The unknown, debilitating stroke side effect many doctors don’t recognize
Imagine your fist is tightly closed and you can’t open it. You can’t release it to open a jar, let alone pick up a pencil. Now imagine living with this …
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Exercise should work out the brain and the body
Research shows Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease — or COPD — can affect more than your ability to breathe. It can also affect your ability to multi-task. COPD, which includes chronic …
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Why drinking diet pop isn’t the best way to manage weight
Few words carry as much weight as the word “diet.” But, when it comes to drinks, cutting calories with diet soda may not cut the pounds you think it does. …
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Lungs from deceased donors with hepatitis C can be safely transplanted: researchers
Doctors have successfully transplanted lungs from deceased donors with hepatitis C into patients in need of the life-saving organs, followed by treatment to prevent them from becoming infected with the …
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Judith Timson: Celebrity envy makes us forget no one is immune to deep personal suffering
Is envy our blind spot when it comes to truly understanding that most people’s lives are at least as fragile as our own? Last week was an extraordinary one, in …
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Roseanne Barr in interview: ‘I made myself a hate magnet’
In an emotional interview, Roseanne Barr said she definitely feels remorse for the racist tweet that prompted ABC to cancel the revival of Roseanne. Barr recorded a podcast interview with …
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Shaw Festival’s Chekhov-inspired familial tale builds a legacy of its own
The famous Chekhovian law of theatrical action states that a gun that appears in the first act must go off by the third — but in The Cherry Orchard, even …
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China blocks John Oliver on social media for criticizing President Xi Jinping
A popular Chinese social media site is censoring discussion of Last Week Tonight and its HBO host John Oliver after he mocked Chinese President Xi Jinping, his apparent sensitivity about …
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Shakespeare’s Coriolanus brought to the present at Stratford
Three men sit in a radio studio, surrounded by screens streaming 24-hour news coverage of some civic unrest. The host (Wayne Best) takes a call from a member of the …
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Marine heat waves are lasting longer and hitting more often, research shows
Heat waves in the world’s oceans are getting longer and more frequent, according to a new study that warns the phenomenon will likely continue to alter marine ecosystems, harm fisheries …
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