Sheila Baylis

Women have reported symptoms for decades, when will the research catch up? At least 300,000 people get breast implants each year — for cosmetic reasons, as a part of gender-affirming surgery or because of breast reconstruction after a mastectomy. And…

Despite efforts to raise awareness and make change, #metoo has not yet disrupted the doctor’s office Last week, 45 former patients of Darius Paduch, M.D., requested The New York State Department of Health investigate the hospitals where Dr. Paduch, a…

In 2021, Krystal Talavera was found dead, face down on her living room floor near a packet labeled “space dust.” The powder inside was marketed as kratom, an herbal supplement made from the leaves of a tropical evergreen tree that grows in Southeast…

Survivors say they felt pressured to get breast reconstruction with implants and weren’t informed of the potential risks Surviving breast cancer is difficult enough, but some people who have mastectomies then develop breast implant illness after…

In July, a new law intended to reduce the unusually high number of deaths from Brazilian butt lift procedures in Florida took effect. Between 2010 and 2022, 25 deaths were recorded in South Florida alone. The Brazilian butt lift, or BBL, is the…

The reasons scientists prefer pigs for animal-to-human organ transplants A pig’s kidney was transplanted into a man’s body over 40 days ago, the longest an experiment like this has gone on. The man, who is from New York, is brain-dead, and his family…

Karen Smith got uterine cancer from the toxic chemicals near to Ground Zero. She is one of the first women to be certified by the World Trade Center Health Program, which finally added uterine cancer to the list just this year Karen Smith was working…

An Oregon Man Was Declared Dead in October by the Coroner. In December He Showed Up Home Very Much Alive Despite His Family Having Ashes Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III had uncommon, but known complications following a routine prostatectomy.…

Amanda Kuda, author of Unbottled Potential, helps people change their relationship to alcohol Sobriety began to change shape in 2018 with the release of Sober Curious by Ruby Warrington, who had started the alcohol-free event series Club Soda NYC a…

Gawking at the neighborhood of Kensington, Philadelphia is a phenomenon on YouTube. There are dozens of so-called documentaries that explore its plight, most of them made using cameras mounted on cars that cruise the neighborhood to shock viewers…

Patients of an influential Arkansas doctor are sharing horror stories of being imprisoned in an inpatient psychiatric facility, and describing alleged incidents of physical and emotional abuse, strip searches, forced sedation, intimidation and fraud…

Last week, a federal judge ordered the state of Florida to help medically fragile children live at home with their families — a ruling advocates have wanted for years. Many of the children in question were isolated in nursing homes for months or…

Jazz trumpeter Kermit Ruffins was thrilled to welcome his first baby with girlfriend Harmonese Pleasant when she was shot outside of their New Orleans home Harmonese Pleasant was weeks away from welcoming her first baby with jazz trumpeter Kermit…

Oprah Winfrey had intense heart palpitations prior to menopause, and wants to inform other women about this common symptom Oprah Winfrey knows from personal experience that perimenopause and menopause can interrupt a woman's life. When she was 48,…