Health

A blow to the heart can kill you—or bring you back to life

I first became aware of the notion of the "touch of death" as a teenager—after watching Uma Thurman as the Bride finally kill Bill using the five-point-palm exploding-heart technique. More recently, news has broken that ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Anorexia nervosa can be life-threatening in males

Anorexia nervosa affects males as well as females, and affected males have a sixfold higher mortality rate than males in the general population. A new article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal aims to ...

Gerontology & Geriatrics

Pickleball-related fractures up significantly in older adults

As pickleball has gained in popularity, associated fractures have skyrocketed 90-fold since 2002, according to a study presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, held from Feb. 12 ...

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