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☆ MrBeast has his critics, but creator marketing experts explain why he'll always come out on top
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

According to an interview with Time magazine in February, MrBeast brings in about $600 million to $700 million a year in revenue. Related storiesBut despite the constant disapproval, MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, will always come out on top, experts in the creator economy say. Stewart-Harfmann said Donaldson's social circle also influences his perception. Don Arnold/Getty ImagesCorben Sharp, a videographer and influencer content expert, told BI Donaldson's "anything is possible" attitude also wins people over. Madison Breuer, a public relations account executive at Riester Advertising Agency with experience in influencer marketing, told BI Donaldson's videos look like "mini-movies."

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☆ Soma Golden Behr, Longtime Senior Editor at The Times, Dies at 84
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Trip Gabriel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Soma Golden Behr, a longtime senior editor at The New York Times who was a centrifuge of story ideas — they flew out of her in all directions — and whose journalistic passions were poverty, race and class, which led to reporting that won Pulitzer Prizes, died on Sunday in Manhattan. She was 84. Her death, in the palliative care unit of Mount Sinai Hospital, came after breast cancer had spread to other organs, her husband, William A. Behr, said. Ms. Golden Behr, whose economics degree from Radcliffe led to a lifetime interest in issues around inequality, was instrumental in overseeing several major series for The Times that examined class and racial divides. Each enlisted squads of reporters and photographers for intensive, sometimes yearlong assignments.

Persons: Soma Golden Behr, —, William A . Behr, Golden Behr, Radcliffe, ”, Gerald M, Boyd Organizations: The New York Times, Mount Sinai, The Times Locations: Manhattan, Mount, America

☆ Fact checking the CNN presidential debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +69 min

CNN —President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced off during CNN’s presidential debate in Atlanta Thursday night. From CNN’s Daniel DaleFormer President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024. From CNN’s Daniel Dale and Ella NilsenFormer President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden take part in the CNN presidential debate on Thursday, June 27. From CNN’s Alicia WallaceFormer President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024. Kpler found that China imported about 511,000 barrels per day of Iranian crude in December 2020, Trump’s last full month in office.

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☆ Top 5 regrets people have when they die, says ex-hospice care worker—many don’t realize them ‘until the end’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"When I was your age, I didn't believe in vacations. I didn't believe in weekends. I didn't believe the people I worked with should either," said Gates, adding that he didn't realize "there's more to life than work" until he became a dad. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness."

Persons: they'd, oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee, Bronnie Ware, Ware, Chris Evans, I'd, hadn't, you've, Bill Gates, it's Organizations: University of Pennsylvania, British, Billionaire Microsoft, Northern Arizona University, CNBC Locations: Ware

☆ My grandma couldn't remember my name because of dementia. It really hurt even though I know it wasn't her fault.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Nandini Maharaj | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

When I was 16, my grandma started to forget things like turning off the stove and mistaking sugar for salt. Memory loss is one of the earliest symptoms of dementia and is often noticed first by other people besides the affected individual. My mom would visit my grandma daily while my sister and I accompanied her on weekends. It struck me that, although she couldn't remember my name, she never forgot about the value of getting an education. Despite everything, some memories remain intactThe weekend before my 17th birthday, my grandma was receiving palliative care at a hospital for pneumonia.

Persons: —, Anand, it's, Nandini, it's Nan, I've, Nandini Maharaj Organizations: Service, Business, CDC Locations: cardigan, Trinidadian

☆ Opinion | Many Patients Don’t Survive End-Stage Poverty
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Lindsay Ryan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Grateful for treatment, he jokes with the medical intern each morning. We both work as internists at a public hospital in the medical safety net, a loose term for institutions that disproportionately serve patients on Medicaid or without insurance. You could describe the safety net in another way, too, as a place that holds up a mirror to our nation. That the medical care the patient is receiving exceeds the cost of a year’s rent makes no practical difference. We needed to coin a phrase because so many of our patients die of the same thing.

Persons: he’ll, He’d, He’s Locations: San Francisco

☆ This small Southeast Asian country has 'engineered' a society that lives to 100 – here's how
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Ernestine Siu | In Ernestinesiu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Blue zones are places that have 10 times more centenarians compared to the U.S. on a per capita basis. While the original blue zones came about by natural circumstances, blue zones 2.0 are man-made. "The old blue zones are disappearing because they're becoming Americanized," Buettner said. Keep loved ones closeResearch shows that people in blue zones tend to prioritize their loved ones and keep them nearby. Accessible health careSingaporeans enjoy universal health care which means residents have access to quality medical care, including health services such as prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.

