Health

An Insurer Agreed To Cover Her Surgery. A Politician’s Nudge Got the Bills Paid.

For the most part, Keyanna Jones and her husband thought they knew what to expect when their daughter Chloë had eye surgery last fall. Even Chloë, who was in kinde...

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Mediterranean diet and exercise cut diabetes risk by nearly one-third, even without much weight loss, study finds

More than 4,700 adults aged 55 to 75 were involved in the six-year study.A large six-year trial found that older adults who combined a Mediterranean diet with regular exercise were far less likely ...

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Serena Williams Lost 31 Pounds on GLP-1 Drug Zepbound: What to Know

Serena Williams recently shared her weight loss journey with the GLP-1 medication Zepbound. Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images for International Tennis Hall of Fame Serena Williams recently announ...

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Mississippi Declares a Public Health Emergency Over Infant Deaths

Health officials in Mississippi have declared a public emergency over the state’s rising infant mortality rate, which is the highest it’s been in a decade. Data from 2024 show ...

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Modern Dentistry Is a Microplastic Minefield

If you are like me, you brush your teeth—too vigorously, I’m told—with a plastic rack of plastic bristles. You use your plastic brush to lather a paste pushed from a plastic tube. When you have a c...

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1st human case of flesh-eating parasite detected in US

The patient returned from travel to El Salvador, officials said.The U.S. has confirmed the first case of a flesh-eating parasite in a human, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said o...

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Expect health insurance prices to rise next year, brokers and experts say

Pricey prescriptions and nagging medical costs are swamping some insurers and employers now. Patients may start paying for it next year.Health insurance will grow more expensive in many corners of ...

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What your YAWN can reveal about your health – and when it’s a medical emergency

WE all have our theories about why we yawn – boredom, the brain getting oxygen, or the most obvious one, lack of sleep. There are times when yawning is a cause for concer...

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FTC Has Long Said Products Must Back Up Health Claims. A MAHA Lawsuit Would Upend That.

Don’t get Nathan Jones started on xylitol, the active ingredient in his chewing gum, nasal spray, and other products. He’ll talk your ear off about its wondrous powers against tooth decay, as well ...

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As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered.

As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration’s actions sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists that kept them from performing the agency’s most critical function — eme...

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What Is ‘Ozempic Vulva’ and Is It a Real Side Effect of GLP-1 Drugs?

Anecdotal reports of “Ozempic vulva” include unusual vaginal changes as a possible side effect of GLP-1 drugs. Liudmila Chernetska/Getty Images Women are reporting what’s been coined as “O...

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More US hospitals are ending gender-affirming care for minors. How this could impact patients

Two U.S. hospitals are the latest to announce they will be ending some, or all, of their pediatric gender-affirming care services at the end of the month.Kaiser Permanente, a health care company th...

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The MAHA Trend in Groceries Will Backfire

Both batches of french fries that my family had for dinner were from the frozen-food aisle. They appeared nearly identical when cooked, one batch faintly darker than the other. And we all noticed: ...

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HHS moves to strip thousands of federal health workers of union rights

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rightsNEW YORK -- The U.S. Department of Health and H...

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Proposal could lead to sanctions against Alaska medical professionals for gender-affirming care

The Alaska State Medical Board will be considering language that says medical professionals provide gender-affirming care for children could risk having their work considered unprofessional conduct...

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FDA OKs First-Ever Glucose Monitoring System for Weight Loss: What to Know

The Signos system can be used alone, in combination with, or after GLP-1 drugs or bariatric surgery. Photography courtesy of Signos The FDA cleared the first glucose monitoring system spec...

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Kennedy Takes Aim at Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been implementing an anti-vaccine strategy that includes targeting a federal program that pays money to patients injured by immunizatio...

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“Recently Learned In Therapy That It Wasn’t Normal”: 26 Behaviors People Don’t Realize Are Toxic

Article created by: Gabija PalšytėWhy is it that the people we love the most are also the people who seem to cause us the most pain? In healthy relationships, our romantic partners, best friends an...

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Georgia man may have tried to enter CDC campus two days before he attacked agency

An internal CDC email reveals that the Georgia man who shot at CDC buildings on Aug. 8 likely tried to enter the campus two days earlierNEW YORK -- The Georgia man who shot at Centers for Disease C...

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A Berlin garden of flavorsome herbs revives a monastic health tradition from the Middle Ages

In a secluded lot next to a former gasworks in suburban Berlin, Martin Rötzel is breathing new life into a tradition of centuries past: the monastery gardenBERLIN -- In a secluded lot next to a for...

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Katie Price says her ‘PTSD and anxiety’ has been triggered after Peter Andre and Alex Reid lash out

KATIE Price has said that her ‘PTSD and anxiety’ has been triggered after Peter Andre and Alex Reid publicly lashed out. The former glamour model, 47, has been making hea...

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