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☆ Celine Dion says she 'could've died' from taking high dosages of Valium to manage Stiff Person Syndrome on tour
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewCeline Dion breaks down in tears in her new Amazon Prime documentary, "I Am: Celine Dion," while reflecting on her final concerts before she was diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome. Dion revealed her diagnosis in 2022, although she says in the doc that she began experiencing symptoms 17 years ago. The documentary includes footage from performances in 2018 and 2019, including clips when Dion was struggling to hit certain notes. Related storiesAt one point on tour, she says she was taking up to 80 or 90 milligrams of Valium every day. I needed medicine to function," Dion continues.

Persons: —, Celine Dion, Dion, could've, they're, she's Organizations: Service, Amazon, National Institute of Health, Business Locations: Montreal

☆ Opinion | Celine Dion Will Save Us From Our Diva Deficit
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Elamin Abdelmahmoud | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nearly two years ago, I huddled with some co-workers over a phone watching a video Celine Dion had shared on Instagram. “I miss you all so much.” This was Ms. Dion as we’d never seen her — fragile, tentative, worried — and all of us watching got a little emotional. This week, Ms. Dion will premiere “I Am: Celine Dion,” a documentary about her life since that diagnosis. Ms. Dion, 56, released her first album in 1981 at age 13, and she’s come to stand as one of the last pillars of a dwindling category: the pop divas. In the opera world, being labeled a diva can come with sexist overtones, a shorthand for a famous woman who makes unreasonable demands.

Persons: Celine Dion, ”, “, Dion, we’d, —, she’s, Barbra, Tina, Whitney, Patti, Chaka, Gladys, Mariah, Dolly, Cher, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin Organizations: North Star Locations: New York, gigawatts

Some venues have already sold out of original tickets, but verified resellers, including StubHub and Vivid Seats, have many tickets available. Here's what fans need to know about how to buy Alan Jackson concert tour tickets. How to buy tickets for Alan Jackson 2024 concert tourWith ticket sales beginning on June 7, Alan Jackson's Last Call tour still has original tickets remaining for multiple locations. How much are Alan Jackson tickets? With the singer's neurological condition causing a gap in the Last Call Tour dates, it is unknown whether Jackson will announce further dates and locations.

Persons: Alan Jackson, Charcot, Marie, Jackson, We've, Alan Jackson's, StubHub, tacking Organizations: Business, CMT, UT, TicketMaster, CMT Research Foundation Locations: Boston, Rapids, MI, Fayetteville, Kansas City, Salt Lake City, Oklahoma, Fort Worth , TX, Orlando, Tampa, Milwaukee, Fort Worth , Texas

☆ Inside Paradromics, the Neuralink competitor hoping to commercialize brain implants before the end of the decade
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Maria Gomez De Sicart | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

We're fundamentally building a medical device to serve unmet needs. What that does is it allows us to connect to the brain and receive data from the brain. And so Paradromics can take the science and apply the right engineering to get us from research to medical device. I work on developing processes or selecting the materials that we would like to use to build our cortical module, which is the brain implant portion of our system. We see that the first million people to get brain computer interfaces are going to be getting them to treat severe medical conditions.

Persons: Matt Angle, Paradromics, They're, I'm, Kimiko Nakajima, we're Organizations: BCI

☆ Election Updates: A Democratic brawl in a Virginia race may put a House seat in play in November.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

One of the field’s top fund-raisers, Krystle Kaul, faces charges of embellishing her résumé well beyond the usual flourishes of a political campaign. Ms. Filler-Corn was the first woman and first Jewish speaker of the Virginia State House. Mr. Helmer is a Rhodes scholar and an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, Iraq, and as a member of the Virginia House. Then last week, an anonymous Democratic official, speaking through her lawyer, accused Mr. Helmer of groping her and later making sexually crude remarks. “That would be presumptuous.”Democratic voters in the district peppered by texts attacking Mr. Helmer could be forgiven if they do not know where to turn.

