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I have had breast cancer. I found a lump a few weeks ago. It came and went but then I was working on The Masked Singer and Lorraine, the TV show, and Lorraine Kelly had put signs on the backs of all the doors saying check your breasts' and every time I went for a wee I did that. It was still there, and then one morning I saw myself in the mirror and thought I'm going to get that looked at'.

On a sunny fall morning, children wearing helmets and backpacks gathered with their parents in Montclair, New Jersey, for a group bicycle ride to two local elementary schools. Volunteers in orange safety vests made sure everyone assembled in a neighborhood shopping area was ready before the riders set off on their 5-mile "bike bus" route. Every few blocks, more adults and kids on bikes joined in. Eventually, the group grew to over 350 people.

Dear No Longer in Love With My Pillow, It is highly unlikely that your masturbation style caused nerve damage, according to my go-to urology source, Dr. Charles Welliver, director of men's health in the department of urology at Albany Medical College. "Penile sensation does decrease with age, so might be some age-related changes," he added in an email regarding your question. This just may be where you are.

"My family's been riding together every night before our kids go to bed, and it's reliably the best time of the day," said Jim Huth, Prevelo's Director of Operations. "Our family rides get everyone focused on a shared activity, get us all outside, and help me and my wife get away from the distractions of daily life. I hope having our bikes available through TrueMed makes it easier for more families to enjoy rides together."

I've always been what you'd call a "bad sleeper." At night, my brain loves to replay the next day's to-do list over and over, and when I'm starting to doze off, a car door will slam down the street or my neighbor's dog will bark, and I'm suddenly wide awake. Even the faintest sliver of streetlight sneaking through the curtains can keep me up.

It started with a donut. One morning in her 20s, Jessie Inchauspé says, she grabbed her usual sugary breakfast on her way to work in Silicon Valley - and noticed something strange. Her new fitness tracker showed her blood sugar spiking, then crashing. The pattern mirrored her bouts of brain fog, anxiety, and exhaustion, she said. "It might seem obvious today that what we eat impacts our mental health, but back then, for me, I hadn't connected the dots," Inchauspé told Business Insider.

For people living with diabetes, caring for their gums can be just as important as managing blood sugar. Research has shown that there is a two-way relationship between periodontal disease - more commonly known as gum disease - and diabetes. People with periodontitis have a higher risk of diabetes, and patients with diabetes are three times more likely to develop periodontal disease.

Admittedly, it was my fault, and was the result of an experiment: What would happen if I only wore one knee-high compression sock on the 15-hour flight from Newark to Cape Town? On my other foot, I wore a regular ankle sock to see just how effective compression socks can be for circulation while in the air. Surely, after 10 years of flying across the Atlantic monthly for my career, my body has acclimated to spending hours at high altitudes-right?

Contraception may be the main reason most women start hormonal birth control, but it does a lot more than just prevent pregnancy. In addition to impacting skin and menstrual cycles, ongoing research suggests that the synthetic hormones in birth control can also influence brain development, mood regulation, and overall mental well-being - which may help explain why people's experiences with side-effects vary so widely.

We all know that the modern American food system relies heavily on ultra-processed ingredients. But if you aren't careful, these processed foods can end up being a pretty significant part of your diet. And while thinking of ultra-processed foods probably has you envisioning items like big bags of Doritos chips and sleeves of Oreo cookies, new research has shown a surprising top source for ultra-processed calories in Americans' diets: sandwiches.

Grip strength was found to be a better predictor of premature death than other barometers, like blood pressure, in a massive study that tracked the health of 139,691 people for a median of 40 years. Another review of literature on the subject concluded: "There is adequate evidence to support the use of grip strength as an explanatory or predictive biomarker of specific outcomes such as generalized strength and function, bone mineral density, fractures and falls, nutritional status, disease status and comorbidity load, cognition, depression and sleep, hospital-related variables and mortality."

