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How the 'Portfolio Diet' May Help Lower Cholesterol, Heart Disease Risk

Adherence to the Portfolio Diet may reduce the risk of death from heart disease by 18%. Image Credit: Ina Peters/Stocksy Research has linked adherence to the Portfolio Diet with a reductio...

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3 Wellness Trends to Follow in 2026 (and 3 to Avoid)

Every January, a fresh set of wellness trends slams into our psyche. There’s a new supplement, a new form of therapy, or just a trending idiotic TikTok video that promises the life-changing health ...

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Cannabis Reclassification Means Some Coverage For Medicare Recipients

Reclassification of cannabis will offer certain coverage for Medicare recipients. Image credit: Virginian Pilot/Getty Images A White House directive is ordering federal authorities to ...

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Raw oysters linked to ongoing salmonella outbreak infecting 64 people across 22 states: CDC

At least 20 people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.Raw oysters have been linked to an ongoing salmonella outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on ...

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More than a third of states sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that coul...

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Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that

A new Department of Health and Human Services report reveals Medicaid programs made over $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already ...

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I Bought ‘GLP-3’

After Katie started on Ozempic, she got her hairdresser interested, too. This summer, when they saw each other again, she thought that her hairdresser had lost some weight and that she looked “so g...

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It’s the ‘Gold Standard’ in Autism Care. Why Are States Reining It In?

ALEXANDER, N.C. — Aubreigh Osborne has a new best friend. Dressed in blue with a big ribbon in her blond curls, the 3-year-old sat in her mother’s lap carefully enunciating a classmate’s fir...

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Medical Bills Can Be Vexing and Perplexing. Here’s This Year’s Best Advice for Patients.

A Texas boy’s second dose of the MMRV vaccine cost over $1,400. A Pennsylvania woman’s long-acting birth control cost more than $14,000. Treatment for a Florida Medicaid enrollee’s heart att...

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After Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery, They Wound Up in the Hospital or Alone at a Recovery House

Lisa Farris worried that a nasty infection from recent liposuction and a tummy tuck was rapidly getting worse. So she phoned the cosmetic surgery center to ask if she should head to the emergency r...

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What Foods Make You Happiest? Hint: It’s Not What You Think

Research shows that certain foods can affect your mood in different ways, including making you happier. Image Credit: Ani Dimi/Stocksy Research shows that certain foods can affect your moo...

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An Arm and a Leg: A Few More Good Things From 2025

An Arm and a Leg host Dan Weissmann breaks down how two states passed laws aimed at protecting people from things like medical debt, insurance delays and denials, and corporate profiteering. ...

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Social media for healthcare: Strategies for Australian providers

Healthcare providers in Australia face unique challenges online, including strict AHPRA compliance rules and small teams with limited time. Social media is the tool to bridge those gaps. With the ...

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The 9th Circuit Upholds a University of Washington Professor's Right to Mock 'Land Acknowledgments'

A decade ago, the University of Washington (U.W.) adopted an official statement that "acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, th...

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Eating Nuts May Help Reduce Food Cravings, Promote Weight Management

Young adults with a higher risk of metabolic syndrome may benefit from eating nuts, researchers say. fcafotodigital/Getty Images A new study suggests that swapping high carb snacks for nut...

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Addiction-stricken community struggles to keep a syringe program going after Trump's order

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- Inside a storage room at the Clark County Health Department are boxes with taped-on signs reading, “DO NOT USE.” They contain cookers and sterile water that people use to sh...

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New drug may slow progression of ALS in small group of patients: Study

A new drug may slow progression of -- and even reverse -- symptoms of a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a new study published Monday finds.The drug, tofersen, targets a very sp...

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Criminally Ill: Systemic Failures Turn State Mental Hospitals Into Prisons

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be killed. “That’s what I’m trying to avoid,” said Ferguson, who still calls Quincy Jackson III...

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Baltimore Drove Down Gun Deaths. Now Trump Has Slashed Funding for That Work.

BALTIMORE — David Fitzgerald knows how tough it is to prevent gun violence. In 15 years working in some of Baltimore’s deadliest neighborhoods for a program called Safe Streets, he said, he’s defus...

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Medicaid Health Plans Step Up Outreach Efforts Ahead of GOP Changes

ORANGE, Calif. — Carmen Basu, bundled in a red jacket and woolly scarf, stood outside the headquarters of her local health plan one morning after picking up free groceries. She had brought her husb...

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Strangers With Vitamins? Amy Sedaris Shares How She Boosts Her Brain Health

From multivitamins to crafting with friends, the ‘Strangers With Candy’ star shares her recipe for staying mentally sharp and young at heart. Actor and comedian Amy Sedaris shares her approa...

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