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A weekly 'fun-day' helped when my toddler's tantrums began

I thought we'd escaped the "terrible twos," but as my son neared three he began having tantrums. Changes started when I returned to the office full time and his grandpa watched him; his moods dipped and he stopped listening. I quit my job to be home

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Should my partner get rid of her old dishcloths and sponges?

Charles and Alice have reconnected after decades apart and now live together in Zurich, but a domestic quarrel has surfaced. Charles says he cannot stand the wet sponges left in the sink and the dishcloths that are never washed; he pictures them as petri dishes of bacteria and wanted to

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Aida Turturro says she mistook 2018 heart attack for a hernia

Aida Turturro said she initially dismissed symptoms of her nearly fatal 2018 heart attack as a hiatal hernia, even though she had been having chest pains for a while. A friend suggested calling an ambulance, but she declined, noting that a hiatal hernia can imitate a heart attack. After a

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A Death at the Epicenter of Ebola

Declan Walsh, chief Africa correspondent, reports from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak. He reports on how families, medical workers and local volunteers are grappling with losses of life. The coverage centers on their experiences as they confront those losses on the ground. ebola, ebola outbreak, epicenter, declan walsh, africa

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New doc reframes Marilyn Monroe through her hidden endometriosis battle

End of the Cycle, a new documentary about endometriosis starring Amy Schumer, Julianne Hough and others, asks viewers to reconsider Marilyn Monroe's life through her hidden struggle with the debilitating condition. Co-director Sammy Jaye said at a screening at the Whitby Hotel, "The way she’s been

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The doctor who mends broken brains

Claire was brought to the ward on a stretcher and hoisted onto a bed, curled up and unable to speak; her eyes were flat and her face expressionless. She could move her right arm a little, but her left arm and both legs were immobile. Months earlier she had collapsed

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DRC Ebola outbreak could have begun as early as January, WHO chief says

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo may have begun as early as January, giving the virus "a big head start". Since the outbreak was identified in mid-May, the Bundibugyo virus has caused 344 confirmed Ebola cases, including 60 deaths

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I tested Microsoft Copilot Health with my real medical records - here's my verdict

Microsoft is previewing Copilot Health, a service that lets users share basic details, upload medical records and connect wearables or apps such as Apple Health so the assistant can tailor responses to a person’s conditions, history and medications. The tool can also suggest medical providers filtered by specialty, language,

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Nicotine use rises 40% in eight years as illegal tobacco surges

The Australian Bureau of Statistics analysis shows nicotine consumption rose 40% between 2017 and 2025, while population growth climbed just 14%. The increase was driven by illegal tobacco and by e-cigarettes and other products; illicit sources accounted for 12% of tobacco consumed in 2017 and 80% in 2025. More Australians

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Google raising an army of 32 million mosquitoes to fight disease

Google’s Debug project is raising 32 million male mosquitoes for release in the United States with the aim of reducing populations of disease-carrying insects. The released insects are male, which do not bite, and have been infected with the naturally occurring bacterium wolbachia. When those males mate with wild

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DVLA revoked licence after spinal injury, blocking medical assessment

A driver who suffered a spinal cord injury in August 2024 voluntarily surrendered their driving licence to the DVLA, only for the licence to be revoked instead. That revocation, they say, makes it much harder to regain driving permission. They were later told a medical driving assessment is required to

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Kenyans fear US plan for Ebola quarantine site

People in Nanyuki, near Laikipia Air Base, have criticised a US proposal to set up an Ebola quarantine facility there, saying it would expose locals and demonstrate double standards. “Everybody should be quarantined in their home country. We shouldn’t allow foreigners to bring us diseases,” said Charles Mathenge, a

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Influencer Estee Williams' 8-month-old daughter dies after transplant denial

Estee Williams' 8-month-old daughter, Estelle, has died after being ruled ineligible for a heart transplant amid ongoing health complications. Williams announced the infant's passing on Instagram Stories on Saturday, writing, "Until we meet again, my sweet Estelle 🪽," over a photo of herself holding the baby.

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Battling a Deadly Ebola Outbreak in Eastern Congo

Health care workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are racing to open new Ebola treatment centers and expand testing, even as years of war leave the virus only one of many challenges. At one of four treatment centers in Bunia, a 48-year-old mother of five arrived feeling unwell at

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What causes a runner’s high and how to increase your chances

The runner’s high is an elusive state: some people encounter it on most runs, others rarely or never, and a few beginners even report it in their first sessions. Part of that variation comes down to individual brain chemistry, and part to how you train. It’s real, and

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Midwives want childbirth to be miraculous — what went wrong in Nottingham?

Childbirth is often described as mother nature’s stunning con trick: the worst thing you can imagine, then somehow the pain fades. What tends to linger, though, is how the midwives treated you. Even in the most extreme moments, you notice if staff are scornful. Panorama focused on the maternity

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My mom's stroke turned me into her full-time caregiver

My 87-year-old mom — whom I call Mommi — had always been fiercely independent and would push us away when we tried to help. On March 9, 2024, she had a stroke that affected her mobility. I found her in the kitchen repeating the same wiping motion, called 911, and she was

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What I Saw Inside an Ebola Ward

Declan Walsh, the chief Africa correspondent, walked inside an Ebola ward. Both adults and children were being treated there, and someone had recently died of the disease. The visit took place amid a spiraling outbreak in the region. This is what he saw. ebola, ebola ward, declan walsh, africa, outbreak,

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Should you sync your workouts to your menstrual cycle?

The idea has taken off on social media: women should sync their training to their menstrual cycle, lifting heavier weights around ovulation and switching to gentler movement such as yoga in the second half of the cycle because, it is said, hormones affect strength. Dr Marianna Apicella, a University of

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A new start after 60: I became my husband’s carer

When Sarah Geeson-Brown retired in 2022 she and her husband, Michael, planned to travel. Six months later Michael had a stroke, then another, and a third after a fall and a broken hip left him in a wheelchair; by the time he left hospital Geeson-Brown was his full-time carer. They

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Family of 5 lives with in-laws. Wife wonders: Am I doing enough?

I live in a three-generation household with my husband, our three children, and my in-laws. Like many women in multigenerational homes, I carry a lot — household chores, children’s schedules, routines, emotional needs, school concerns, and the invisible tasks that somehow land on the woman of the house. Over the

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I looked inside my water bottle and found mould

In my 20s I cohabited with a man who thought you didn’t need to wash towels because you used them when you were clean. He had graduated from both Oxford and Cambridge and went on to a very high-powered job, which did nothing to stop me teasing him mercilessly.

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We moved my mom with dementia into a tiny house next door

Lori Bufka, 64, moved her 88-year-old mother out of assisted living in California after rising fees began to drain the woman’s savings. The care had cost about $4,700 a month and was set to rise to $5,200; staff planned to move her into a dementia unit with

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I reinvented myself by losing 300 pounds and moving from the US to Spain

Two months after leaving a steady job in pharmaceuticals, Erin Vlack turned down a senior directorship and began thinking about moving to be near her son, Gavin, who was studying medicine in Spain. She reached out to immigration lawyers that same afternoon, and just over a year later she was

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WHO urges community cooperation to contain DRC Ebola outbreak

The World Health Organization said containing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo requires community cooperation and is "everybody's business". Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the plea during a visit to Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, where some residents have protested medical protocols for