While chronic stress is more strongly linked to ischemic stroke, there is evidence that extreme acute stress—like experiencing violence, a car accident, or a natural disaster—may increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in the brain).
Evette Jeffrey was an unintended victim of the shooting on May 12 after a schoolyard fight. Two boys in their early teens have now been charged in the killing.
This undated photo provided by Polina Pugacheva in April 2025 shows Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist who was a researcher at Harvard University.
Newsweek – What if I told you there's a preventative health measure that has saved more lives than almost any other medical intervention in history?
That it's rigorously tested and remarkably cost-effective? That sounds like it would be universally celebrated, right?
A few weeks ago, I found myself surrounded by 17 people who were deeply skeptical of this particular intervention—many of them passionately shared emotional stories as well as debunked or fringe rhetoric.
As you've probably guessed,...
The Asian needle ant is documented from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, and unpublished records also occur from Tennessee and Alabama.
Simple things such as needing to go to the bathroom frequently at night, or pain that causes you to wake up, may be a sign of something more serious that should be checked out by a medical professional,
AP – Five fishermen who spent 55 days adrift at sea arrived Saturday at a port in the Galapagos Islands after being rescued by a tuna boat, the Ecuadorian navy said on X.
The three Peruvians and two Colombians had been missing since mid-March and were found on May 7 by an Ecuadorian boat called Aldo.
The fishermen had reported damage to the boat’s alternator two days after setting sail from Pucusana Bay, to the south...