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Chronic Cannabis Use, Including Edibles, Linked to Endothelial Dysfunction

New research found a link between chronic cannabis use and endothelial dysfunction, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Vanessa Nunes/Getty Images Chronic cannabis use is bad for you...

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CDC removes language that says healthy kids and pregnant women should get COVID shots

The nation’s top public health agency has posted new recommendations that healthy children and pregnant women may — but no longer should — get COVID-19 vaccinationsNEW YORK -- The nation's top publ...

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At Trump’s FDA, Anti-Regulatory Approach and Cost-Cutting Put Food Safety System at Risk

The Trump administration’s anti-regulatory approach and cost-cutting moves risk unraveling a critical system of checks and balances that helps ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply, industry ex...

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Millions of US children have parents with substance use disorder, and the consequences are staggering − new research

Alcohol is the most common substance misused by parents. igorr1/iStock via Getty Images PlusAbout 1 in 4 U.S. children – nearly 19 million – have at least one parent with substance use disorder. Th...

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Common condition plaguing 1 in 6 Brits ‘increases the risk of deadly dementia’

FROM diabetes to high blood pressure, several health conditions have been linked to dementia over the year...

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American Doctors Are Moving to Canada To Escape the Trump Administration

Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained in the United States, packed up hi...

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Opioid Settlement Windfall: Where the Billions Are Going

LISTEN: Tens of thousands of people have filed claims for compensation from pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the opioid crisis. But few have actually gotten a check. On May 28, WAMU’s “H...

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Why healthy children may need vaccination as RFK Jr. cuts COVID shot recommendation for some kids

Earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a video posted on X that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would no longer be recommending COV...

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WARNING: 4 Deadly Bathroom Habits Seniors Do That Increase Heart Risk by 300%

WARNING: 4 Deadly Bathroom Habits Seniors Do That Increase Heart Risk by 300% We'll Cover: Dangerous straining during bowel movements that causes blood pressure spikes • Temperature shock from...

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Before the bump: Can pre-pregnancy planning affect child development?

Enhancing physical and psychological health months or even weeks before conception may have powerful positive effects on offspring. (Shutterstock)Anticipating the conception of a child can be accom...

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CDC, FDA Limit Access to COVID Shots for Healthy Adults, Kids, and Pregnant People

The CDC ended its COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant people and healthy children, and the FDA will no longer approve new COVID shots for healthy adults. Sean Locke/Stocksy United ...

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Why gas-powered lawn mowers and leaf blowers are getting the axe

For generations of Americans, the soundtrack to spring weekends has been a rise in birdsong and the loud, constant “virrrrrr” of neighbors cutting their growing grass. But the gas lawn mowers, leaf...

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The Conversations Trump’s Doctors Should Be Having With Him

In contrast to his aging predecessor, President Trump appears robust and energetic. Yet, like Joe Biden, Donald Trump is an elderly man, and he will become the oldest sitting president in U.S. hist...

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What we know -- and don't know -- about who will be able to get COVID-19 shots

Want a COVID-19 vaccination this fall? For many Americans, it’s not clear how easy it will be to get one – or if they’ve lost the choice.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was a longtime a...

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Feds Chop Enforcement Staff and Halt Rules Meant To Curb Black Lung in Coal Miners

In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him in the White House East Room. He joked about arm-wrestling them and announced he was signing executive...

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Language Service Cutbacks Raise Fear of Medical Errors, Misdiagnoses, Deaths

SAN FRANCISCO — Health nonprofits and medical interpreters warn that federal cuts have eliminated dozens of positions in California for community workers who help non-English speakers sign up for i...

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A Medicaid Patient Had a Heart Attack While Traveling. He Owed Almost $78,000.

On Christmas Day at the WaTiki indoor water park, Hans Wirt was getting winded from following his son up the stairs to the waterslides. Wirt’s breathing became mor...

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Can TikTok’s ‘Fibermaxxing’ Trend Help You Lose Weight? What Experts Think

Fibermaxxing emphasizes fiber intake during meals and snacks, which could aid weight loss and help lower the risk of chronic diseases. Knape/Getty Images ‘Fibermaxxing’ is TikTok’s latest ...

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Sadiq Khan is off his head – cannabis plan isn’t progress, it’s surrender to addiction and violence and will ruin London

MAYOR of London Sir Sadiq Khan has backed a dopey proposal – by his own Drugs Commission for the capital – to decriminalise cannabis use in the city. With London alre...

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Labour slap down London mayor Sadiq Khan’s call to legalise cannabis

File photo dated 12/05/22 of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan walking through cannabis plants which are being legally cultivated at ‘Traditional’ a licensed factory in Los Angeles where the mayor was s...

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Hospitalized After Sleeping With 583 Men, Annie Knight Says Doctors Ignored Her Health Problems

Adult star Annie Knight shared a strong-worded post about “begging” doctors to fix her pain and bleeding. Dubbed “Australia’s most s*xually active woman,” Annie recently landed in a hospital bed s...

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