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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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Why women should strength train at every stage of life

SeventyFour/ ShutterstockWomen who are inactive can lose up to 10% of their muscle mass each decade after the age of 30. This matters, because muscle isn’t only key for strength or how we look. It...

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Newsom Reverses on Long-Sought Paid Leave Benefit for Teachers in California

California public school teacher Mollie Blustein planned her pregnancy so that her daughter would arrive during summer break. But when the elementary school teacher went into premature labor and de...

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Federal Loan Caps Add Barriers — And Likely Debt — for Healthcare Students

Benjamin Pinckney has dreamed of becoming a physician assistant since he was 20 years old but says new student loan limits enacted by Congress in 2025 may prevent him from pursuing his goal. (Erica...

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Cyclospora Boosts Fears That Deadlier Foodborne Outbreaks Are Ahead

The next foodborne illness outbreak could be much worse. That’s the concern of food safety leaders across the U.S. who are raising alarms over federal cuts they say have made it harder to de...

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Why You Don't Need to Avoid Fruits, Veggies During the Cyclospora Outbreak

As federal health officials investigate possible sources of the cyclospora outbreak, experts say most fruits and vegetables remain safe to consume. Getty Images The FDA reports that no pro...

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Would You Go Back to a Time Before Smartphones If You Could?

Listen and subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Pocket CastsBack in the ’90s, before everyone had smartphones, were things just … better? Tech-focused nostalgia has become a potent ...

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Millions Of Teens Take This Acne Pill. Some Say It Nearly Cost Them Their Lives — And No One Warned Them

“I’ve noticed my moods really change and I’ve had a lot of thoughts [of serious self harm],” one isotretinoin user wrote four months into treatment. The drug was combating stubborn acne as it was ...

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Trump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Room Records

A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, person...

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‘Menopause Cocktail’: Can Allergy, Acid Reflux Meds Help Alleviate Symptoms?

Proponents of the “menopause cocktail” say that a combination of allergy and acid reflux medications helps alleviate menopause symptoms. Image Credit: Pekic/Getty The viral “menopause cock...

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The Evidence Employers Ignore

In May 2024, Wells Fargo fired more than a dozen employees in its wealth and investment management division. Their offence was not fraud, misconduct, or incompetence. It was the use of mouse jiggle...

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23 ‘Mental Health Memes’ That Even Therapists Might Find Funny

One major issue is that mental health problems are still considered taboo in many parts of the world. Even people living in developed countries sometimes still feel ashamed to ask for help when the...

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GLP-1s Like Ozempic, Wegovy Can Help Maintain Lower Calorie Intake for Over 1 Year

Recent research has found that GLP-1s, like Ozempic and Wegovy, can help you maintain a lower calorie intake for more than a year. Image Credit: Jon Challicom/Getty A new study found that ...

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Journalists Assess Risks of Tick Bites, Wildfire Smoke, Rising Health Costs

KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the affordability of Affordable Care Act health insurance plans on Connecticut Public’s The Wheelhouse on July 22. Clic...

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More Than Half of U.S. Adults Eligible for Statin Therapy Under New Guidelines

Three studies evaluated the potential impact of new cholesterol guidelines, which are expected to improve treatment outcomes. Getty Images The AHA, ACC, and other medical organizations rel...

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10 Wild Misconceptions About Women That Still Exist In The Internet Age

Confidence and ignorance are a dangerous mix, and it can be especially potent when it comes to men who feel that they have the right to tell women what to do. On the /r/NotHowGirlsWork subreddit, m...

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