Health and Fitness

EMPATHY—THE ABILITY to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and understand and share their emotions—is a great quality to have. A truly empathetic person is a good listener, offers useful advice, and seems to be perceptive enough to notice when something is bothering you. But empathy can have a dark side. Some people, known as …

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For most of us, Adam Sandler will forever exist in our minds as the youthful, energetic class clown pictured in classic comedies like Happy Gilmore and Water Boy. But the reality is, it’s 2022, Sandler is 56, and he’s letting age lead him down new paths. In a new interview with AARP Magazine, the father …

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Ryan Murphy’s dramatized account of the real-life murders committed by serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is one of the most-watched series on Netflix right now—but the Evan Peters vehicle has also been subjected to some serious criticism from the families of several of Dahmer’s victims. Shirley Hughes, the mother of Tony Hughes, told the Guardian that …

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I’m Zachary Zane, a sex writer, author, and ethical boyslut (a fancy way of saying I sleep with a lot of people, and I’m very, very open about it). Over the years, I’ve had my fair share of sexual experiences, dating and sleeping with hundreds of people of all genders and orientations. In doing so, …

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Igby Rigney doesn’t want to reveal how old he actually is. But after teaming up with modern horror writer/director/producer extraordinaire Mike Flanagan to play the high school-aged Warren Flynn in last year’s blood-sucking Midnight Mass and reuniting this year to play 18-year-old terminally ill Kevin in Midnight Club, it’s clear that he’s nowhere near old …

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EMPATHY—THE ABILITY to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and understand and share their emotions—is a great quality to have. A truly empathetic person is a good listener, offers useful advice, and seems to be perceptive enough to notice when something is bothering you. But empathy can have a dark side. Some people, known as …

A ‘Dark Empath’ Personality Is Hard to Spot—But They’re Dangerous, Therapists Say Read More »

For most of us, Adam Sandler will forever exist in our minds as the youthful, energetic class clown pictured in classic comedies like Happy Gilmore and Water Boy. But the reality is, it’s 2022, Sandler is 56, and he’s letting age lead him down new paths. In a new interview with AARP Magazine, the father …

Adam Sandler, 56, Says Aging Feels ‘Freeing’: ‘That Doesn’t Mean I Feel Old’ Read More »

A Pennsylvania judge has temporarily blocked plans by Crozer Health to close its Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill and convert it into a behavioral healthcare facility.  Court of Common Pleas Judge Robert Shenkin ruled Tuesday that all present operations at Delaware County Memorial should continue and that the parties should meet to discuss changes to the …

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Noom, a digital weight loss company, confirmed it was laying off employees as it undergoes a business transition. The company did not specify the number of employees being let go, but it was first reported by TechCrunch to be around 500 people, or 10% of its total staff. It’s the second major layoff of this …

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In 2016, the American Medical Association declared gun violence a public health crisis. That declaration came after 49 people were killed and another 53 were injured by a gunman at a gay nightclub in Florida. That shooting came four years after 26 people, including 20 children, were massacred by a gunman at an elementary school …

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