11 hikers dead after Indonesia volcano erupts, survivors found

11 hikers dead after Indonesia volcano erupts, survivors found

Mount Marapi volcano spews volcanic ash as seen from Nagari Batu Palano in Agam, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, December 4, 2023 | Photo Credit: ANTARA FOTO At least 11 hikers were found dead and three others were rescued by search teams that worked through the night to find people missing after the eruption of a … Read more

Maharashtra bus tragedy | Could come out of burning vehicle alive by breaking its window, say survivors

Maharashtra bus tragedy | Could come out of burning vehicle alive by breaking its window, say survivors

Flames and smoke billow out from the bus after it caught fire in Buldhana on July 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Some of the survivors of the ill-fated bus that caught fire and led to the death of 26 passengers in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district on July 1 said they managed to come out of … Read more

Justice for Sexual Assault Survivors: New Law Offers Healing

Justice for Sexual Assault Survivors: New Law Offers Healing

Content Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault.   Marissa Hoechstetter knew things weren’t quite right. First, there was the question about orgasms posed by Robert Hadden, the older male doctor who became her OB/GYN. Then, in a follow-up appointment early on in her pregnancy, his “overly-handsy” breast exam. It was Hoechstetter’s first pregnancy. … Read more

HRT Won’t Raise Recurrence Rate for Breast Cancer Survivors

HRT Won’t Raise Recurrence Rate for Breast Cancer Survivors

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for breast cancer survivors doesn’t appear to increase the risk of cancer recurrence or death, Danish researchers report. Although HRT has previously been linked to a raised risk of breast cancer’s return, those earlier studies referred to oral HRT … Read more

Shooting Survivors Turned Activists: ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’

Shooting Survivors Turned Activists: ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’

June 22, 2022 – The temperature was nearing 80 degrees as Mia Tretta climbed the steps to the makeshift stage on the bed of a pickup truck parked outside Los Angeles City Hall for the March for Our Lives rally. She took the crowd of 1,000 back in time to Nov. 14, 2019, when she … Read more

For Survivors, School Shootings a Lasting and Mean Companion

For Survivors, School Shootings a Lasting and Mean Companion

May 25, 2022 – As the parents of the 19 children shot dead Tuesday in Uvalde, TX, by an 18-year-old gunman grapple with unspeakable grief and funeral preparations, the survivors and their families are dealing with their own angst, and likely much more. While the parents understandably feel lucky that their children made it out, … Read more

New Fertility Breakthrough for Male Cancer Survivors

New Fertility Breakthrough for Male Cancer Survivors

May 17, 2022 – University of Pennsylvania scientists who froze testicular tissue from rats over 2 decades ago have discovered the tissue is still viable, marking the latest step forward in keeping male cancer survivors fertile. More than 23 years after the tissue was frozen, those rat cells were reimplanted and able to produce viable … Read more