Migraine is a common neurological disorder, especially among women. But only about half of people who have it seek medical care for these intense headaches, and most wait before seeking help from a doctor. Fewer than that leave the doctor’s office with the right diagnosis and a treatment plan that works well.
While lack of access to care is a big a hurdle to managing migraine and one that affects people of color and other underserved groups more often, some experts think gender bias plays a big role in why migraine is so often misdiagnosed, underdiagnosed, and undertreated.
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The New York Attorney General's office on Friday asked a judge to effectively void a $175 million bond posted by former President Donald Trump to secure a much larger monetary damage award in his civil business fraud case as he appeals the judgment.
The AG's office in a filing said that Trump and other defendants in the case had failed to show there is enough identifiable collateral to back the bond for the judgment in Manhattan Supreme Court.
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Don't stalk your ex on Find My Friends — even if Taylor Swift does it.
I don't know if you've heard, but Swift released a new album or two today that, in part, chronicles her breakup with her boyfriend of six years Joe Alwyn, and, in an even bigger part, her months-long situationship with the controversial 1975 frontman Matt Healy. Don't worry too much for the billionaire; she's now happily coupled-up with football star Travis Kelce. But the album isn't about @killatrav. This album is about Alwyn and Healy and, most of all, experiencing the humiliation of a breakup publicly.
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Dr. Francis Collins revealed that he has prostate cancer, and that it recently transformed into a larger, more aggressive cancer. Why did he share this personal news? Because he wants to share lifesaving information about prostate cancer, the most common cancer and the #2 cause of cancer death among men in the United States.
Dr. Collins served as the director of the National Institutes of Health from 2009 to 2021. But genetics geeks, like myself, remember him as the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute from 1993 to 2008, during which time the human genome was sequenced. This accomplishment was one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of our generation. And its promise is still unfolding twenty years later, with new tests, discoveries, and precision medicines being developed based on genomic technologies.
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More than a year after a train derailment and chemical fire in Ohio that made international news, residents contend with lingering sickness, uncertainty, and, for some, a desire to just move on.
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Three police officers charged with involuntary manslaughter in death of Mario Gonzalez, whom they held down on the ground.
Three California officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 killing of a man they restrained in a prone position for five minutes until he lost consciousness.
Pamela Price, Alameda county district attorney, announced the charges on Thursday, three years after the asphyxia death of Mario Gonzalez, 26. The officers, Eric McKinley, James Fisher and Cameron Leahy, face up to four years in prison.
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A man set himself on fire Friday outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump's hush money trial is taking place.
The man was in the designated protest area outside. Police officers and officials ran toward him and someone used a fire extinguisher to try to put out the fire.
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Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Citadel Securities ripped Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes on Friday for a letter he sent the Nasdaq Stock Market which mentioned Citadel Securities and other major market companies after warning of possible illegal short sale trading in DJT shares.
"Devin Nunes is the proverbial loser who tries to blame 'naked short selling' for his falling stock price," a spokesperson for Citadel Securities said.
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Labour leader told PMQs a ‘billionaire peer’ was ‘smearing a working-class woman’ after coverage of Rayner’s tax affairs.
The row between Keir Starmer and Michael Ashcroft deepened on Friday after the billionaire Conservative donor demanded an apology from the Labour leader for accusing him of “smearing” Angela Rayner over her tax affairs.
Lord Ashcroft hit back two days after Starmer said at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday: “We have a billionaire prime minister and a billionaire peer, both of whose families have used schemes to avoid millions of pounds of tax, smearing a working-class woman.”
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Starbucks has released three new drinks — Spicy Pineapple, Spicy Dragonfruit, and Spicy Strawberry.It also released a new Spicy Cream Cold Foam. All four feature the chain's spicy chili powder blend.I didn't enjoy the spicy cold foam, but I would order the Spicy Strawberry Refresher again.
"Want me to get you a glass of water with that?" my barista kindly asked, eyeing the four concoctions laid out before me.
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Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Apple on Friday said it pulled several messaging apps like Meta's WhatsApp and Threads from the App Store in China after the nation's government ordered the removal, citing security concerns.
The move further escalates tensions between the U.S. and China over technology and other policies. In recent days, Congress has been looking to fast-track legislation to push TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest the social media app. The House could vote on a new bill as soon as Saturday, and U.S. President Joe Biden has said he will sign it into law if it reaches his desk.
