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Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One-third of survivors of gun violence said they lived in fear and felt unsafe, according to a new study by Everytown for Gun Safety. “I still, to this day, don’t feel completely safe,” Chloe Gayer, who was in an abusive relationship five years ago where guns were used as […]
Photo by Rafa Elias/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Depression rates in the United States are skyrocketing, particularly among young adults and women, a new poll shows. The survey, published by Gallup on Wednesday, found 29% of U.S. adults report being diagnosed with depression at some point during their lifetimes, an increase from 19.6% in 2015. […]
xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — May is Mental Health Awareness Month, with experts across the country raising alarms about a growing mental health crisis. Over 94 million Americans experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression in the past four weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Jake Goodman, a psychiatry resident doctor […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As the popularity of injectable weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy continues to rise, some users of the drugs are speaking out about the reality of the medications’ reported side effects. Lee Thomas, who lives in Washington state, said that he has lost 12 pounds after nearly seven weeks […]
Courtesy of Oregon Health & Science University (NEW YORK) — Doctors in Oregon recently set a Guinness World Record for discovering a spot of skin cancer that measured just 0.025 inches. The spot of skin cancer was found on the face of Christy Staats, who said she made a dermatology appointment two years ago to […]
RubberBall Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study from the medical journal JAMA Network estimates there were 1.63 million excess deaths among Black Americans between 1999 and 2020. “Excess deaths” is an estimate of how many people died above and beyond what is expected, according to the study. Put another way: An estimated 1.63 million […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A family of six spent the last year traveling the world together to take in as many sights as possible before retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic disorder, causes total vision loss for three of the four children. The Lemay-Pelletier family — 12-year-old Mia, 10-year-old Leo, 7-year-old Colin and 5-year-old Laurent, […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A family of six spent the last year traveling the world together to take in as many sights as possible before retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic disorder, causes total vision loss for three of the four children. The Lemay-Pelletier family — 12-year-old Mia, 10-year-old Leo, 7-year-old Colin and 5-year-old Laurent, […]
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted doctors across the country Monday about the potential risk of new mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, cases, warning that summer gatherings could lead to a “resurgence.” Mpox cases have plummeted since a peak in the summer of 2022, with […]