Health

DR MARC SIEGEL: Grandma and Grandpa are turning golden years into a high time and it’s not safe

With over 50 million people in this country using cannabis in the past year, and the numbers continuing to skyrocket, it is disturbing to discover that the latest group to jump onto this bandwagon ...

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PIP warning as people with mental health problems ‘could lose up to £5,750 a year’ under government plans

HUNDREDS of thousands of Brits could lose up to £5,750 in PIP due to a major overhaul, a new report warns. The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI), founded b...

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Texas hospital that discharged woman with doomed pregnancy violated the law, a federal inquiry finds

WASHINGTON -- A Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law, according to a newly release...

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Data capturing hot spots and burned acres show Canada wildfire season off to wild start

Canada’s wildfire season is off to an intense startWhile images of wildfires capture their ferocity, data can provide insight into how bad a fire season is.Such is the case with two graphics, power...

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From frustration to joy: What I learned about getting a hearing aid

NEW YORK -- My first tip-off were the little things, the high-pitched little things: the doorbell and ringtones my kids could hear but I could not.Then it was the garbled-sounding conversations, an...

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CDC official who oversaw COVID vaccine recommendations resigns

The move comes after a week of mixed messages on COVID vaccine recommendations.An official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who oversaw the agency's recommendations for COVID-19 va...

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England star Millie Bright pulls out of selection for Women's Euros for health reasons

England defender Millie Bright has withdrawn herself from selection for the European Championship because she is “not able to give 100% mentally or physically.”England defender Millie Bright withdr...

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Anti-Inflammatory Diet May Improve Colorectal Cancer Survival Rates

New research suggests an anti-inflammatory diet may improve outcomes for people with stage 3 colon cancer. GMVozd/Getty Images An anti-inflammatory diet may be beneficial for colon cancer ...

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As Canadian wildfire smoke travels down to US, here's why it can be so dangerous

As hundreds of wildfires burn across Canada, Americans' health could be impacted.As of Wednesday, 203 wildfires were burning in Canada, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.The ...

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Ground beef sold at Whole Foods may be tainted with E. coli, USDA says

U.S. agriculture officials are warning that packages of ground beef sold at Whole Foods markets may be contaminated with EU.S. agriculture officials are warning that ground beef sold at Whole Foods...

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Baby saved by gene-editing therapy 'graduates' from hospital, goes home

KJ Muldoon was diagnosed with a rare, deadly genetic disease after he was born.KJ Muldoon, a 10-month-old baby who sparked nationwide headlines after receiving a first-of-its kind gene-editing trea...

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Measles vaccination rates drop after COVID-19 pandemic in counties across the US

Childhood vaccination rates against measles fell in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than 2,000 U.S. counties with available data — including in states that are battl...

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Trump administration rescinds Biden-era guidance requiring hospitals to perform emergency abortions

The guidance was issued after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade.The Trump administration announced on Tuesday it is rescinding Biden-era guidance that uses a federal law to require hospitals ...

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Mt. Everest’s Xenon-Gas Controversy Will Last Forever

It was a travesty—two travesties, actually, separate but inextricably linked. In May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a challeng...

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Two Patients Faced Chemo. The One Who Survived Demanded a Test To See if It Was Safe.

JoEllen Zembruski-Ruple, while in the care of New York City’s renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, swallowed the first three chemotherapy pills to treat her squamous cell carcinoma on J...

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Newsom’s Push To Block Law Could Save California Nursing Homes Over $1 Billion

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to block a California law from taking effect next year that will require nursing homes to have a 96-hour backup power supply, potentially giving the industry a reprieve from...

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An Arm and a Leg: A Mathematical Solution for US Hospitals?

What do the KGB and the former CEO of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital have in common? Eugene Litvak. The Soviet intelligence agency and the children’s hospital have each separately loo...

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Colorectal Cancer: 3-Year Exercise Program Improves Survival Rates

A new study shows that a three-year exercise program improved colon cancer survival rates after treatment. Mapodile/Getty Images Researchers report that a three-year exercise program helpe...

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Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Continues Assault on Obamacare

Millions would lose Medicaid coverage. Millions would be left without health insurance. Signing up for health plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces would be harder and more expensive. ...

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Florida city begins formal process to remove fluoride from water supply after state ban

Ocala said it will be in compliance with the new state law by July 1.A city in Florida began the formal process of removing fluoride from its water supply on Tuesday to be in compliance with a new ...

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Suicide pod activist Dr Florian Willet takes own life after arrest over ‘murder’ of woman who used euthanasia device

A SUICIDE pod activist has taken his own life after being interrogated over the murder of a woman who died...

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