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Procter & Gamble shares were down sharply early in Friday's session after the consumer products giant reported a mixed quarter. We viewed the action as a bit of profit-taking — and not a reflection of the results. The stock entered the session on a four-day winning streak while the broader market declined. Late Friday, as the Dow went into the green, so did P & G stock. P & G sales in the three months ended March 31 increased 1% year over year (3% organic) to $20.195 billion, short versus the $20.408 billion expected by analysts, according to data provider LSEG. Adjusted earnings per share rose 11% to $1.52, topping analyst forecasts of $1.37. Procter & Gamble Why we own it : We like P & G because demand for its household and personal care products does not tend to fluctuate based on the economy. It has effectively navigated high inflation over the past two years. With signs of an uptick lately and expectations of higher Fed interest rates for longer, we're glad to have this defensive stock in our portfolio. Competitors : Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever Weight in Club portfolio : 2.6% Most recent buy : April 3, 2024 Initiated : April 7, 2022 Bottom line Sales were weaker than expected, but it was more than offset by a 300-basis-point improvement in gross margin, resulting in a beat on earnings. And because of that strong profitability, management was able to raise its full-year earnings forecast to a range above Wall Street's expectations, even on the low end. Equally important, operating cash flow and free cash flow generation easily outpaced expectations. Cash flow is key to shareholder returns, so we were pleased to see the company report an adjusted free cash flow productivity result (calculated as operating cash flow excluding capital...
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A man set himself on fire outside the Manhattan courthouse where Donald Trump stands trial.The fire was spotted at a park across the street from the courthouse. The man dropped pamphlets linking to his conspiracy-filled Substack post.
A man was in grave condition after he lit himself on fire Friday outside of the Manhattan courthouse where Donald Trump's criminal hush-money trial is taking place, according to witnesses and police.
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California city sues neighbor after Oakland votes to rename airport to include ‘San Francisco Bay’, arguing consumers will be confused.
San Francisco and neighboring Oakland have long maintained a friendly rivalry, whether over sports or tacos. But a spat over an airport name is taking the feud to new heights.
San Francisco on Thursday sued Oakland over that city’s decision to change the name of its airport to the San Francisco Bay Oakland international airport.
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$130 OFF: As of April 19, the Bose noise-canceling headphones 700 are available for just $269 at B&H Photo Video, down from $399. That's $130 off the list price.
If you're a Bose stan and are on the hunt for a new pair of headphones that'll give you the power to block out the world (when you want to), you're going to love this deal.
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Consumer goods company makes move amid wider trend of pressure from shareholders to cut costs.
Unilever is to scale back its environmental and social aims, in what is likely to be seen as a huge setback for corporate sustainability.
The consumer goods company behind brands ranging from Dove beauty products to Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream was seen as perhaps the foremost proponent of corporate ethics – particularly the tenure of its Dutch former boss Paul Polman.
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The prime minister’s speech on cracking down on ‘sicknote culture’ was heavy on rhetoric but light on evidence and detail.
Rishi Sunak’s big speech on reforming disability benefits was intended to show that the government had a grip on the economic and health challenges of the UK’s rising levels of long-term sickness. Instead, it came over as an administration running out of ideas, high on strident rhetoric, and desperate to cut welfare bills at all costs.
It was a “moral mission”, Sunak declared, to overhaul the current welfare system, which was “unfit for purpose”. Disability benefits were too easy to cheat, too cushy, too easily claimed. The speech was a clear appeal to the notion, in vogue on the right, that “mental health culture” has “gone too far”.
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WASHINGTON — The House voted 316-94 to tee up votes on four separate bills that include aid to Ukraine and Israel, a good sign for the prospects of Congress approving U.S. funding for the two countries after months of delay and partisan fighting.
Speaker Mike Johnson, facing intense opposition from right-wing members, received crucial help from Democrats to move forward with the votes. More Democrats (165) than Republicans (151) voted to pass the “rule,” a procedural step to set up the votes.
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Senior Iranian official says there is no plan for immediate retaliation. Plus, all 12 jurors seated in Trump criminal trial.
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Israel carried out airstrikes against Iran on Friday and explosions were reported in the sky over the cities of Isfahan and Tabriz. The Iranian government sought to play down the scale of the attack.
What is the context? The Israeli strike is in retaliation for a Iranian aerial attack involving 300 missiles and drones on Sunday morning, Iran’s first ever attack on the Jewish state, which in turn was a reprisal for the bombing of an Iranian consular building in Damascus on 1 April.
What does it say about US-Israeli relations? Benjamin Netanyahu defied Joe Biden, who had urged Israel not to respond militarily but to “take the win” of having shot down Iranian missiles.
How was the UN security council vote on Palestinian UN membership split? The 15-member body voted 12 in favor, the US opposed, and two abstentions, the UK and Switzerland.
