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How can I arrest and reverse stress, anxiety and depression induced cognitive decline?

I have suffered poor mental health for multiple years and noticed a decline in my fluid intelligence. In particular, my verbal proficiency has decreased: I was able to quickly formulate complex, gr...

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Talk to Your Doctor About Your Distrust of Public Health

The surgeon general may be the nation’s doctor, but she’s not your doctor. At least that’s the view of Casey Means, the physician turned wellness influencer who is vying for the role. When asked du...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: 40 Years of Health Policy

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. ...

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As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up a Shadow Medical System. It’s a Lesson for Other Cities.

MINNEAPOLIS — Gabi has big brown eyes, pigtails, and a genetic condition that makes her bones brittle. They fracture easily, leaving the 2-year-old in such pain that her mother quit her job cleanin...

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Trump’s Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Services That Help Disabled People Live at Home

OTTUMWA, Iowa — Leisa and Kent Walker recently received a disturbing notice: The private company managing their son’s Medicaid coverage intends to cut nearly 40% of what it spends for caregivers wh...

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Listen: What To Do When Health Insurance Slips Out of Reach

LISTEN: Can’t afford health insurance this year? Don’t be afraid to talk to your doctor about money and the cost of care. On WAMU’s “Health Hub” on March 4, KFF Health News correspondent Sam Whiteh...

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28 Of The Most Terrifying Stories Of People Who Have Taken A Life, According To Netizens

People do bad things all the time. It's part of being human, and it certainly comes with the territory. As you go through life, knowingly or unknowingly, you've likely met people who have done incr...

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40 Awesome Facts For Those Who Want To Learn Something New

Ozzy Osbourne lived a life of great excess. And when he died this year at the age of 76, many were saddened but also surprised that it hadn't happened earlier.“[He] had lived on the edge for such a...

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Doctors Thought Her Symptoms Were Pregnancy-Related. It Was Colon Cancer

When 36-year-old Gabby Zappia (pictured above) reported blood in her stool, her doctor attributed it to pregnancy-related hemorrhoids. Months later, a colonoscopy revealed she had stage IV colon ca...

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Google’s AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges

A bizarre new wrongful death lawsuit against Google alleges that the tech giant’s chatbot, Gemini, urged a 36-year-old Florida man named Jonathan Gavalas to kill others as part of a delusional miss...

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Despite Their Successes, Some Mobile Crisis Response Teams Are in Crisis

It was a snowy afternoon in Bozeman, a city of nearly 60,000 nestled among the mountains of southern Montana. Temperatures hovered in the mid-30s. The city’s mobile crisis...

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Lawmakers, Health Groups Resist Their States’ Rural Health Fund Plans

In the final days of 2025, governors around the country trumpeted the hundreds of millions of federal dollars they won from a new, $50 billion rural health fund. But plans...

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'Forever Chemicals' Causing Faster Aging For Men in Their 50s, Study Finds

Research has found that “forever chemicals” may lead to faster aging in middle-aged men. Image Credit: Gabriel Mello/Getty Images A new study suggests that certain “forever chemicals” may ...

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States Move to Restrict Access to HIV Medications and Care: What to Know

Many states are limiting access to HIV medications through ADAP programs as federal funding has remained largely flat despite rising costs. Luis Alvarez/Getty Images States are limiting or...

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This Is How Much Sleep You Need to Lower Your Type 2 Diabetes Risk

A recent study shows that getting between 7 to 7.5 hours of sleep may help lower your risk of diabetes. Image Credit: Artem Zhushman/Stocksy A recent study suggested that 7 hours and 18 mi...

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American Snacking Habits Are Transforming the Restaurant Industry

The eating habits of American adults have, in recent years, begun to resemble those of hobbits. Maybe you, too, have scarfed down scrambled eggs at home in the morning, only to arrive at the office...

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Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us

Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy. “I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she said, but she was shocked to see that the ou...

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Readers Lean On Congress To Solve Crises in Research and Rehab

Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. We Have Invested Too Much To...

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Federal Aid for Lead Cleanup Is Receding. That’s a Problem for Cash-Strapped Cities.

Tighter regulations and an influx of federal money in recent years have helped communities across the U.S. initiate efforts to clean up lead contamination in soil, drinking water, and older homes. ...

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Do you need to know who you’d be without antidepressants?

Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multi...

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Nearly Half of Colorectal Cancers Now Occur in Younger Adults, ACS Says

A new report from the ACS shows that nearly half of colorectal cancer cases are occurring in adults under 65. Image Credit: Westend61/Getty Images The American Cancer Society reports that ...

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