Health

I didn’t fully understand the limits of my body until this past June, when I fell down my fire escape and floated outside myself in a near-death experience, much like the ones Peter Fenwick — a psychiatrist who researched end-of-life phenomena — documented over the course of his career. (Dr. Fenwick died on Nov. 22 at 89.) I was at …

Polio vaccine drops are administered to a child at a civil dispensary in Peshawar, Pakistan July 11, 2019. — Reuters EOC says child started showing symptoms on Dec 21.  Balochistan remains hardest hit with 27 polio cases.  Polio is a “paralysing” disease with “no cure”.  Pakistan’s poliovirus tally for 2024 rose to 70 as the country reported another case on Thursday. The …

Getty Images Flu cases are skyrocketing, causing huge problems for hospitals, NHS England bosses are warning. Last week the number of patients in hospital in England with the virus topped 5,400 a day on average – around 1,000 higher than a week before. NHS England’s Prof Julian Redhead said cases were going up at a “concerning rate” with hospitals “bursting …

Barrie Miskin was newly pregnant when she noticed her appearance was changing. Dark patches bloomed on her skin like watercolor ink. A “thicket” of hairs sprouted on her upper lip and chin. The outside world was changing, too: In her neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, bright lights enveloped objects in a halo, blurring her vision. Co-workers and even her doctors started …

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A passenger aircraft descends to land at Heathrow Airport. — Reuters/File ISTANBUL: Living near airports with high aircraft noise could increase the risk of heart issues, including heart attacks and strokes, as per a new study led by University College London researchers. The study analysed detailed heart imaging data from 3,635 individuals living near four major airports in England and …

An airport staffer walks past the entrance of international departures at the Islamabad airport. — Reuters/File Requirement also applies to Afghanistan, Kenya, Congo, etc. Kingdom warns of legal action, severe penalties over violation. Exempts travellers who do not leave transit area in 12 hours. KARACHI: Aspirant Pakistanis, already facing various hurdles in traveling abroad, must now possess a mandatory polio …

Carole Wilbourn, a self-described cat therapist, who was known for her skill in decoding the emotional life of cats, as confounding as that would seem to be, died on Dec. 23 at her home in Manhattan. She was 84. Her death was confirmed by her sister Gail Mutrux. Ms. Wilbourn’s patients shredded sofas, toilet paper and romantic partners. They soiled …

Water fluoridation is widely seen as one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century, credited with widely reducing tooth decay. But there has been growing controversy among scientists about whether fluoride may be linked to lower I.Q. scores in children. A comprehensive federal analysis of scores of previous studies, published this week in JAMA Pediatrics, has added …

The NHS is experiencing intense winter pressure, with critical incidents declared at a dozen hospitals across the UK by Wednesday. Ahead of a special day of coverage, the BBC has spoken to nurses dealing with demand in A&Es. “Patients are collapsing in the waiting room. It’s just hectic,” Lorraine, a nurse in Birmingham, told BBC Radio 5 Live on Tuesday. …