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The worse your mental health problem, the less sympathy you get – why?

SewCreamStudio/Shutterstock.comSome mental health conditions, such as anxiety, depression and ADHD, have become more accepted in society. People can now talk about them at work, at home and online...

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Why Some GLP-1 Users Say They’re Developing Scurvy

Reports of people developing scurvy while taking GLP-1 medications are on the rise. Milles Team/Shutterstock Reports of GLP-1 users developing scurvy have increased in recent months. ...

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Another Measles Death Is Coming

Of every 1,000 people the measles virus infects, it may kill as few as one to three. In a way, this can seem merciful. But the mathematics of measles is also unforgiving. The virus is estimated to ...

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Del Bigtree Wants His Kids to Get Polio

Over coffee at a Starbucks just outside Austin, Texas, Del Bigtree told me he wants his teenage son to catch polio. Measles, too. He’s considered driving his unvaccinated family to South Carolina, ...

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Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink eye, and cold symptoms. The ...

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Hibernating bears reveal clues to fighting muscle loss – new study

Volodymyr Burdiak/Shutterstock.comDuring hibernation, brown bears spend up to six months lying almost completely still, without eating, drinking or exercising. When spring arrives, they leave thei...

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Euphoria’ Star Eric Dane Dies at 53 After ALS Diagnosis

US actor Eric Dane attends Prime Video’s “Countdown” premiere at the Harmony Gold theatre in Los Angeles on June 18, 2025. Image credit: VALERIE MACON/Getty Images Actor Eric Dane has died...

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Canada is a global leader in obesity care guidelines, so why are Canadians still waiting months for treatment at home?

Canada is recognized globally for its world-leading obesity care guidelines — yet Canadians continue to struggle to access the very treatment plans we’ve developed. Meanwhile, the same model of car...

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Judge to decide if trans inmate serving time for sexual assaults against women will be moved to female prison

A transgender inmate serving time for violent sexual assaults against women is pushing to switch to a female facility. Amanda Joy Cooper has been incarcerated since 2001 and holds a dangerous...

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As More Americans Embrace Anxiety Treatment, MAHA Derides Medications

After a grueling year of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation to treat breast cancer, Sadia Zapp was anxious — not the manageable hum that had long been part of her life, but something deeper, more...

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New Orleans Brings Back the House Call, Sending Nurses To Visit Newborns and Moms

When Lisa Bonfield gave birth to daughter Adele in late November, she was thrust into the new world of parenting, and faced an onslaught of challenges and skills to learn: breastfeeding, diapering,...

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The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives

A year after the Trump administration began the dismantlement of USAID, it is initiating a new round of significant cuts to foreign assistance. This time, programs that survived the initial purge p...

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Some People Are Just Too Selfish And Stupid To Work With Others As These 49 Photos Show (New Pics)

Most of us have had at least that one coworker who’s made our lives a little harder.You know the type — the one who talks too loudly, takes up too much space on the desk, borrows your charger and r...

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Actor Taye Diggs on How Losing His Parents to Cancer Changed His Life

Actor Taye Diggs lost both his parents to cancer and shares how this experience has shaped his life since. Photo by James Willis Actor Taye Diggs has opened up about losing both his parent...

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Schrödinger’s Snack

Eating candy for breakfast is not a good decision. But most mornings, I start my day with something that looks and tastes a lot like just that. The Built Puff protein bar is covered in chocolate an...

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The mystery Malaysia Airlines of flight MH370

At 12.41am local time on 8 March, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 set out from Kuala Lumpur, bound for Beijing. About 40 minutes after its departure, however,...

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Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC on Sobriety: 'I'm Not Afraid to Face Myself'

Twenty years sober, Run-DMC’s Darryl McDaniels opens up about his recovery journey. Courtesy of Stand Together Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, of the legendary hip-ho...

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Journalists Explain Colorectal Cancer Risk and Federal Pullback on Georgia Disability Oversight

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed on CBS News 24/7’s The Daily Report on Feb. 16 how the recent deaths of two actors sparked searches for colorectal canc...

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Trump’s Transparent Hospital Pricing Pays Off for Industry — But Not So Much for Patients

“We’re going to post that, all the prices for everything,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared at a recent event held by the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washi...

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State Lawmakers Seek Restraints on Wage Garnishment for Medical Debt

Lawmakers in at least eight states this year are aiming to reel in wage garnishment for unpaid medical bills. The legislation introduced in Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Maine, Michiga...

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Mounjaro, Zepbound May Lower Risk of Eye Disease in People With Diabetes

Tirzepatide may help lower the risk of diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication that can lead to vision loss. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images Weight loss medications Mounjaro and Zepbound,...

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