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Warning signs of heat stroke in kids and how to prevent this deadly illness before it starts
Kids are at a higher risk of heat stroke than adults, but hydration and breaks from the sun can hel…
Willa Hart,Jamie S. Hutton
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8 reasons you're hallucinating and what to do about it
Hallucinations can be a sign of a neurodegenerative disease like Alzheimer's or a simple side effec…
Willa Hart,David A. Merill
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Can you die from alcohol withdrawal? Understanding the dangers and why it's important to detox safely
About 5% of people going through alcohol withdrawal will experience delirium tremens, which causes …
Erin Heger, Jeffrey Ditzell
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A woman woke up from a COVID-19 coma to learn she gave birth to twins 16 days earlier
"Sometimes I look at them in tears, I never knew they would make it," their mother, Perpetual Uke, …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Ukraine's ambassador told Russian diplomats to seek mental help through the UK's hotline when they repeated Putin's talking points
"We are all here trying to bring to sanity one member," Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya said, describin…
Matthew Loh
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How anesthesia hijacks your brain to prevent pain and tips to reduce unpleasant side effects
Getting anesthesia for a procedure? Here are the most common side effects you might experience, plu…
Rebecca Strong,Jason McKnight
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I went from being a labor-and-delivery nurse to a death doula. I help people who want to die on their own terms by refusing food and water.
Nancy Simmers, a death doula, says she works only with people who choose to die on their own terms …
Jane Ridley
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An 87-year-old who woke up with a bat on his neck refused rabies injections. He later died of rabies.
Thomas Krob, 87, died about a month after exposure to the bat. Authorities say post-exposure treatm…
Marianne Guenot
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A timeline of symptoms to expect during alcohol withdrawal and how to get proper treatment
Alcohol withdrawal causes mild symptoms like nausea, tremors, and anxiety, as well as severe sympto…
Lia Tabackman, Jeffrey Ditzell
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After giving birth, I was put on life support — this is what it was like to be on a ventilator for 68 days
The author thought the pain had been caused by a pinched nerve, so she went to the ER. It turned ou…
Holly Frances
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Mental health problems to be next pandemic after COVID-19 crisis, says study
Mental health problems caused by the global Covid-19 crisis will be the next pandemic, according to…
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In rare cases, COVID-19 survivors can develop psychosis and suicidal thoughts
A woman told the New York Times she heard voices telling her to kill herself and her kids months af…
Andrea Michelson
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A third of COVID-19 survivors are diagnosed with conditions like stroke, dementia, and psychosis
One in eight COVID-19 survivors also receive their first-ever psychiatric or neurological diagnosis…
Anna Medaris Miller
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A federal judge was killed in a hit-and-run by a woman with the last name Snape who later yelled that she was Harry Potter, police say
Police said Nastasia Snape, 23, killed Judge Sandra Feuerstein and seriously injured a 6-year-old b…
Bill Bostock
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The coronavirus may cause brain damage, even in patients with mild cases, a new study found
The coronavirus doesn't just target your lungs; it can impact your brain, too. Research links COVID…
Aylin Woodward
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'COVID-19 symptoms outside lungs decoded'
"Scientists all over the world are working at an unprecedented rate towards understanding how this…
PTI
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6 Georgia sheriff's deputies have been indicted for the murder of an inmate whose family alleges they yelled 'Taser Tuesday' and tortured him
The indictments were handed down more than three years after Antonio Mays died in jail in Fulton Co…
Ashley Collman
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COVID-19 brain complications found across the globe: Lancet study
"It is really important that doctors around the world recognise that COVID-19 can cause encephalit…
PTI
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A 15-year-old dancer with long-haul COVID-19 now has COPD, 'a disease of the elderly'
Delaney DePue used to train 20 hours a week for competitive dance. Now the COVID-19 survivor has a …
Anna Medaris Miller
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Some children have developed rare brain damage from the coronavirus, according to a small study
A study of four cases found that severe coronavirus complications in children included neurological…