Persons: Koh Sze Kiat, Dan Buettner, Loma, Buettner, That's, Grant, Lee Kuan Yew Organizations: Getty Images Singapore, CNBC, Loma Linda, National Geographic, National Institute of Aging, Toyota Camry, Research, Pew Research Center, Pew, Health Locations: Singapore, Greece, Okinawa, Japan, Costa Rica, Sardinia, Italy, United States, walkability, U.S, America

☆ What Deathbed Visions Teach Us About Living
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Phoebe Zerwick | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As he moved to touch his father, Kerr felt a hand on his shoulder. A priest had followed him into the hospital room and was now leading him away, telling him his father was delusional. His father wasn’t delusional, he believes. It would be more than 40 years before Kerr felt compelled to speak about that evening in the hospital room. He had followed his father, and three generations before him, into medicine and was working at Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo, where he was the chief medical officer and conducted research on end-of-life visions.

Persons: Kerr, Kerr’s, ”, hadn’t Organizations: Palliative Care Locations: Canada, Palliative Care Buffalo

☆ Trump’s Biden Mockery Upsets People Who Stutter: ‘We’ve Heard This Before’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When she saw the video start to circulate of former President Donald J. Trump at a rally on Saturday imitating President Biden stuttering, she had two competing reactions. Mr. Trump had made fun of Mr. Biden’s stutter before, and a part of Ms. McManus figured he would do it again. But as she watched and rewatched the clip, the other reaction was a painful one. “I think it gets to a very visceral feeling for all people who stutter,” said Ms. McManus, 35, a palliative care nurse practitioner in Providence, R.I., who said she was an unaffiliated former Democrat. Heather Grossman, a speech pathologist who works with people who stutter, burst into tears thinking of her patients while she watched it.

Persons: Róisín McManus, Donald J, Trump, Biden, Biden’s, McManus, ”, “, We’ve, ” John Moore, Heather Grossman Locations: Providence, R.I, Greenville, S.C

☆ Review: In ‘The Apiary,’ the Bees Have a Troubling Tale to Tell
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bees in the wild have succumbed to a planet-wide die-off, taking almonds, avocados and honey down with them. But in a subterranean lab, three women doing “palliative care” with four remaining broods make a hopeful if gruesome discovery. Call it “Little Hive of Horrors.”That’s the setup, if nowhere near the payoff, of the “The Apiary,” a bright, strange and mesmerizing marvel by Kate Douglas, making her professional playwriting debut with this Off Off Broadway production. I say “almost too good” because a staging so sensitive yet confident could disguise whatever flaws may lurk in the text. The floor, the railings and even the paper in the beekeepers’ desktop inboxes are bumblebee yellow.

Persons: it’s, ”, Kate Douglas, Tony Kiser, Kate Whoriskey, Walt Spangler’s Organizations: Bees

The latest estimates released on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, predict a 77% global increase in new cancer cases in 2050, up from the 20 million estimated in 2022. As a result, the number of cancer deaths worldwide is expected to double by 2050 to an estimated 18.5 million compared to 9.7 million in 2022. The estimated number of cancer cases in Asia, which had the most in the world at more than 9.8 million in 2022, is expected to increase 77% in 2050 to total 17.4 million cases. Researchers attribute the expected rise in cancer cases to several risk factors. As the likelihood of cancer increases with age, projected growth in the world’s elderly population is likely to lead to a rise in cancer cases, according to the report.

Organizations: World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research, Cancer, United Nations Locations: Africa, Asia

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature kicked off debate Thursday on whether the state should join the list of those that allow physician-assisted suicide. Ten states and the District of Columbia already allow some form of physician-assisted suicide, while proponents are planning fresh pushes to pass it this year in several other states. Patients would have to have the mental capacity to make their own health care decisions and provide informed consent, so those with dementia would not qualify. “Suicide is not health care. Current law already gives people the right to make legally binding end-of-care health care directives, the right to hospice and palliative care, and the right to refuse care, she said.

