Some moments of crisis in a relationship can be overcome and, thereby, strengthen your union. However, in some situations, which we will describe below, you need to understand the plain truth: it is too late to save a dead relationship. It is better to separate, reluctantly, but to maintain peace of mind. Psychologists identify five…
If you can’t remember the deciphering UVB and UVA icons and SPF values, focus on the more straightforward rules for being safe in the sun. Let’s find out how to protect your skin from ultraviolet. Don’t try to save the product A big mistake is to save sunscreen, making do with a minimum (especially if…
“This is a big shift for the Reform movement,” Rachel said. A remarkable moment occurs in the film when Rachel ministers the confessional prayer, the vidui, at Eli’s bedside. It’s a moment of revelation and acceptance, allowing a dying person to rid himself of regrets and the perceived wrongdoings he committed during his life. Rachel…
Over the past 50 years, medical advances have led to a more sophisticated understanding of the causes of Type 2 diabetes and to an abundance of new tools for managing it. But better treatments have done little to stem the rise of the disease. One in seven American adults has Type 2 diabetes now, up…
One of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital chains, Providence, will refund payments made by more than 700 low-income patients who were wrongly charged for medical care that should have been free. The patients qualified for Medicaid, the government health insurance for people with low incomes, but were nonetheless billed for health care and then referred…
Runner’s gut — which can include cramping, nausea and a sudden urge to “go” — can plague many runners during intense exercise. Here’s why, and how to avoid it.
All through childhood, Miriam Abdullah was shuttled in and out of hospitals, her thin body wracked with fever and ravaged by malaria. She was so sick so often that her constant treatments drained her parents, who also cared for her many siblings, both financially and emotionally. “At some point, even my mum gave up,” recalled…
These sensations are uncomfortable and painful for many women, but autistic mothers’ heightened perception can make breastfeeding “a sensory nightmare,” said Jane Wilson, an associate professor of nursing at Palm Beach Atlantic University who specializes in maternal and child health. In 2020, Dr. Wilson teamed up with a colleague, Bri Andrassy, to run a small…
How did we get here? Before the Cures Act provision, doctors had different approaches to giving patients their test results. Some offices would contact patients within hours or days; others sent paper results via mail. Some would take a “no news is good news” approach, sharing results only if they revealed something worrisome; others waited…
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday to Svante Pääbo, a Swedish-born scientist whose decades spent trying to extract DNA from 40,000-year-old bones culminated in the unveiling of the Neanderthal genome in 2010. The publication of that genome opened the door to investigating questions that had bedeviled paleontologists since Neanderthal fossils…