A racially biased medical test used to determine the degree of patient’s kidney failure and rank them on kidney transplant lists is finally being changed. Although Black Americans are three times more likely to have kidney failure than white Americans, they are 25% less likely to be waitlisted for kidney transplant than white peers. An…

Everyone knows that grief can be disabling – but heightened clumsiness could make that statement even more literal. In 2022, actress Ashley Judd suggested that grief had contributed to her fracturing her leg just months after her mother’s suicide. “Clumsiness is associated with grief, and there were other people in our family, after mom died,…

After receiving a cancer diagnosis, it is natural for some people to want to share the news with friends, loved ones, and colleagues. For others, sharing much less information — or keeping their diagnosis a secret from some — is a more comfortable option. The recent events surrounding the Princess of Wales and her health…

In January, Deborah Vankin was very much alive when her father reached out, concerned that news was being spread that she had died. The culprit? Fake AI-generated scam obituaries. The L.A.-based journalist Vankin hesitatingly started to read some of the obituaries that had been posted. Vankin described her whirlwind of emotions to CNN, sharing, “I…