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Music manager and Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, who has died at the age of 48, leaves behind four children and one grandchild. Brandon Blackstock had been battling cancer for three years prior to his death, his family announced in a statement Aug. 7. “It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away,” …

Parents who ridicule, threaten or humiliate their children risk leaving them with a 64% higher chance of having poor mental health as an adult, a study has found. The research also found physical abuse experienced among the research participants reduced over time, while verbal abuse increased. Published in BMJ Open, the study gathered data of 20,687 adults from seven studies …

Christina Applegate has been hospitalized with “so much pain” she was “screaming” as a result of an infection in both kidneys. The 53-year-old “Married… With Children” actor revealed the ordeal as she recorded MeSsy, the podcast she co-hosts with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, from an L.A. hospital on Tuesday. “I’m not doing a podcast from the hospital because I felt like doing …

Raw milk sickens 21 people in Florida including 6 children  Chicago Tribune Florida officials warn about risks of drinking raw milk after 21 people sickened  CBS News Health warning issued as source of serious bacteria outbreak revealed  The Independent Raw Milk Tied to E. Coli and Campylobacter Outbreak in Florida, Sickening 21  Bloomberg Florida officials warn about risks of drinking raw milk after 21 …

News Rishard Khan 11 Hrs Ago Six year old Tiana Romain show off her continuous glucose monitor device which she received from Dr Andrew Dhanoo, president of the Diabetes Association of TT. – Photo by Lincoln Holder Minister of Health Dr Lackram Bodoe said consideration will be given in the 2025/2026 budget to provide Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) for children …

A Maryland woman with a long history of severe mental illness has been rearrested and charged with killing two of her children, who disappeared in 2014 as toddlers and have never been found. The new indictment marks the latest twist in a case that began with the children’s disappearance and subsequent revelations about their mother’s mental state, which resulted in …

In a remote mountain town where clean drinking water is considered a luxury, locals are turning to Coca-Cola – and not just for refreshment. In Mexico‘s poorest and southernmost state of Chiapas, fizzy drinks are deeply ingrained in the local culture.  And in the town of San Cristobal de las Casas, the obsession has spiralled out of control, with some …

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. I was standing in the emergency department at 11 p.m. under dingy hospital fluorescent lighting. My recommendation for the child I was evaluating was clear. They were ill, and they needed surgery. It was my clinical opinion, and scientific …

Discussion This report describes the public health response to two cases of B. procyonis eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in unrelated pediatric patients reported during a short period (September 2024) in Los Angeles County, California. Few cases of B. procyonis eosinophilic meningoencephalitis have been documented in the United States (5,9), and most of these patients have been young, male children with developmental disabilities, …

For years, Philip Goulder has been obsessed with a particularly captivating idea: In the hunt for an HIV cure, could children hold the answers? Starting in the mid-2010s, the University of Oxford pediatrician and immunologist began working with scientists in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, with the aim of tracking several hundred children who had acquired HIV from their …