The biggest TV show right now is a legal drama that ended three years ago. Nielsen recently reported that Suits, the story of a college dropout who grifts his way into a high-powered job at a New York law firm which ran for nine seasons from 2011 to 2019, just broke streaming records, with 3.1 …
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The Netflix miniseries Painkiller dramatizes the very real opioid crisis that has afflicted the United States since the 1990s, and spends a great deal of screen-time on those who started it all: the Sackler family, whose company Purdue Pharma pushed OxyContin into the hands of doctors—and subsequently patients—with a greater focus on increasing their profits …
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Billions is one of Showtime’s longest-running series, but unfortunately the show is coming to end this year with its seventh and final season. The series premiered in 2016, and soon became a fan-favorite, while also racking up a number of nominations from the Critics’ Choice Television Awards, Satellite Awards, and GLAAD Media Awards. To recap, …
Bradley Cooper recently participated in an episode of the National Geographic series Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge, and during his time with the famous survivalist he ended up reflecting on his life and career. During one particularly raw conversation, Cooper opened up about his previous issues with alcohol, and getting sober almost 20 …
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There have been no shortage of long-running legal shows in TV history, from wacky workplace comedies like Ally McBeal to more serious, serialized fare like How to Get Away With Murder. Some of the best courtroom dramas have a hook that brings specificity to the genre—think the titular towncar in The Lincoln Lawyer—and when it …
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In May a man paralyzed in a motorcycle accident regained the ability to walk thanks to implants. Brain implants have long been trapped in the realm of science fiction, but a steady trickle of medical trials suggests the tiny devices could play a big part in humanity’s future. Billions of dollars are flowing into a …
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain QUESTION: In the past year, several family members have been diagnosed with various types of cancer, including leukemia, melanoma, breast cancer and colon cancer. In talking about treatments, it seems as if there is more available today than in the past. Can you share some of the advances in cancer care? …
International per-person consumption of prescription opioids (2010–12). This period coincides with the peak of opioid prescribing in the USA and Canada. Credit: The Lancet (2022). DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02252-2 As civilization ground to a halt during the COVID-19 pandemic, trapping humans like caged mice, addiction expert Keith Humphreys could only agonize over the collateral damage. America was …
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People who daily breathe in air pollution, particularly from wildfires or agricultural sources, might need to add a heightened risk of dementia to their list of health concerns. New research looked at the potential effects of particle pollution on dementia, finding an association even when pollution levels did not exceed national ambient air quality standards. …
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Credit: Pexels/Liza Summer Ever heard “low testosterone” blamed for low mood, brain fog and loss of vitality? Despite all evidence to the contrary, social media influencers are increasingly promoting testosterone therapy as an elixir for women experiencing troubling symptoms of menopause. In a series of documentaries and social media posts about menopause in 2021 and …