Abigail Brooks

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Abigail Brooks

WESTLAND, Mich. — For D’Asia Jackson, every day is a guessing game over whether excruciating pain will upend her life. The 28-year-old medical assistant was born with sickle cell disease, an inherited condition that causes red blood cells to be shaped like a crescent moon. The anomaly can cause blood clots, organ damage and excruciating pain, which can worsen during the menstrual cycle. “Pain-wise, I always describe it as like being hit by a Mack truck,” Jackson said.

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Abigail Brooks

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3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Abigail Brooks

Dubbed operation "Spiderweb," Ukraine's audacious drone attack Sunday on four Russian air bases - one of them deep inside Siberia - has brought the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in modern warfare sharply into focus. While accounts differ on the extent of the damage caused by the drones, which were reportedly smuggled to the perimeter of the bases in the backs of trucks, Ukraine's security service, the SBU, put the estimated cost to the Kremlin at $7 billion.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Abigail Brooks |Yamiche Alcindor

May 23, 2025, 4:45 PM EDTThis week, Julie Eshelman has been holding her breath, waiting to see if President Donald Trump delivers on his campaign promise to make in vitro fertilization free. Eshelman is a military wife and, thanks to IVF, a mom. She first began fertility treatments in 2016, and she and her husband finally welcomed a baby girl — five years, several miscarriages and $80,000 later.

2 months ago | consultantlive.com | Abigail Brooks

New research suggests metabolic syndrome (MetS) is highly prevalent and associated with increased levels of pain catastrophizing in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).1 Study findings suggest MetS negatively impacts overall pain catastrophizing, as measured by the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, as well as its individual components, including helplessness, rumination, and magnification.1 A type of arthritis that typically affects people with psoriasis or a biological family history of...