Persons: Dan Helmer, Eileen, Krystle Kaul, Suhas Subramanyam, Jennifer Wexton, Subramanyam, Helmer, Barbara Comstock, Donald J, Trump, Mr, “, Ms, Wexton, Helmer of groping, Kaul, Michele Davis Younger, ”, Will Reinert, Subramanyam’s, Aliscia Andrews, Alexander Isaac, Avram Fechter Organizations: Congressional, Democratic, Senate, Republican, Virginia State House, Army, Virginia State House Democrats, Washington Post, Loudoun County Democratic Party, National Organization for Women, ”, Republicans, Democrat, National Republican Congressional, ” Democratic, Virginia Democratic, Federal, Commission, PAC, United States Central Command, Department of Defense, Marine Corps, Loudoun County Democratic Locations: Washington, Israel, Virginia, Rhodes, Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic, Loudoun County, Va

☆ Celine Dion says her fear of stiff person syndrome has been ‘replaced with hope’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —When it comes to Celine Dion’s ongoing treatment for stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological condition, the singer says she’s starting to feel like a new day is coming. Dion spoke at a screening of “I Am: Celine Dion” in New York that was also live streamed at an event in Los Angeles, which CNN attended. Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is “a rare, progressive syndrome that affects the nervous system, specifically the brain and spinal cord,” according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Dion announced in 2022 that she was diagnosed with the condition and that she was taking time off from professional commitments to focus on her health. “This movie is a love letter to each of you and I hope to see you all again very soon.”“I Am: Celine Dion” will be available to stream on Prime Video on June 25.

Persons: Celine Dion’s, she’s, Dion, Amanda Piquet, Celine Dion ”, Piquet, “, ”, ” Dion, I’ve, – René, Charles, Nelson, Eddy –, Love Organizations: CNN, National Institute of Neurological Disorders Locations: New York, Los Angeles

☆ Jessica Warner-Judd: Runner provisionally diagnosed with epilepsy after collapsing at European Athletics Championships
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —British distance runner Jessica Warner-Judd says that she has provisionally been diagnosed with a form of epilepsy after collapsing mid-race at the European Athletics Championships. Warner-Judd was competing in the final of the women’s 10,000 meters in Rome when she had a seizure with about 600 meters left until the finish. “From getting the bus to the warm up track, I can’t explain it – something felt off,” Warner-Judd wrote in the post. “It has been an incredibly tough couple of months and has culminated in me being provisionally diagnosed with focal epilepsy,” she added. The 29-year-old, who placed eighth at last year’s world championships, thanked British Athletics and her friends and family for their support over the past few months.

Persons: Jessica Warner, Judd, ” Warner, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, European Athletics, Warner, Twitter, British Athletics Locations: British, Rome

☆ Céline Dion says that almost anything — even happiness — can trigger the symptoms of her stiff-person syndrome
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewCéline Dion says the symptoms of her stiff-person syndrome can be easily triggered by almost anything, including laughter. Walking wobbly," Dion told Kotb. Related storiesThe "My Heart Will Go On" singer first announced that she had been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome in December 2022. There is no cure for stiff-person syndrome, but there are ways for patients to manage their condition , including through medication and therapy. AdvertisementIn April, Dion told Vogue France that she goes to therapy five days a week and trains "like an athlete" as part of her treatment plan.

Persons: —, Dion, Hoda Kotb, Kotb, Irene Taylor Brodsky, Celine Dion, Taylor, cramp, Brodsky, Céline Dion Organizations: Service, NBC, Business, National Institute of Neurological Disorders, Organization for Rare Disorders, Vogue France

☆ He was the first person to be diagnosed with a new sleep disorder. It led to a scientific breakthrough
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Five years earlier, Dorff had become the first patient diagnosed with an unusual disease called rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, or RBD. By 1986, Schenck and his team had published their first paper on the newly discovered sleep disorder. RBD can affect women, tooLewy body dementia can refer to two different types of dementia: Parkinson’s disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies, which both affect cognition. Called the North American Prodromal Synucleinopathy Consortium, the research hopes to identify potential treatments for rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder and slow its progression into Parkinson’s and dementia. Seek medical treatment if violent dreams beginAs a child, Donald Dorff shared a room with three brothers and never had any signs of a sleep disorder.

