President Donald Trump told athletes they were “ripping” his hand up during a White House ceremony—a remark that comes as rumors swirl about mysterious bruising on his hands. Trump, 79, made the comment after shaking the hands of Louisiana State University baseball player Steven Milam, a 21-year-old shortstop, and Josh Pearson, an ex-LSU outfielder who is 23. “They’re very strong …
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Woman’s Bruising From a Massage Gun Was a Sign of Something Far Worse: Scurvy
A 37-year-old woman’s bruising from a massage gun ended up having a cause stranger than anyone could have expected. In a recent report, doctors documented how the woman had developed the rare condition scurvy. Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania detailed the bizarre turn of events in a paper published last month in the New England Journal of Medicine as …
Read More »Diagnostic dilemma: A woman got unusual bruising from a massage gun. It turned out she had scurvy.
The patient: A 37-year-old woman in Philadelphia The symptoms: The patient went to the emergency department after four days of pain, swelling and bruising on the upper part of her left knee. She reported that these symptoms appeared after she’d used a massage gun on her leg. What happened next: Doctors took the woman’s medical history, noting that she had …
Read More »Everything We Know About Trump’s Persistent Hand Bruising
Topline President Donald Trump was spotted with bruising on the back of his right hand again Monday in the Oval Office, days after covering the persistent marking with makeup and being spotted over the weekend with bruising on his left hand—fueling months-long concerns the 79-year-old president is suffering from a health condition. A bruise is visible on the back of …
Read More »Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slide after bruising day for tech
US stock futures slipped on Wednesday after a bruising day for tech stocks, as investors waited for Target earnings and Federal Reserve minutes for clues to prospects for the economy and interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) and the S&P 500 (ES=F) both slid 0.2% before the bell. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) dropped roughly 0.4%, …
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