Last month, The BMJ published a case report about a 34-year-old man admitted to an emergency room in Cooperstown, N.Y. with thunderclap headaches, a particularly painful kind that can be a sign of cerebral hemorrhaging. His symptoms included dry heaving and intense head and neck pain. The man traced his anguish to a…
After a gunshot or stab wound, a new study suggests sometimes people are better off dragging themselves into the backseat of a friend’s Ford Taurus and telling him to book it to the nearest hospital, rather than calling 911 and waiting for an ambulance.
Plastic surgeons can get a lot of business through social media, but some surgeons take the entertainment aspect to extremes: dancing on camera during surgery, for example, or cradling someone’s excised tissue like a baby. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons wants to crack down.
If you’re the type to spend every Saturday with Lululemon stretched across your ass and a bottle of Smartwater® within your reach, you’ve probably heard of Orangetheory Fitness. The Florida-based franchise, known for the orange lighting of its high-tech workout spaces, is growing into an exercise trend bigger than…
Apple cider vinegar has been a multipurpose folk remedy for decades, touted as a disinfectant, a natural way to replenish skin and hair, and a superfood with all kinds of benefits. Science has backed a few of these purposes, for vinegar in general, but the observable results are pretty meh.