Persons: Donald Dorff, “, ” Dorff, Dorff, There’s, ”, Carlos Schenck, ” Schenck, Schenck, Lewy, Parkinson’s, you’ve Organizations: CNN, Geographic, Sleep Disorders, Hennepin County Medical, University of Minnesota, Johns Hopkins Medicine, RBD Locations: Golden Valley , Minnesota, Minnesota, Minneapolis, Hennepin, United States

☆ Celine Dion says she’s broken ribs and struggled to sing with rare stiff person syndrome
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Celine Dion is sharing details about how difficult her life has become as she lives with stiff person syndrome. The spasms can attack different parts of her body, including her abdomen, spine and ribs, she said. “I have broken ribs at one point because sometimes when it’s very severe, it can break some ribs as well,” the Grammy-winner shared. The disorder is “a rare, progressive syndrome that affects the nervous system, specifically the brain and spinal cord,” according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. That is also the focus of an upcoming documentary, “I Am: Celine Dion,” set to stream on Prime Video on June 25.

Persons: Celine Dion, NBC’s Hoda Kotb, “, ” Dion, ”, Dion Organizations: CNN, National Institute of Neurological Disorders, ”, NBC

☆ At 33, I was a new mom and couldn't move my hand. 3 years later, I got a diagnosis that changed everything.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Snehal Amembal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. "Jellyfish doo doo doo doo doo doo," the line from "Baby Shark Dance" kept playing on loop as my 11-month-old son looked at me expectantly, wanting me to wiggle my fingers and dance along. Three years later, at 36, I received a formal diagnosis — now with two children, the oldest was 3 and my second son was 18 months. I was on maternity leave, and at the time, I was working as an HR manager for a private healthcare organization. What brings me absolute joy, though, is when my kids are asked what their mom does.

Persons: Snehal Amembal, YOPD, Parkinson's, credit's, Mr Parkinson's Organizations: Service

☆ Christina Applegate says MS has left her with little will to survive: 'I don't enjoy living'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewChristina Applegate says that she is experiencing a period of depression as a result of multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis, also known as MS, is a chronic neurological disease that causes varying symptoms that affect vision, speech, and mobility. This isn't the first time that Applegate has been open about the difficulties she's faced while living with multiple sclerosis. AdvertisementIn March, during an interview with People alongside Sigler, Applegate shared that she's been hospitalized "many times" for her symptoms. "They don't know what's wrong, but we're pretty sure my stomach and my intestines are not very good friends.

Persons: —, Christina Applegate, Applegate, Jamie, Lynn Sigler, Sigler, I'm, I've, Sigler —, it's, she's Organizations: Service, Business, Netflix, New York Times

☆ Rob Burrow, Rugby Star and A.L.S. Campaigner, Dies at 41
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Alex Williams | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rob Burrow, a rugby standout who overcame his diminutive stature with fleetness and ferocity to become an eight-time champion of Britain’s Super League and who was later hailed for raising awareness of motor neuron disease after being diagnosed with it in 2019, died on Sunday. His death — from M.N.D., a group of neurological disorders that includes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or A.L.S., also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease — was announced by the Leeds Rhinos, the British club with which he spent his entire 17-year professional career. It did not say where he died. Doubted at every turn for his small stature — he was about 5-foot-5 and 150 pounds — Burrow nevertheless became a star, earning nicknames like Mighty Atom and Pocket Rocket in the British tabloids. He was sapped of his physical gifts, however, when he was diagnosed with his neurological disorder at 37, just two years after his retirement in 2017.

Persons: Rob Burrow, Lou Gehrig’s, —, Burrow Organizations: Britain’s Super League, Leeds Rhinos Locations: M.N.D, British

☆ Do this once a month and extend your life by 10 years. No gym required
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Jessica Dulong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“Art is one of our oldest creations (humans invented paint long before the wheel), one of the earliest means of communication (we drew long, long, long, long before we could write), and one of our most universal urges,” she wrote. But when you watch artists making art, it is a physical experience. Different art forms affect the brain and body in different ways. Just as when we are prescribed medications, (it’s true that) types, doses and durations of art work differently for different people. And just one art experience per month can extend your life by 10 years.