CVS Health reported third-quarter results this morning that beat adjusted earnings expectations but delivered a mixed message on operations and cash flow. Adjusted EPS came in at $1.60, well above the $1.37 consensus estimate. Revenue reached $102.87 billion, topping the $98.85 billion expectation and books sales grew 7.8% year over year as all three of its business segments grew. Yet the stock barely moved in after-hours trading, settling near $82.40.

The school day is just getting started, and 4-year-old Vasiliki Vourgou, a little girl with dark eyes and hair pulled back in a shiny ponytail with a hot pink scrunchie, is alone. Most days, there are two pupils in this small classroom on the Greek island of Lemnos, with big windows and a view of the school's front courtyard. But one student is sick, so today it's just Vasiliki, going through the morning routine with her teacher.

Last year, building my career and staying focused on my profession mattered the most to me. I didn't have time for really anything else. I'm used to powering through things. I'm a military spouse and I'm raising kids, but over the course of several months, I noticed my health was declining in ways that didn't feel like typical burnout. I found out I was suffering from the effects of two undiagnosed autoimmune conditions: rheumatoid arthritis and Hashimoto's disease.

To support IVF and a friend through their fertility journey can feel overwhelming. When someone close to you faces infertility and begins IVF treatment, knowing what to say and how to help becomes crucial. This comprehensive guide reveals practical ways to provide meaningful support during one of life's most challenging experiences. You'll discover what really helps, what to avoid, and how to be the friend your loved one truly needs during their path to parenthood.

Welzo is a UK based healthcare marketplace that sells supplements, vitamins, and health tests, founded in 2022. Adonis Hakkim, a British entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of Welzo, stated the following: "We aim to eliminate the guesswork in health optimisation. We are assisting people in choosing supplements that actually suit their actual health requirements by using a mixture of information and technology."

When implemented effectively, the healthcare LMS benefits extend far beyond training. It enhances clinical decision-making, minimizes human errors, and fosters continuous professional development. AI-driven analytics detect performance gaps early, recommending refresher courses to prevent skills degradation. By ensuring that every staff member-whether clinical, technical, or administrative-stays updated, healthcare institutions can significantly improve patient outcomes and safety standards while meeting stringent regulatory requirements.

The British Medical Association has announced a fresh round of strikes in England after talks broke down again with the government. The union and government have been in dialogue throughout the summer and early autumn since the last walkout at the end of July. But the BMA said with no progress being made there would be a five-day walkout by resident doctors, the new name for junior doctors, starting on Friday 14 November.

I can't blame them for burning out or seeking new challenges. But it's not easy to bring a new practitioner up to speed when you have a long, complicated medical, dental, social, economic, and cognitive history after brain injury. Educating and learning a new person's facial expressions and body language suck you dry. Losing trusted support over and over leads to separation anxiety and diminished capacity to trust.

Behold: Dekoda, Kohler's new toilet cam. No, not that type of toilet cam: this one only shoots pictures down at what is inside the bowel, sending the snaps to an app that analyzes stool samples and rates your gut health. The Dekoda can be yours for $599, plus an annual subscription fee. Kohler's new product joins Throne, a $319 offering from an Austin-based startup. Throne captures stool and hydration patterns, hands-free and automatically,

Older people who onlywalk 4,000 daily steps once a week still reduce their risk of dying early by a quarter, a study suggests. Staying active is known to bring a wide range of health benefits. But many people in their 60s, 70s and beyond may struggle for a variety of reasons to maintain the step count they used to reach. Until now it has been unclear how much people need to do as they age to reap the rewards.

As part of a new initiative focused on "turning the bathroom into a connected, data-informed health and wellness hub," Kohler has announced a health tracker called the Dekoda you attach to your toilet. It's designed to peer into the bowl using sensors and analyze what it sees using algorithms to provide insights into your hydration and gut health, and it will discreetly notify you when blood is detected which can be indicative of more serious medical issues.

