BOSTON – A new study published in Menopause says women who suffer from both migraines and common menopausal symptoms could be at higher risk for cardiovascular disease. Nearly 80% of menopausal women experience hot flashes and about 17% of women in their late reproductive years get migraines. But how does having both affect a woman’s overall health? Researchers followed nearly …
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CBS News senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta conducted a rare interview with a Hamas commander and recruiter in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, four months after the group launched its bloody terror attack on Israel, sparking the ongoing war in Gaza. The militant said the war was helping draw new members to Hamas in the West Bank — a point one …
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Anthony Stumbo’s heart sank after the doctor shared his mother’s chest X-ray. “I remember that drive home, bringing her back home, and we basically cried,” said the internal medicine physician, who had started practicing in eastern Kentucky near his childhood home shortly before his mother began feeling ill. “Nobody wants to get told they’ve got inoperable lung cancer. I cried …
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A country radio station in Oklahoma that received criticism earlier this week for not playing Beyoncé’s new song“Texas Hold ‘Em”is now playing the tune. KYKC-FM added the song to its country playlist, Roger Harris, a general manager for South Central Oklahoma Radio Enterprises, which oversees KYKC, told CBS News in an email Wednesday. Harris said it was also included in …
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Paul McCartney has been reunited with the original Höfner bass guitar he bought in the early 1960s that was stolen in the ’70s, the former Beatles member confirmed Wednesday. “Following the launch of last year’s Lost Bass project, Paul’s 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar, which was stolen in 1972, has been returned,” read a brief statement on McCartney’s website. “The …
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MINNEAPOLIS— A Twin Cities business hopes to become the United States’ first nonprofit LGBTQ+ bar and theater. LUSH Lounge & Theater in northeast Minneapolis, which bills itself as “a premier destination for live music, comedy, drag, burlesque and so much more,” announced Wednesday that its 501(c)3 Organization, the Lush Legacy Fund (LLF), is working to acquire the business. Jennifer Lueck, …
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When it comes to having food delivered, Americans are accustomed to offering a gratuity. But it’s a different story for people whose job is delivering people to their destination. Only some 28% of rideshare trips result in tips, according a recently released report by Gridwise Analytics, which operates an app that tracks earnings for 500,000 active rideshare and delivery drivers. …
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Romance scams are booming. The Federal Trade Commission says it received 70,000 reports of romance scams in 2022, with reported losses of $1.3 billion. Liza Likins is one of those who fell victim to such a scam. The former backup singer for Stevie Nicks and other musicians says what she thought was true love with a man she met online …
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2023 was not a great year for the mortgage market. Thanks to elevated inflation and the highest interest rates in decades meant to tame it, mortgage interest rates surged, hitting their highest point since 2000. And while they’ve dropped slightly since, they’re still exponentially higher than they were in 2020 and 2021, for example. The long-term forecastfor rate cuts and …
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said “American workers are getting ahead” now that their pay is growing faster than inflation, making the Biden administration’s case that the U.S. has rebounded from the economic calamity caused by the pandemic. “We know that Americans are experiencing discomfort because some important prices are higher than they were pre-pandemic,” Yellen told “CBS Evening News.” “But …
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