Persons: Susan Magsamen, ”, Ivy Ross, Bianca Bosker, “, Marco Brambilla’s, Leon Neal, Rothko, —, Cy, Benjamin Krantz, Bianca, Jessica DuLong Organizations: CNN, Research, Getty, Physicians, Viking CNN Locations: London, Houston, Brooklyn , New York

☆ The 10 books the rich will be reading this summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

That's why J.P. Morgan Private Bank, every May, releases its summer reading list, often serving as a book club for billionaires. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the list, now called the J.P. Morgan Summer Reading List. The 10 books are carefully curated to match the tastes and preoccupations of J.P. Morgan's wealthy clients. It also helps with client events, since authors on the list often agree to do special dinners or speaking events for J.P. Morgan clients. Authors love being on the list as well since J.P. Morgan buys thousands of books to hand out and since clients often refer the books to others.

Persons: Robert Frank, Today's, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, J.P, Morgan, Darin Oduyoye, Oduyoye, Gary White, Matt Damon, Charles Duhigg, Jonathan Haidt, Haidt, Kasseem Dean, —, Gordon Parks, Michel Basquiat, Lorna Simpson, Odili Donald Odita, Kennedy Yanko, Kimberli Gant, Salman Khan Salman Khan, Jack Daniel, Fawn Weaver, Daniel's, Daniels, Weaver, Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Clegg, Robinson, Clegg, Melinda Stevens, Issy von Simson, Tabitha Joyce, Fortunato, Adam Pearson, Fortunato Chocolate, Laura Mae Martin, Laura Mae Martin —, Martin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Greta Caruso, Tony, Damon Organizations: Morgan Private Bank, Morgan, Reading, Wealth Management, J.P, Giants, Art, Phaidon, Brooklyn Museum, Education, Khan Academy, Wall, Mercedes, Nacional, Google, Solutions, JPMorgan, Manhattan Company Locations: Water, Lynchburg , Tennessee, America, United States, Croatian

☆ Here's what it's like inside the operating room when someone gets a brain implant
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Bederson, system chair for the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Health System, is no stranger to long hours in an operating room. In fact, it marked the 14th time that the company has placed its array on a human patient's brain. Four of Precision's arrays were carefully laid out on a table nearby. Using a pair of yellow tweezers called long bayonet forceps, Bederson began placing all four of Precision's electrode arrays onto the patient's brain. Real-time renderings of the patient's brain activity swept across Precision's monitors in the operating room.

Persons: Joshua Bederson, Ashley Capoot, Bederson, Elon Musk, Stephanie Rider, Ignacio Saez, Saez, Bederson's, Benjamin Rapoport, Precision's, Ashley Capoot Bederson, Precision's Rapoport, Rapoport, Ashley Capoot Rapoport, Thomas Oxley, Synchron Organizations: Sinai, Neurosurgery, Sinai Health, CNBC, Neuroscience, BCI, Tesla, SpaceX, Icahn School of Medicine, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Mount, Mount Sinai, Precision Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medicine, Wall Locations: New York City, Mount Sinai, U.S, Mount, Synchron

☆ Celine Dion chronicles her battle back to the stage after stiff person syndrome diagnosis in documentary trailer
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Celine Dion knows how powerful love can be. This is especially apparent in the new trailer for her upcoming documentary “I Am: Celine Dion,” in which she showcases how much her love of singing and performing live keeps her going while living with stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological disorder. If I can’t walk, I’ll crawl,” she adds, with tears in her eyes. Dion announced in December 2022 that she was taking time off from professional commitments to focus on her health after revealing her stiff person syndrome diagnosis. “I need my instrument.”“I Am: Celine Dion” will be available to stream on Prime Video on June 25.

Persons: Celine Dion, “, it’s, Dion, ”, ” Dion, Celine Dion ” Organizations: CNN, ”, National Institute of Neurological Disorders Locations: ”

☆ How RFK Kennedy Jr. turned from tragedy and tumult to environmentalism before becoming the face of vaccine skepticism
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewRobert F. Kennedy's children have spent a lifetime trying to add their marks to their slain father's legacy. The first Kennedy to run for the presidency in decades, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing so without the family's well-documented loyalty. Born into privilege in 1954, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was raised between Massachusetts and suburban Virginia estates. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was later a pallbearer at his father's funeral, joined by Astronaut John Glenn and former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was one of the pallbearers in his father's funeral.

