Health reporter for @TODAYshow and @NBCNews digital. I've also written about travel, business & lifestyle. Previously at CNN. Opinions are my own.

Joined August 2012
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Maja Chwalinska got a special message from @AndreAgassi after her incredible #RolandGarros run 🥹👏
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A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room. She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill. Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final. Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat. Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped. She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won. By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million. One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.
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Cancerguard, a liquid biopsy for 50 cancers, can provide an “early alert” for deadly disease before symptoms appear, according to its manufacturer. The blood test found this woman's hidden tumor. Doctors explain how it works and if it’s worth taking today.com/health/disease/can…
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Nathan Coleman’s doctor prescribed a GLP-1 drug, but the TV host preferred losing the weight without one. Here's how he did it. Thank you to @NateTWN for sharing his story today.com/health/diet-fitnes…
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Retatrutide, a powerful experimental weight-loss drug, mimics three different hormones the body produces after eating. It's not yet FDA approved, but showed powerful results in a late-stage clinical trial. “This is huge,” a doctor said today.com/health/diet-fitnes…
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A neuro-oncologist at the Mayo Clinic reveals the telltale signs of a “classic brain tumor headache” and other brain tumor symptoms she looks for in her own body. May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month today.com/health/mind-body/b…
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Her symptoms included feeling emotionless after having a baby and experiencing migraines for the first time in her life. “Nobody would have ever imagined” the diagnosis, she says. Thank you to Daniela Vicentini for sharing her story today.com/health/womens-heal…
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This young mom diagnosed with skin cancer endured an ear amputation and other treatments that didn't stop the melanoma from spreading. She had months left to live until she tried a “last ditch effort." Thank you to Jennifer Melahn for sharing her story today.com/health/womens-heal…
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The force awakens in newborn stars. Hubble captured some cosmic "lightsabers" far, far away. These are actually young stellar jets, colliding at fast speeds with nearby gas and dust. Happy Star Wars Day from the Hubble team!
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Happy Star Wars Day !
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