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Judi Dench: “I can’t recognize anybody anymore”

Dame Judi Dench offered a heartbreaking update on her rapidly deteriorating eyesight, telling audiences she can “no longer recognize anybody anymore” due to advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Dench, 90, appeared in conversation alongside longtime friend Ian McKellen when she…
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GOP health care cuts will hurt kids like mine

Last week was an eventful week for my family. The week began for us at a Moral Monday press conference on Sept. 29 outside of GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office in Louisville, Kentucky. We were there as mourners, accompanied by…
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How police are causing a public health crisis

“If a cop is going to kill you anyway, what’s a little bit of COVID?” Dr. Melody Goodman asks pointedly. Goodman is the Associate Dean of Research at New York University’s School of Global and Public Health, where she focuses…
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How TikTok is helping spread diet culture myths

Six years ago, a popular reality TV show called “The Biggest Loser” suffered a public blow to its credibility. The premise of the show was that overweight and obese contestants would compete to see who could lose the most weight,…
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Decades on, SSRIs remain mired in mystery and debate

In 2006, a new study on antidepressants was making headlines with its promising results: Two-thirds of participants who tried various antidepressants recovered from their depression symptoms within less than a year. The findings seemed to offer hope to the tens…
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