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Your gut microbes can be anti-aging – scientists are uncovering how to keep your microbiome youthful

A diet high in fiber can diversify your gut microbiome – and potentially improve your health and longevity. Mint Images/Mint Images RF via Getty ImagesPeople have long given up on the search for th...

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Dies at 84 After Parkinson’s Misdiagnosis Changed to PSP

Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at 84 after living with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare neurological disorder often misidentified as Parkinson’s. Chicago Tribune/Getty Images Rev....

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An Olympic Trend That Defies Tradition

Olympic skimo is a spectacle. Appearing at the Games for the first time, skimo, short for ski mountaineering, grew from a long tradition of scaling mountains on skis—sometimes for hours on end—for ...

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Why mass shootings can’t be reduced to a mental illness diagnosis

In the aftermath of violent tragedies like the recent mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., a common panic-fueled and grief-stricken reaction is to rush to simple, tidy explanations. Mental illness...

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Changing the way we talk about mental illness | Steph Ng | TEDxDBSHK Youth

We view the way of battling mental health problems like a fairytale — flowers, rainbows; a story with an easy resolution. Steph Ng tells us the opposite, how the way we approach mental health stori...

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Insulin Resistance May Be Driving 12 Types of Cancer, Researchers Say

A new study found a strong association between insulin sensitivity and cancer risk. VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy Researchers linked insulin resistance to 12 types of cancer, with uterine cancer s...

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Trump Required Hospitals To Post Their Prices for Patients. Mostly It’s the Industry Using the Data.

Republicans think patients should be shopping for better health care prices. The party has long pushed to give patients money and let consumers do the work of reducing costs. After some GOP lawmake...

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Listen: Why Do I Need Prior Authorization?

Listen in as “Life Kit” host Marielle Segarra and health reporter Sarah Boden untangle the red tape that can make the prior authorization process frustrating. ...

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Fury to have no coach or nutritionist for comeback

Tyson Fury retired in January 2025 with 34 wins in 37 fights [Getty Images]Tyson Fury claims he will have no trainer for his comeback fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov.The two-time heavyweight wor...

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Despite Side Effects, People Continue Taking Ozempic for Weight Loss

People who lose weight with GLP-1 drugs are likely to continue using the medication despite the side effects. Image Credit: geckophotos/Getty Images A recent study found that many people u...

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Wearable Trackers May Help Detect Depression Relapse Before It Occurs

Wearable trackers may help detect depression relapse before it occurs by tracking sleep, a study shows. Image Credit: Oliver Rossi/Getty Images A recent study has found that using a wearab...

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Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss: Does the Evidence Live Up to the Hype?

A new review of evidence found that intermittent fasting is no better than other dietary patterns for weight loss. yunxi xie/Getty Images Researchers report that intermittent fasting is no...

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Their Mutated Genes Were Supposed to Be Harmless

Back when he was 17 and in high school, Eric Sid fainted. In the emergency room, he was diagnosed with anemia, which can cause fainting spells, and for years he thought that was the end of the stor...

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Journalists Unpack Impact of ICE Arrests on Families and Caffeine’s Effect on Dementia Risk

KFF Health News senior contributing editor Elisabeth Rosenthal discussed the cost of cancer care in the wake of James Van Der Beek’s death on ABC News’ ABC News Live on Feb. 12. Click here...

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What These 5 Women Want You to Know About Living With Heart Disease

Five women share their stories and what they want others to know about cardiovascular disease. Design by Healthline; Photography courtesy of The American Heart Association (AHA) Cardiovasc...

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B.C. mass shooting shakes Newfoundland community killer's mother once called home

The deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is reverberating on the other side of the country in the small Newfoundland fishing community where the killer’s mother spent her early child...

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ACA Subsidies Expired. Open Enrollment Ended. But It Will Still Take Awhile To Register the Results.

It’s February, so open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act is over. We’re getting the first glimpses of how sign-ups are shaking out after the expiration of enhanced subsidies that helped most p...

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Health Care Heartaches: Your Winning Health Policy Valentines

Health policy has never looked so flirtatious. Every year, our readers send us valentines that make us swoon, laugh, and occasionally clutch our insurance cards. And in 2026, you did not hold back....

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Clinics Sour on CMS After Agency Scraps 10-Year Primary Care Program Only Months In

CELO COMMUNITY, N.C. — On a 15-degree morning in January, a clinic in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina began to fill up with patients. An older couple in flanne...

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RFK Jr. Made Promises in Order To Become Health Secretary. He’s Broken Many of Them.

One year after taking charge of the nation’s health department, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn’t held true to many of the promises he made while appealing to U.S. se...

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Trump Team’s Planned ACA Rule Offers Its Answer to Rising Premium Costs: Catastrophic Coverage

The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping set of regulatory proposals that would substantially change health plan offerings on the Affordable Care Act marketplace next year, aiming, it says,...

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