Mary Delgado’s first pregnancy went according to plan, but when she tried to get pregnant again seven years later, nothing happened. After 10 months, Delgado, now 34, and her partner, Joaquin Rodriguez, went to see an OB-GYN. Tests showed she had endometriosis, which was interfering with conception. Delgado’s only option, the doctor said, was in …
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— COMMENTARY — I think I’ll talk about Salmonella in my next few posts. Wondering why? Well, I recently discovered that the search volume — or the number of monthly searches — for “Salmonella” is nine times greater than that of “foodborne illness.” The more you know. Of the 165,000 monthly Google searches related to …
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France reported a record high number of foodborne outbreaks in 2022, according to recently released data. Notified outbreaks were at their highest since the start of surveillance in 1987 and continued the upward trend observed before the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, 1,924 outbreaks were declared, affecting 16,763 people, of whom 643 went to hospital, and …
IT’S AWARD SEASON! If you love movies, it’s one of the best times of the year. While not every year is filled with stiff competition, it’s easy to say 2023 was a big year. Barbie and Oppenheimer are of course the two releases that had everyone talking, but that’s far from all. Poor Things, The …
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DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS, the new comedy from Ethan Coen—one half of the Coen Brothers powerhouse directing duo—stars Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan as two friends in 1990s Philadelphia who embark on a road trip and quickly get embroiled in an increasingly zany criminal plot. While much of the movie focuses on Qualley and Viswanathan’s characters Marian …
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FORMER CLEVELAND BROWNS player Johnny Manziel’s shortlived NFL career was not without its controversies, most notably during the 2015 season, when the quarterback was spotted at a Las Vegas casino while his teammates prepared to play their final game of the year against the Denver Broncos. He was later dropped by his agent, and suspended …
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COMEDIAN KUMAIL NANJIANI went viral in 2020 when he underwent a jaw-dropping physical transformation for his role in Marvel’s Eternals, ditching the nerdy persona he had cultivated in projects like Silicon Valley in favor of a strapping action hero look. But, as Nanjiani recently explained to Michael Rosenbaum on the Inside of You podcast, that …
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After Cherie Binns had breakthrough multiple sclerosis symptoms while being treated with an interferon drug, she weighed her options carefully. In the end, her neurologist prescribed rituximab. It’s a type of B-cell therapy, which gets its name because it targets the B cells that cause nerve damage when you have MS. Binns, a 69-year-old nurse …
By Mariska Breland, as told to Camille Noe Pagán I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2002, but I’d had symptoms for at least 3 years before that. I’m 45 now, but I was just 27 at the time. Most of my symptoms, like numb fingers or feet, never lasted long and were easy to …
By Lisa Lundy, multiple sclerosis case manager, as told to Keri Wiginton It’s normal to worry about the cost of multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment. You may wonder how you’ll predict anything about an unpredictable disease. While you don’t want to get yourself in a panic, you do want to prepare for what may come. But …