A recent study tracking nearly half a million people has delivered sobering news for people who prefer their morning brew piping hot: drinking very hot beverages may significantly increase the risk of a form of throat cancer called esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The research, published in the British Journal of Cancer, followed 454,796 adults through the UK Biobank for over a decade, finding that "very hot" beverages were a clear risk factor for the disease.

"I'm in my 40s and if I shave, I look like I'm in my mid-20s," a Tiktok creator who goes by Shop By Jake claims in one paid promotion. "People ask me all the time, what do you do for your skin? I take collagen," he says.

Hydrate with teas For Dr Ricardo Jose, consultant in respiratory medicine, hydration is key: It's about taking frequent sips throughout the day to keep the mucous membranes moist. Immunologist Dr Jenna Macciochi agrees, saying: I often stir a spoonful of raw honey nature's soothing antimicrobial into a cup of thyme tea (thyme steeped in water), which helps ease irritation and supports respiratory health. I also love marshmallow root tea, which is great for the mucous membranes.

On the route from the hospital's multi-storey car park to Vanessa's department, three out of five lifts were not working, Pat said. One of the lifts in the car park is out of order with no signs and no alternative routes given or information that there is another lift at the other end. Two out of four of the lifts in the main building are out of order, leaving staff and patients to take the stairs and staff with trollies waiting outside every lift we passed.

Alan Carr's days on The Celebrity Traitors looked perilous from the start. Just 32 minutes into the first episode, after the comedian had been selected as a "traitor", his body started to betray him. Beads of sweat began forming on his forehead, making his face shiny. "I thought I wanted to be a traitor but I have a sweating problem," he admitted to cameras. "And I can't keep a secret."

Dr Andrew McFarlane, 61, was arrested and charged with communications offences in August after he called Ellie Wilson a "manipulative liar", a "slut" and a "hippo" in a series of posts on X. In 2022 his son Daniel McFarlane was convicted of raping Ms Wilson, who has since become a campaigner for survivors of male sexual violence. Rape Crisis Scotland has complained to the General Medical Council (GMC) twice about Dr McFarlane's conduct,

Perk is a fitness studio based in Stoke Newington and genuinely the most The Substance-like fitness class we've ever done. The studio was founded by Bahar Tafti who has worked as a trainer in LA, Australia and is now inspiring a crew of women with her buns of steel. After having less time to dedicate to different kinds of workouts, she decided to combine a number of disciplines into a one-hour session that consistently delivered results, and so Perk was born.

In one of my courses at Stanford Medical School, my classmates and I were tasked with using a secure AI model for a thought experiment. We asked it to generate a clinical diagnosis from a fictional patient case: "Diabetic retinopathy," the chatbot said. When we asked for supporting evidence, it produced a tidy list of academic citations. The problem? The authors didn't actually exist. The journals were fabricated. The AI chatbot had hallucinated.

A little more than a century ago a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes was a death sentence. Today, thanks to extraordinary scientific progress, many people with type 1 diabetesespecially in developed countriescan enjoy long, healthy lives. I'm profoundly grateful that my older son, now 16, was born into this era of possibility. His diagnosis in 2020 came at a time when innovation and advocacy had transformed what it meant to live with this chronic autoimmune disease.

Ammortal Chamber may be the ultimate self-care flex at the moment. The fully immersive "wellness experience" combines red light therapy for cellular regeneration, vibro-acoustic sound therapy to harmonize the nervous system, pulsed electromagnetic fields to reduce inflammation and accelerate recovery, molecular hydrogen to combat oxidative stress, and guided breathwork and visual meditation for deep mental relaxation. After rolling out to luxury hotels and some two dozen wellness centers earlier this year, it's now available for consumers who aren't stressed out by the $160,000 price tag.

"This new funding is a testament to the strength of Oura business and the trust millions of members place in us every day. We're proud to be building not just a product, but a global movement toward proactive health-helping people understand their bodies, make better lifestyle decisions, and connect more effectively with their healthcare providers," CEO Tom Hale said in a statement.