What happens next? The court still needs to appoint six alternate jurors. At least one alternate had been selected before court concluded on Thursday.
How did the judge rebuke the press? He said to exercise “common sense” and “refrain from anything that has to do, for example, with physical descriptions” of jurors. He prohibited reporting on employers of jurors. It came after Fox News ran a segment on Tuesday that directly attacked jury members.
What will the 12 jurors decide? Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records over an alleged $130,000 hush-money scheme involving Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. He pleads not guilty.
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FREDERIC J. BROWN | AFP | Getty Images In December of last year, single mom Courtney Peterson was laid off from her job working for a now-shuttered inpatient transitional living program. Aside from the flexibility it allowed her to sometimes bring her seven-year-old son to work, it paid enough to cover rent in an apartment complex in the Van Nuys neighborhood in Los Angeles, where they had lived for a year and a half.
Peterson said she began to research potential avenues for help, immediately concerned about making January's rent. When her son was an infant, they lived in a travel trailer, she said, a situation she did not want to return to.
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As you probably learned back in middle school, menstruation is the monthly shedding of your uterine lining. Though it can be uncomfortable and sometimes inconvenient, your period is your body's way of telling you that your reproductive system is working properly.
Just as every woman is unique, every woman's period has its own personality. Some periods are short, others are long. Some are heavy, others are light.
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Delays mean just £404m of the money donated by nine countries has been committed or spent.
More than half of a £900m military fund for Ukraine run by the British Ministry of Defence has not been used because of bureaucratic delays in handing out contracts.
The UK-led International Fund for Ukraine counts nine countries among its donors. Critics claim its provision of weapons to the frontline has been slow.
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The final day of the 2024 NBA Play-in Tournament is here, and the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls are scheduled to compete for a coveted spot in the Playoffs. We've compiled everything you need to know about tuning in to tonight's game, including where to watch the Miami Heat vs. Chicago Bulls live without cable.
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Protesters into seventh day of hunger strike in support of Palestinians and in effort to demand university divestment.
A group of students at Yale University were on Friday into the seventh day of a hunger strike in support of Palestinians in Gaza and in a protest to pressure the university to divest from any weapons manufacturing companies potentially supplying the Israeli military.
The group titles itself Yale Hunger Strikers for Palestine and one protester, the graduate student Miguel Monteiro, described losing weight and feeling dizzy, while attempting to put the group’s efforts into a wider perspective.
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While Netanyahu and the Islamic Republic exchange ballistic “messages,” the question of Palestine demands the moral and strategic courage of actual statesmen.
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iPhone users in China no longer have access to some of the most popular messaging and social media apps.
Apple was ordered by the Chinese government on Friday to remove Meta's messaging app WhatsApp and its social media platform Threads from the official App Store in China. Along with Meta's apps, Apple was also forced to remove the Signal and Telegram messaging apps from the App Store, too.
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US stocks were mostly lower on Friday, with the S&P 500 declining for the 6th day in a row.
The decline was led by mega-cap tech stocks, with Nvidia plunging as much as 10%.
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Speaking after the Nato-Ukraine Council summit held by video link, Mr Stoltenberg said: "Nato defence ministers have agreed to step up and provide further military support, including more air defence."
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Super Micro Computer stock crashed 23% on Friday after the company announced the date of its Q3 earnings.
Wall Street seemed disappointed that Super Micro Computer did not preannounce earnings like it did last year.
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dowell | Moment | Getty Images While the annual rate for newly purchased Series I bonds could fall below 5% in May, the assets may still appeal to long-term investors, experts say.
Investors currently earn 5.27% annual interest on new I bonds purchased before May 1. Some experts predict the new rate could drop to around 4.27% based on inflation and other factors.
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AMC's astonishing Interview with the Vampireis almost back for its second season, and it looks like we've got some new vampire rules to learn before then.
Season 2 sees vampires Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) and Claudia (Delainey Hayles) journeying to Europe to find Old World vampires. They'll soon meet up with the Théâtre des Vampires in Paris, headed up by the thespian vampire Santiago (Ben Daniels).
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Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Austan Goolsbee on Friday said "more sniffing" is needed before the Fed can cut interest rates. Here's what to know.
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Peter Dreier.
With the National Rifle Association now weaker than it has been in decades, progress is possible—if politicians are willing to seize the time.
The post 25 Years After the Columbine Massacre, Is There Any Hope to End America’s Epidemic of Gun Violence? appeared first on The Nation.
