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It’s time to end medical gaslighting for postmenopausal women

“There’s a WW in Exam Room 3. Good luck with that,” my colleague called out, referring to my next patient. I grabbed the table, looked at her complaints, took a deep breath to steady myself, and walked into the exam room. When I was in medical school, then a freshman doctor in the ’90s, “WW” […]

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How to treat men’s mental health

The crisis of masculinity is real. Men make up 49% of the population but nearly 80% of all suicides. Every 13.7 minutes a man takes his own life somewhere in the United States. Depression is present in at least 50% of suicides, according to the Canada Center for Suicide Prevention. Besides medication, psychotherapy can help […]

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Health

Study: These foods increase the risk of dementia — by a lot

ghee. hamburger. sausage. Store-bought pastries, cakes, and cookies. Oh, and soda — sugar or diet. They’re all bad and they all increase your risk of dementia — a lot. So reports to one of the largest and scariest studies ever conducted, involving nearly 60,000 people in their 40s, 50s and 60s. The study, which included […]

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Business

“We need to stop this now.” Supporting the First Republic spreads financial contagion, Ackman says.

And so we come to the end of another hectic week in the markets. CBOE VIX index VIX And A measure of stock volatility, it rose twice to 30 before falling again. The ICE BoAML MOVE Index, the VIX for the treasury market, has jumped to its highest levels since the Great Financial Crisis of […]

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Opinion: If troubled bank stocks look tempting right now, these buying tips can help you get your money

Bank stocks fall in wake of SVB failure SIVB and signature bank SBNY ), but there are good reasons to make this conflicting investment. First, federal regulators have made it clear that they will prop up banks on the brink of trouble due to the flight of depositors. The Fed will lend to banks for […]

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Opinion: The stock market is telling you loud and clear: Now is not the time to fight the Fed or stand up to the bears.

S&P 500 index SPX Resistance hit this week when the oversold rally near 4080 failed. This continues to support the notion that the index’s rally above 4100 in early February was a false break-up, and that the onus is on the bulls to prove otherwise. There was some optimism among stock investors early this week […]

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Business

Ranking franchise games under AOC’s “taxing the rich” mantle

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets closer every day to being the new Marie Antoinette, praising the job losses for ordinary Americans as she herself is embroiled in a “you don’t have to pay” scandal. As for the news that Amazon is pausing construction on its Virginia headquarters, the AOC tweeted on Friday: “In the end, we […]

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Health

Seniors: Here’s an easy way to reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke by almost 80%

And those over 70 who walked an average of 4,500 steps per day had a 77% lower risk than those who walked less than 2,000 steps per day. In fact, the broader conclusion of the study is that if you’re retired, you should buy some kind of pedometer or pedometer, track how much you move, […]

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Business

‘Am I crazy?’ After my mother died, my cousin took her designer bag, and my aunt took 8 paintings from her house – then things really escalated.

My mother passed away three months ago after a long and horrific decline due to dementia. This destroyed me and my immediate family. I also had to quit my job during this time. My mother passed away less than a month after I was transferred to the Memory Care Unit, and I am still in […]

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Opinion: ‘We remain in the soft landing club’: Strategist Ed Yardeni’s bullish scenario sends the S&P 500 up more than 20% by the end of 2023

We believe we coined the “rolling recession” in the mid-1980s to describe an American economic slowdown that many feared could turn into a full-blown recession. We believe the phrase accurately describes the performance of the US economy since early last year. It is similar to “stagnant growth,” “mid-cycle slowdown,” and “soft landing,” but includes the […]

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