Persons: —, Robert, Robert F, Kennedy, Kennedy Jr, McLean, Ethel Kennedy, wasn't, Kathleen, Joseph P ., Hubert Humphery's, Astronaut John Glenn, Robert McNamara, Michael Ochs, Jack Paar, Oprah, Frank M, Johnson Jr, Emily Black, Robert Morgenthau, JFK, Robert Boyle, Mary Richardson, Kerry Kennedy, Boyle, William Wegner, Wegner, Wegener, spasmodic dysphonia, Richardson, Cheryl Hines, Larry David Organizations: Service, Camelot, Business, RFK, Georgetown Preparatory School, Astronaut, Michael Ochs Archives, Georgetown Prep, Millbrook School, Harvard, JFK, RFK Jr, Civil, London School of Economics, University of Virginia Law School, Southern, of, The New York Times, Natural Resources Defense Council, Fishermen's Association, Washington Post, Hudson, Time Magazine, Los Angeles Times, STAT, World Health Defense Fund, Associated Press Locations: Massachusetts, Virginia, Hickory Hill, McLean , Virginia, New York, Charlottesville, Black's, Bloomington , Indiana, Dominican Republic, Manhattan, of New York, South Dakota, York, Hudson, Bedford

☆ Horrible nightmares and ‘daymares’ linked to autoimmune disease
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Vivid, disturbing nightmares may be a sign of a newly developing autoimmune disorder or an upcoming flare of existing disease, experts say. Researchers found 3 in 5 lupus patients, and 1 in 3 patients with other rheumatology-related diseases, had increasingly vivid and distressing nightmares just before their hallucinations. Systemic autoimmune diseases often have a range of symptoms, called prodromes, that appear as signs of a sudden and possibly dangerous worsening of the condition. Connect the dots to autoimmune diseaseOn first glance, it would make sense that such neurological manifestations as nightmares would occur if the autoimmune disease impacts the brain, which lupus often does, Sloan said. “In some cases, reporting these symptoms earlier, even if they seem strange and unconnected, may lead to the doctor being able to ‘join the dot’s’ to diagnose an autoimmune disease.”

Persons: “, “ He’s, I’m, ”, Melanie Sloan, ” Sloan, Lupus, ” Jennifer Mundt, ” Mundt, “ I’m, Sloan, David D’Cruz, rheumatologist, that’s, Carlos Schenck, ” Schenck, shouldn’t Organizations: CNN, University of Cambridge, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Guy’s Hospital, Kings College London, Hennepin County Medical, University of Minnesota Locations: Canadian, United Kingdom, Chicago, Hennepin, Minneapolis

☆ These diets may reduce cancer, heart disease and early death, according to a 20-year review
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Eating a vegan, vegetarian or lacto-ovo vegetarian diet significantly reduces the overall risk of developing cancer, heart disease and dying early from cardiovascular disease, according to a new “umbrella” analysis of more than 20 years of research. “Plants have more fiber (animal foods have zero), less saturated fat and zero cholesterol (all animal foods have cholesterol),” Gardner said in an email. However, vegetarian diets limiting but not completely excluding certain types of meat and fish, such as pesco- or pollo-vegetarian diets, were excluded, he said. “Strictly vegan diets can be deficient in vitamin B12,” Gardner said. “Iron is another nutrient that is harder to get from a fully vegan diet,” Gardner added.

Persons: ”, Dr, Angelo Capodici, Federica, Guaraldi, David Katz, ” Katz, Christopher Gardner, Gardner, ” Gardner, “, Davide Gori, ” Gori, It’s, Wesley Soares Ferracini Organizations: CNN, Scuola Superiore, IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences, True Health Initiative, Stanford Prevention Research Center, University of Bologna, Mayo Clinic, B12 Locations: Pisa, Italy, Bologna, Palo Alto , California

☆ Don’t ignore what your feet are trying to tell you about your health
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Dan Baumgardt | University Of Bristol | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

They’re also plumbed by blood vessels, which lead all the way from the heart. By the time blood vessels reach these extremities, like twigs from a tree, they have branched and got much smaller in size. This rare condition is sometimes called “trash foot,” because of the way in which the feet become so discolored. In adults, however, finding the Babinski sign is an altogether different story. In some otherwise healthy people though, the Babinski sign can be observed during deep sleep.