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An online argument erupted after a video of a law professor grabbing a microphone from a student went viral. But the debate has obscured some fairly basic truths.
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A convicted rapist has been charged with murder and attempted sexual assault in the killing of a visiting nurse at a Connecticut halfway house for sex offenders in October
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Artur Debat | Moment | Getty Images The number of centenarians in the U.S. is poised to balloon in coming decades. That longevity poses a big financial challenge for households.
By 2054, there will be an estimated 422,000 Americans age 100 and older — more than four times the 101,000 in 2024, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Israel has launched strikes on Iran, according to US officials. This follows Iran’s attack on Israel a week ago.
BBC Verify has analysed videos sent to BBC Persian which show a succession of flashes in the sky.
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Calling the state of the U.S. jobs market these days stable seems like an understatement considering the latest data coming out of the Labor Department.
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Today's best Dyson vacuum deals include the V8 back down to its lowest price ever at Amazon. Check out our picks below.
Today's best Dyson vacuum deals as of April 19: Best vacuum for deep cleaning deal While robot vacuums have redefined the way we clean our homes, there's still something to be said for tackling messes with the ease and power of a cordless vacuum. When it comes to choosing the best cordless vacuum, Dyson offers some of the most powerful and precise models available.
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Calling the state of the U.S. jobs market these days stable seems like an understatement considering the latest data coming out of the Labor Department.
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The Netherlands' digital mininster said the government will be forced to stop using Facebook pages if it doesn't get clarity on its concerns from Meta.
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Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The head of the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday said the agency will increase the required amount of rest time for air traffic controllers in response to concerns over fatigue amid a staffing shortage.
The changes, which would take effect within 90 days, would require controllers to have at least 10 hours of rest between shifts, up from nine hours, and 12 hours of rest before an overnight shift.
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Patients with both heart and liver diseases are usually turned away from organ transplant lists. A new dual procedure aims to give them another chance.
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Both seem keen to limit hostilities, and key Arab states are ready to resist Tehran. But real change will require new Israeli leadership.
When it comes to the Middle East, it’s the pessimists who look smartest. Predict the worst and you’ll rarely be proved wrong. If you are, it’s usually because your forecast was insufficiently bleak.
So put on your gloom-tinted spectacles and assess the events of the last week. You’ll see the dawn of a grim new era, in which the region’s two strongest powers, Israel and Iran, trade blows directly. Last weekend, Iran crossed what had previously been a red line, aiming a barrage of missiles and drones directly at Israeli territory for the first time. In the early hours of Friday morning, Israel responded with a series of drone strikes on targets inside Iran, including Isfahan, site of an airbase and the country’s burgeoning nuclear programme. You don’t have to be Clausewitz to know that two regional powers, one an aspirant nuclear state, the other already there, engaged in a tit-for-tat exchange of fire aimed at each other’s sovereign terrain spells danger.
Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist.
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The administration’s blatant double standard demonstrates that the new “liberal international order” is built on hypocrisy. Share Facebook
Twitter Email Flipboard Pocket There’s a story Joe Biden’s foreign policy team likes to tell itself about the recent history of the world—a tale of hubris, setback, and restoration. It goes something like this: Since the vanquishing of the Axis in the Second World War, the United States has been the foundation stone for a global peace based on maintaining and the expanding the international liberal order. That order was dedicated to ever-growing and freer trade between nations and the expansion of democracy and human rights through a strengthening regime of international law, all undergirded by American military hegemony. With the vanquishing of the Warsaw Pact and Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991, this liberal international order stood unchallenged. But in its moment of triumph, the makers of American foreign policy made a series of arrogant mistakes that undermined the system previous generations had worked so hard to created.
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Harry Zehner.
The political and media class is doing what it always does with the US and its allies: trying to frame deliberate atrocities as tragic mishaps.
The post Israel’s Attacks on Gaza Are Not “Mistakes.” They’re Crimes. appeared first on The Nation.
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Lara-Nour Walton.
Hundreds of peaceful protesters began occupying the campus on Wednesday to demand that the university divest from Israel. The next day, the school sent in the NYPD to arrest them.
The post Inside the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University appeared first on The Nation.
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There’s no denying that there are many benefits to sports besides physical health. For girls and women, sports can be empowering. They can build confidence, social connections, and leadership skills.
But the sporting environment can also place unique pressure on athletes, and that stress can lead to body image issues, especially for female athletes. But body image hasn’t always been a topic of conversation in sports. “There’s a tremendous amount of shame, stigma, and secrecy,” says registered dietitian Paula Quatromoni, DSc. She’s an associate professor of nutrition and epidemiology at Boston University.
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