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Healthgrades Names Top U.S. Hospitals for Patient Safety in 2026

Healthgrades’ Patient Safety Excellence Awards recognize hospitals in the top 10% in the nation for patient safety. andresr/Getty Images Healthgrades recently announced the recipients of t...

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Mental health laws ignore traditional care in Africa: insights from 5 countries

When Idoko, a 23-year-old man living in rural Benue State, north central Nigeria, began hearing voices, withdrawing from family and speaking incoherently, his family’s first call was not to a psych...

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27 Things That Are More Common Than People Would Like To Think

Many things might seem uncommon at first glance, especially when there’s no one in your circle going through the same thing. But members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently revealed that some oc...

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Is It Worth Your Time and Money To Set Up an HSA?

LISTEN: Is it worth it to set up a health savings account? HealthQ has answers. When Mike McKee thinks about saving money for the future, he has a few priorities. Maxing ou...

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Reckoning With State and Federal Cuts, Los Angeles Safety-Net Clinics Push for a New Tax

LOS ANGELES — Mia Angulo, who is pregnant and due in May, is living in a tent with her boyfriend in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Lingering pain ...

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Despite Popular Belief, Many Adults Over 60 Still Desire Intimacy

Research shows that older adults still desire sex and intimacy in relationships. Image Credit: Studio Firma/Stocksy A recent study has shown that adults remain interested in sexual activit...

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“He Said He Regretted It”: 49 People Who Gave Cheaters A Second Chance Shared What Happened

Most people believe that cheating is a deal-breaker in a romantic relationship. In fact, one U.K. survey found that 80% of respondents claimed that their relationship would be over if they found ou...

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Doja Cat Reveals She May Have Lipedema: What Are the Signs, Symptoms?

Doja Cat recently shared that she may have lipedema, which led to her decision to have liposuction in 2023. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA In a TikTok video, pop music artist Doja ...

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Why That 'Drama Queen' in Your Life Could Make You Age Faster

Recent research found that having “hasslers” in your life could be making you age faster. Image Credit: Anna Malgina/Stocksy A recent study found that, over time, stressful relationships m...

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How a 50-Year-Old Study About Milkshakes Duped Psychology

Back in the early 1970s, psychologists at Northwestern University performed an experiment that, on the surface, looked like a child’s fantasy. The researchers gathered 45 college women and asked so...

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FDA Doesn’t Endorse Leucovorin for Autism, OKs It for Rare Brain Disorder

More research is still needed before leucovorin should be approved as an autism treatment. Westend61/Getty Images Federal regulators have approved leucovorin for the treatment of cerebral ...

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‘Dark Money’ Group Angles for Higher Medicare Advantage Payments

If you judged by the more than 16,400 comments posted on a federal government website, you’d think there was a groundswell of older Americans demanding that federal officials hike payments to their...

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Florida Is Trying to Ignore Measles Until It Can’t

Out of the 30 states where measles has been detected in 2026, Florida currently ranks third in case counts. Since the start of the year, at least 132 confirmed or probable cases of measles have bee...

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“Full-Time Job”: Cindy Crawford’s “Sad” Morning Routine Video Sparks Health Debate

The seemingly meditative morning routine of the 1990s’ most renowned supermodel, Cindy Crawford, has sparked a full-blown health debate online about ageism, beauty standards, and celebrity privileg...

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Families Scramble To Pay Five-Figure Bills as Clock Ticks on Promised Preauthorization Reforms

Sheldon Ekirch is used to being disappointed by her health insurance company. That’s why Ekirch, 31, of Henrico, Virginia, was stunned when she learned Anthem woul...

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Medicare Advantage ‘Dark Money’ Group Attempts To Win Higher Payments for Insurance Companies

Judging by more than 16,400 comments recently posted on a federal government website, you’d think there was a groundswell of older Americans demanding that federal officials hike payments to their ...

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Doctors Warn of a Deadly Complication From Measles Outbreaks

The first sign came when Deepanwita Dasgupta was 5 and started stumbling more while playing at her home in Bangalore in southern India. The girl was always up to something, so her parents figured e...

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Psilocybin 6 Times More Effective Than Nicotine Patch to Help Smokers Quit

New research suggests that psilocybin combined with CBT may be more effective than the nicotine patch for smoking cessation. Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images Psilocybin, also known as “magi...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: RFK Jr.’s Very Bad Week

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

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One Food All Americans Can Agree On

If nutrition is a sport, it has no casual fans. Supporters of Team Protein, the 2025 champions, are numerous and passionate, backed up by a sprawling industry of protein-supplemented products such ...

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Republicans Fret Over RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Policies While MAHA Moms Stew

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fielding pressure from the White House to relax his controversial approach to vaccine policies as the midterms near, but his most steadf...

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