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☆ Minority Children in US Get Poorer Healthcare, Analysis Finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Nancy Lapid(Reuters) - The quality of healthcare for minority children in the United States is universally worse than it is for white children, even after accounting for insurance coverage, an analysis of dozens of recent studies found. The pattern was similar across all medical specialties, including newborn care, emergency medicine, primary care, surgery, hospital care, endocrinology, mental health care, care for developmental disabilities, and palliative care, researchers said. Even after adjusting for type of health insurance, family socioeconomic position, and other health conditions, the disparities were clear. “Across multiple healthcare specialties, non-white children receive poorer care relative to white children," study coauthor Dr. Monique Jindal of the University of Illinois Chicago School of Medicine said in an email. “The impacts of housing, employment, health insurance, the criminal justice system, and immigration are impossible to disentangle and are cumulatively responsible” for the poorer care for minority children, she said.

Persons: Nancy Lapid, Monique Jindal, ”, Jindal, Bill Berkrot Organizations: University of Illinois Chicago School of Medicine, Adolescent Locations: United States

☆ 3 things centenarians regret, according to longevity researchers who talk to the world's oldest people every day
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

LongeviQuest researchers verify the ages of the world's oldest people. Here are the biggest regrets the centenarians told LongeviQuest they have. AdvertisementTwo longevity researchers, who talk to supercentenarians as part of their day jobs, shared the most common regrets that the world's oldest people have. Meyers, LongeviQuest's CEO, and Villatoro, its Latin America research president, have both asked some of the world's oldest people for their longevity tips as well as the things they wish they had done differently. According to his family, he regrets that he wasn't able to try a different career , which would have enabled him to enjoy more time with his family, Villatoro said.

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The parents of baby Indi Gregory, who has a rare metabolic disorder known as mitochondrial disease, have fought legal battles in a bid to continue life support for their child. The legal tussle is the latest in a series of similar cases in Britain that saw doctors and parents spar over the treatment of terminally ill children and the respective rights and responsibilities of parents and medical professionals. The campaign group Christian Concern, which is supporting Indi’s parents, said the parents plan to appeal the ruling. The fatal disease has caused progressive brain damage in baby Indi, leaving her totally dependent on life support, according to evidence presented to the High Court in London. Instead, he said continuation of treatment would “perpetuate a high level of pain and suffering” for the baby.

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☆ This hospital chaplain has counseled thousands of dying patients. Here’s what he’s learned
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Park, 41, has been a chaplain at Tampa General Hospital for eight years, and has counseled thousands of patients and their families. Park says he’s spent a lot of time as an adult reconciling with his upbringing and trying to heal. And regret is a common theme among his dying patients. ”What else do dying patients worry about? We are so connected that often we worry about how other people will be affected by our own death.”It’s a reminder that patients’ loved ones face a tough journey after a loss.

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☆ Why My Father Called Me Son, Daughter, He, She and It
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Rachel Noah Matlow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But I joke that he’s the most gender-affirming father I could have ever wished for. Perhaps the ability to forget assigned gender is one positive lesson we can learn from the havoc Alzheimer’s otherwise wreaks on people’s brains and families. Not long ago, my father introduced me to one of his caregivers like this: “This is my cousin, my nephew, my niece, my — everything.” He wasn’t sure anymore how we were related. The shock of death still comes even when you’ve been preparing for it. Weeks ago, on July 6, my father was transferred to palliative care, where he died three days later.

Persons: “ Rachel ”, Noah, ”, you’ve

☆ Belgian hospital pioneers pet visits to patients
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Bart Biesemans | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Greta Donnay, 56, who is hospitalized at Sint-Trudo hospital, plays with her dog Rambo, in Sint-Truiden, Belgium July 5, 2023. REUTERS/Bart BiesemansSINT-TRUIDEN, Belgium, July 6 (Reuters) - A Belgian hospital has built a pavilion to allow pets to visit patients who are in palliative care or with illnesses that require long-term care in a bid to boost patients' wellbeing. Most hospitals worldwide do not allow pet visits for reasons of hygiene and contamination risks, and for years long-term patients at the Sint-Trudo hospital who wanted to see their pets had to do that in the hospital courtyard. But in conversations between cancer patients and hospital psychologists, the idea grew for a dedicated indoor space - separate from but connected to the hospital - and the result is a pet visit pavilion that opened last month. "For long-term hospital residents, mental wellbeing is very important in their recovery, and reconnecting with pets really helps," said spokeswoman Miet Driesen at Sint-Trudo in Sint-Truiden, Belgium.

