John Torres
Medical Contributor at NBC News
Medical Contributor for @NBCNews, Emergency Med physician, former AF Pilot, current husband, father & grandpa! Author of "Guide to Surviving Everything"
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6 days ago |
yahoo.com | John Torres
News that President Donald Trump plans to reopen the notorious Alcatraz prison off the coast of San Francisco got my mind racing. As a child one of my favorite movies was Burt Lancaster's "Birdman of Alcatraz," and I was always fascinated by the notion of a prison for the worst offenders, a place that even housed the infamous Al Capone. Alcatraz was also known as a prison that no one escaped from.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | John Torres
Listen to a special Murder on the Space Coast podcast update. After 23 years in prison for a murder many believe he did not commit, Jeff Abramowski's conviction was overturned and he was released from custody last month. The state has yet to announce whether it will retry the Melbourne man again for the 2002 murder of Cortney "Dick" Crandall in Palm Shores.
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | John Torres
The first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term in office have been tumultuous to say the least with his emphasis on slashing federal government spending and raising tariffs on imports from other countries. The economic result thus far has not been great. The stock market has suffered losses snd this week it was announced that the economy output is shrinking. There has been speculation regarding a recession or an extended period of economic uncertainty.
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2 weeks ago |
today.com | Kaitlin Sullivan |John Torres |Marina Kopf
By , and Maureen Sideris was driving to Maine for a wedding when she realized she couldn’t swallow the sandwich she was having for lunch. The 71-year-old was soon diagnosed with gastroesophageal cancer. It was August 2022. The tumor, she said, blocked off a portion of her esophagus, the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach, making it difficult to swallow food.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | Kaitlin Sullivan |John Torres |Marina Kopf
By , and Maureen Sideris was driving to Maine for a wedding when she realized she couldn’t swallow the sandwich she was having for lunch. The 71-year-old was soon diagnosed with gastroesophageal cancer. It was August 2022. The tumor, she said, blocked off a portion of her esophagus, the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach, making it difficult to swallow food.
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