Persons: They’re, it’s, you’ve, “, —, Joseph Babinski, Dan Baumgardt Organizations: CNN, of Physiology, University of Bristol Locations: United Kingdom

☆ How to survive sleeping with a sleep talker
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“There are some things you, the bed partner, can do to save your sleep,” Schenck said. Medications to treat depression, and other mental health disorders, high blood pressure, seizures, asthma and, oddly, other sleep disorders can also cause sleep talking, according to the Cleveland Clinic. “Cut out alcohol so you can share your consideration for the bed partner who is disturbed by your sleep talking.”What causes sleep talking? Sleep talking is a parasomnia, in the same category as sleep terrors, sleep eating, sleep paralysis and sleep sex. Some people who have sleep talking or walking as children do return to the behavior as adults, but many others do not,” he said.

Persons: Carlos Schenck, ” Schenck, “, GERD, Schenck, Jennifer Mundt, ”, Earplugs, Mundt, ” Mundt, Parasomnias Organizations: CNN, American Academy of Sleep, Hennepin County Medical, University of Minnesota, Cleveland Clinic, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine Locations: Hennepin, Chicago

☆ RFK Jr. said in 2012 that he thought a worm ate part of his brain: 'I have cognitive problems, clearly'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a 2012 deposition he has a worm in his brain. In the deposition, Kennedy said he visited several neurologists in 2010 to try to find the cause of his haziness. While some doctors believed he had a brain tumor, one thought he had a worm stuck in his brain. In the 2012 deposition, Kennedy said that he once had to have his heart shocked by doctors to get it to beat back in sync. Questioning Mr. Kennedy's health is a hilarious suggestion, given his competition."

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Biden, he's, —, Kennedy, Mary Richardson Kennedy, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Mr, Stefanie Spear, Kennedy hasn't, Bill Ackman, Jack Dorsey, David Sacks Organizations: Trump, The New York Times, Service, Times, White, Pershing, Capital Management, Twitter, PayPal Locations: Africa, South America, Asia

☆ NYT: RFK Jr. says worm ‘got into my brain and ate a portion of it’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Michelle Shen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

In 2010, Kennedy, now 70, experienced severe memory loss and mental fog, he said in a deposition two years later. Robert Kennedy said at the time that his earning power had been negatively affected by the cognitive issues, the Times reported. Kennedy told the paper he has recovered from the memory loss and brain fogginess and that the parasite did not require treatment. The worms get nutrients from the body, but they are not eating the brain tissue, he said. It’s more common to find the worm after it has died and left behind a calcified cyst in the brain, Hotez said.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Sen, Ted Kennedy, ” Kennedy, Mary Richardson Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Stefanie Spear, “, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Peter Hotez, Dean, Hotez, Trump, Kevin O’Connor, CNN’s Brenda Goodman Organizations: CNN, Independent, The New York Times, Times, National, Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Biden, White, O’Connor, Children’s Health Defense Locations: York, Africa, South America, Asia, Houston

☆ Ozempic and Wegovy Have Health Benefits Beyond Weight Loss - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( David Wallace-Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Last year was called the year of Ozempic, though it was also a year of Ozempic backlash and Ozempic shortages, which could persist for years. Even so, we appear very far from a peak for GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic and Wegovy, which are powered by a molecule called semaglutide, and Mounjaro, which uses its cousin tirzepatide. It seems possible to imagine a future in which almost everyone is taking some variety of GLP-1 drug, and with a pretty good reason to do so. Patients on Ozempic and Wegovy can lose 15 to 20 percent or more of their weight in a little over a year, and if they stay on the drugs, the weight tends to stay off. Semaglutide has been shown to eliminate or reduce the need for insulin among those with recent-onset Type 1 diabetes.

Persons: tirzepatide, Wegovy, we’ve, Semaglutide Locations: Alzheimer’s

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