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WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 29 (Reuters) - A legal case making its way through the courts could remove the abortion pill mifepristone from the market or restrict access to the drug. George Delgado - A California palliative care specialist, Delgado helped pioneer "abortion reversal" treatments for women who change their mind after taking mifepristone. Circuit Court of Appeals as an example of the harm caused by the approval of the abortion pill. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists has said abortion reversal is not supported by science and does not meet clinical standards. Foley said in his abortion pill testimony he also treats women for abortion pill reversal.

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☆ I spent 10 years studying what makes us happy in life—here's the No. 1 thing I overlooked the entire time
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Gretchen Rubin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The smell of eucalyptus, for example, always reminds me of the 10 lovely months I lived in San Francisco. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Marloes De Vries for CNBC Make ItSmells can also boost awareness, too. When I'm in a situation that makes me anxious, like being backstage before giving a big talk, I hold a pen. When I took my laptop to a small neighborhood library to write in its quiet workroom, for example, I got distracted by someone's cough. Just as you do periodic sweeps of your home to clear clutter, you can clear clatter, too.

☆ Macron says France will prepare 'end of life' bill this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

He said the bill would build on the work of a group of 184 randomly appointed French citizens who have debated the issue since December. Macron did not say whether he wanted euthanasia or assisted suicide to be allowed in France or if the bill would include either or both. Assisted suicide - where medical personnel give someone the means to kill themselves - or voluntary euthanasia - where a physician plays an active role to end a person's life at that person's request - is allowed in several countries in Europe. Assisted suicide has been legal in Switzerland since the 1940s. Some other countries accept only passive euthanasia, where, at the patient's request, some medical treatments are stopped, causing the person's death.

☆ How Does Hospice Care Work?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Dana G. Smith | More About Dana G. Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, have both transitioned into hospice care at home. The Carter Center announced that Mrs. Carter, 96, who has dementia, entered hospice in November, and that “she and President Carter are spending time with each other and their family.”Hospice provides end-of-life palliative care with a focus on the patient’s comfort and dignity. Hospice agencies offer access to physicians, nurses, health aides, social workers and chaplains who assist patients and their families with everything from symptom management to funeral arrangements. The care is typically provided where the patient lives, whether that’s at a private home or in an assisted living facility. Hospice “is really focused on caring for people — and their caregivers or loved ones — to help them have the best quality of life possible for the time that they have left.”Here’s what hospice care entails and how to decide if and when it’s right for you or your loved one.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Carter, there’s, ”, Carly Zapata Organizations: Carter Center, University of California Locations: ”, San Francisco

☆ Fact Check-Canada’s assisted suicide law does not currently apply to minors
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Health Canada told Reuters it has no immediate plans to extend medically assisted death to minors, contrary to claims circulating online in January 2023. There are various requirements to be eligible, one of which is that the person needs to be at least 18 years old and be able to make health care decisions for themselves (here). The post likely refers to Canada’s mature minor doctrine when it says “mature minors act”, which allows minors who are mature enough to make health care decisions independent from their parents (here). Each province and territory have different laws on what age it presumes a minor can make health care decisions. Health Canada told Reuters that it does not allow medically assisted deaths for minors and has no immediate plans to change this.

☆ Psychedelic therapies are on the horizon. Who will administer them?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Danica Jefferies | Danica Jefferies Is An Intern With The Data Graphics Team For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

Psychedelic therapy is nowhere near as simple as filling a prescription and taking a pill at home. A clinical psychologist, she founded and now leads the first accredited psychedelic therapy training program in the U.S. at the California Institute of Integral Studies. The psychedelic therapy program entails 150 hours of instruction and several in-person training sessions. So why the growing interest in using psychedelic drugs for mental health? Treatment with psychedelic drugs is not as simple as giving the patient a pill to take at home, and it’s not for everybody.

Starting in March, people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness will be able to access assisted death. Some individuals have come forward in local news reports saying they are seeking assisted death because they lack appropriate housing or other supports. The federal agency serving veterans says at least one employee suggested assisted death unprompted to at least four veterans between 2019 and 2022. It is investigating another such allegation, a spokesperson said in an email, adding advice on assisted death is not a department service. L.P., who suffers from anorexia and asked to be identified by her initials, hopes to access assisted death when it is available.

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