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A commonly used medication may be linked to a higher risk of dementia, according to researchers studying the long-term effects of proton pump inhibitors, also known as PPIs. The medications – including Omeprazole, Lansoprazole, and Pantoprazole – are widely prescribed to treat acid reflux and heartburn. Doctors typically recommend taking PPIs once a day for […]
Liverpool Hospital in south-west Sydney has opened a new kind of treatment space, where doctors can see a tumour clearly and treat it in the same moment. The technique is called MRI-guided cryoablation, also known as cancer ablation therapy. Instead of a large incision, clinicians guide a slim probe through the skin and into the […]
The idea of beauty is one of those rare things in life that becomes more intriguing as time goes by. When we are young, beauty is a purely biological thing, something that happens because of our genetic makeup and our youthful, smooth skin. But as we age, so does our understanding of beauty. Not only […]
The Night Little Avery Remembered the Signal My husband pushed me down on a rainy Tuesday night, and our four-year-old daughter saw everything from the staircase. The kitchen smelled like lemon soap, expensive cologne, and the sharp drink on Nolan Whitaker’s breath. My phone was still glowing on the counter with the bank alert I […]
The Cast No One Was Supposed to Touch For twelve years, Claire Whitman had worked as a pediatric emergency nurse at a mid-sized hospital outside Madison, Wisconsin, and she thought she understood the quiet language of frightened children. But five-year-old Owen Bellamy was different. He arrived just after sunset with a fever, a pale face, […]
Part 1: First, my credit card was declined. Then my debit card failed. Then even my emergency Amex—the card that had never once reached its limit in twenty-eight years of marriage and five years of widowhood—was rejected too. The payment machine gave a sharp little beep, the kind of sound that makes an entire checkout […]
PART 1 My name is Elena Whitmore, and four days before that moment, I had stood in a white dress in Santa Barbara, California, in front of three hundred guests, believing I had just married the love of my life. Leonardo cried during his vows. My father cried in the front row. I cried too, […]
At first glance, this image may appear simple, but it contains several cleverly hidden objects blended into the scene. Your task is to carefully observe and locate four everyday items: a paperclip, a ruler, a leaf, and a spoon. Each object is subtly placed to test your attention to detail and focus. While the challenge […]
Sex is good. OK, let me rephrase that: Sex is great. And sex in a loving and caring relationship is amazing. Nothing compares to getting down and dirty with your loved one. Being intimate and vulnerable with your lover is indescribably wonderful. With that being said, sex isn’t everything. When it comes to relationships, there […]
When it comes to sex, it’s so easy to get caught up in what’s “normal” or what’s “supposed” to happen, whether it’s how often you should do it or how long should sex last. And while there is no right answer to these aspects of someone’s sex life and it will always vary among individuals, […]
Danny Go! star Daniel Coleman is mourning the death of his 14-year-old son, Isaac, after a lengthy battle with cancer. “Oh, my sweet boy. There’s so much I want to say, but I don’t know how yet,” Coleman, 41, wrote via Instagram on Friday, May 22, one day after Isaac’s death. “I already miss you […]
I raised my best friend’s son after she died, giving him all the love I never had growing up. For 12 years, we were a perfect family. Then one night, my wife woke me in panic, saying she’d found something our son had been hiding. When I saw what it was, I froze in tears. […]
We all had that one BFF growing up in the ’90s — that one person we’d have late-night phone calls with, gossip with about how strict our parents were, coordinate outfits with. And when you think about best friends in the ’90s versus today, you realize that a lot has changed, but the fundamentals remain […]
My grandmother raised me, loved me, and kept a secret from me for 30 years, all at the same time. I found out the truth sewn inside her wedding dress, in a letter she left knowing I’d be the one to find it. And what she wrote changed everything I thought I knew about who […]
When most of us think about honey, we probably just think of that jar of hardened sweet stuff sitting somewhere in our fridge, or at best, something to put in our tea when we’re sick. However, there are actually a ton of surprising uses for honey that will make you take a second look at […]
Adulting is hard. Just when you think you’re doing OK, science pops up to tell you that you’re doing it all wrong. Inspired by Buzzfeed’s recent article about proper showering technique, I have compiled a list of all the hygiene-related things you should be doing if you want to call yourself a responsible member of […]
In the realms of scientific inquiries, the world over we are witnessing breakthroughs every now and then. However, there is one aspect that is not fully appreciated. It is the glimpse it casts into the future of our planet. It has some degree of both hope and fear about what exactly awaits us. The latest […]
Part 1 I was holding my newborn daughter when Uncle Ray noticed the dark bruises spreading across my throat. The hospital room became so quiet that I could hear Lily’s tiny breaths against my gown. My husband, Derek, didn’t seem embarrassed at all. He leaned back in the visitor chair with one ankle resting over […]
I became a mother at seventeen and spent eighteen years believing the boy I loved had run from us. Then my son took a DNA test to find his father, and one message pulled the floor out from under everything I thought I knew. I was frosting a grocery-store sheet cake that read “CONGRATS, LEO!” […]
The inside of the car carried the scent of polished leather, cedarwood, costly cologne, and a sterile kind of cleanliness that felt almost unreal after the nightmare Elena had just escaped. Beyond the tinted windows, the world smeared into streaks of gray and black. Rain struck the reinforced glass relentlessly, as though the storm itself […]