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Higher Body Fat Linked to Low Sperm Count, Testosterone. Here's Why

Higher body fat percentages are associated with lower sperm counts and changes in male reproductive hormones, including testosterone. Kate/E+/Getty Images Researchers say body fat measurem...

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The Real Antidepressant Crisis

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is vocal about his view that Americans overuse psychiatric medications, particularly antidepressants. As a general rule, the Health and Human Services secretary is skeptical o...

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Early Menopause Linked to High Blood Pressure. How to Lower Your Risk

Premature menopause is associated with a greater risk of high blood pressure, especially among those ages 25 to 35. Maskot/Getty Images A study found that early menopause was associated wi...

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The Newest Federally Recognized Tribe Wants Better Healthcare. It May Be On Its Own.

LUMBERTON, N.C. — Soybean fields surround Angie Lowery’s home in Robeson County, on a plot of rural land in southeastern North Carolina. Dozens of antique gas station signs, 20 feet tall, dominate ...

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They Worked To Protect Public Health. Now They Want the Public’s Votes.

A handful of former public health officials are campaigning for top statewide offices across the country, testing whether their experience with covid and other hot-button health issues will appeal ...

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The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs

Photographs by Dana GolanLate last year, I walked roughly a mile from downtown Seattle to the working-class neighborhood of Little Saigon and came upon a montage of human despair. An open-air drug ...

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Prebiotic Sodas May Contain Less Fiber and More Sugar Than Advertised

New research shows that prebiotic sodas may contain higher sugar and lower fiber than claimed. Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Getty A new study found that prebiotic sodas may contain more sugar an...

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What Anthony Fauci Didn’t Say

Sitting in front of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs today, Anthony Fauci twirled his pen. He huffed and straightened his shoulders. He glanced down at a set of...

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Why ‘Binge-Watching’ That TV Show Now May Affect Your Brain Later

Recent research has found that people who watch a lot of TV in midlife showed reduced volume in certain brain regions. Image Credit: Digital Vision/Getty A recent study found that people w...

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Abortion Drug Law in Louisiana Heightens Hemorrhage Risk for Pregnant Patients

Over the past decade, Louisiana hospitals began stocking specialized carts designed to treat hemorrhages, one of the most common pregnancy complications in the state. The plug-in cart can be wheele...

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Medicaid Insurers’ Contracts on the Line in Tight Governor’s Race

One of America’s most competitive gubernatorial races could settle a heated argument over whether private insurance companies should run Medicaid. The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program...

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Thyroid Medication Recalled Nationwide: What to Do If Yours Is Affected

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Class II nationwide recall of levothyroxine, a common thyroid medication. hudiemm/Getty Images A common thyroid medication is under a volunt...

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FDA Approves ‘First-in-Class’ NDSRI for ADHD in Adults and Children

SIMTRIYO is a newly approved central nervous system medication to help treat ADHD in children and adults. Image Credit: Tom Werner/DigitalVision via Getty Images Federal regulators have ap...

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Beyond the Panic: Study Finds That Most Teens Use Social Media Moderately

Say it with me: Correlation does not equal causation. But once again, we've got someone spinning noncausal survey results as "social media i...

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Pregnant and parenting teens in Nairobi’s informal settlements: the hidden mental toll of stigma

Pregnancy is demanding at any age. But for adolescents, it comes on top of everything else they are dealing with: school, relationships, and the passage into adulthood. Add the hormonal shifts and ...

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Hospice’s Bad Reputation Amid Fraud Crisis Will Hurt Patients, Industry Experts Warn

Mark Vantrease regularly sees his Vietnam War buddies over breakfast, attends his grandchildren’s Little League games, and, when he’s up to it, tends to his lush front-yard garden, which is dotted ...

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Trump Has Quietly Throttled an Agency Devoted to the Safety of American Healthcare

The Trump administration has effectively shut down most of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s activities, closing the spigot on federal funding estimated to have saved thousands of li...

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Uninsured but Undaunted, a Surgical Patient Searched the Globe for a Deal

Around the end of last year, Ronmel Rangel, 63, began to feel a familiar discomfort in his lower abdomen. Twenty-five years earlier, while living in his native Venezuela, he had undergone surgery t...

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The Unmaking of Anthony Fauci

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.When Anthony Fauci arrives on Capitol Hill tomorrow to testify before Congress, he will be trailed by a secu...

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Handwritten notes of Dexter-obsessed serial killer who dismembered homeless men revealed

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Tylenol with Naproxen: FDA Approves Fast-Acting Non-Opioid for Pain Relief

A new fast-acting pain relief medication contains the active ingredients acetaminophen (Tylenol) and naproxen (Aleve). Photo courtesy of Kenvue Federal regulators have approved a new pain ...

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