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A new variant of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been discovered—and it's been circulating in the Netherlands for decades, according to new research published in the journal Science. The variant—now known as virulent subtype B (VB variant)—is neither the first nor last HIV variant to emerge, but it caught the attention of researchers due […]
The Missouri Foundation for Health has honored Sarah Garwood, MD, with the 2021 Dr. Corinne Walentik Leadership in Health award. Garwood, an associate professor of pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine, is medical director of the school-based health center called The SPOT at Jennings High School, which she helped establish in 2015. The center […]
Betty White fans were saddened when news broke that the iconic actress had died on New Year's Eve, just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday. Rumors quickly surfaced that The Golden Girls star died from complications of a COVID-19 booster shot—but now her agent is trying to quash those rumors. Social media posts […]
If you've walked past your local tennis court lately, you might have wondered if someone pulled a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. But in fact, the short net and diminutive court are merely signs that your neighborhood, too, has embraced the latest craze in sports: pickleball. Despite what its name implies, pickleball has nothing to […]
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Earlier this year, the World Health Organization announced a global campaign to combat ageism — discrimination against older adults that is pervasive and harmful but often unrecognized. “We must change the narrative around age and ageing” and “adopt strategies to counter” ageist attitudes and behaviors, WHO concluded in a major report accompanying the campaign. Several […]
Pediatric neurosurgeon Tae Sung Park, MD, one of the top neurosurgeons worldwide in his field, has been named the Margery Campbell Fort Professor of Neurological Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The professorship was established by St. Louis philanthropist and businessman Jeffrey Fort in memory of his mother, Margery Fort, who […]
It's been a common practice for years for at-risk people of a certain age to take a low-dose aspirin daily to reduce the chances of having a heart attack or stroke. But new draft guidelines from a US panel of experts suggests this should no longer be recommended for most people. The guidelines, which were […]
I’m Zachary Zane, a sex writer and ethical manwhore (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, I’ve […]
Paulina Porizkova has been exactly the opposite of shy in recent months. The "accidental former supermodel," as she calls herself, has repeatedly taken to Instagram this past year to post various bikini photos (and a few nude ones)—mainly to talk about aging in the public eye. Now, 56-year-old Porizkova is taking her nude photos to […]