, according to a study published by the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in 2021. Patrick Sison/AP Milk, eggs, walnuts and peanuts — this is not a grocery list, but some of the food allergies that could be more easily tolerated with a newly approved drug. Xolair, developed by Genentech, was greenlit by the Food…
After a two-day hearing in Fulton County, Georgia, we are where we were before. The defendants, charged by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election, attempted to make a case for her disqualification under Georgia law. In my view, they failed. The standard for disqualification has not been met, and the judge should not disqualify Willis.But that is not the end of it. Willis is a public servant obligated to discharge the duties of her office in accordance with the best interest of the people of Georgia. In this instance, the best interest…
When I read last week about more than 100 women discovering that their frozen eggs and embryos might not be viable because of a fault with the freezing process, my heart went out to them. I’d like to say I couldn’t imagine how they must be feeling, but I could — all too well. Because I know first-hand exactly how it feels to have done everything you possibly can to preserve your fertility, then to have all hope snatched away from you. It is utterly devastating. In my case, it wasn’t due to a technical error, but I can still…
The long decline of the Republican Party’s internationalist wing may have reached a tipping point.Since Donald Trump emerged as the GOP’s dominant figure in 2016, he has championed an isolationist and nationalist agenda that is dubious of international alliances, scornful of free trade, and hostile to not only illegal but also legal immigration. His four years in the White House marked a shift in the party’s internal balance of power away from the internationalist perspective that had dominated every Republican presidency from Dwight Eisenhower through George W. Bush.But even so, during Trump’s four years in office, a substantial remnant of…
The Prince of Wales has arrived solo on the red carpet of the BAFTA film awards in London – as his wife the Princess of Wales continues to recover from her abdominal surgery at the family’s home. Prince William, 42, who has been the president of the EE British Academy Film Awards since 2010, cut a sharp figure in his trademark navy velour suit jacket as he greeted the crowds gathered outside the Royal Festival Hall. Tonight is the first high-profile royal engagement William has attended since the Princess of Wales underwent a major operation last month, and news of his…
Content Warning: The following story references sexual assault of a teenager. A scene from the Oscar-nominated documentary To Kill a Tiger, about the gang rape of a 13-year-old girl and how she and her father pursued justice even though many of the people in their village did not support their efforts — and even believed she should marry one of the rapists. Notice Pictures/National Film Board of Canada and Notice Pictures Inc. hide caption toggle caption Notice Pictures/National Film Board of Canada and Notice Pictures Inc. “As her father, I deeply regret that I didn’t protect her.” That’s Ranjit, a…