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Can Collagen Really Improve Your Skin Health? What the Research Says

Collagen supplements may support skin health, but the anti-aging benefits may be overstated. Anastasiia Krivenok/Getty Images A recent review of clinical research suggests that collagen su...

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50 Life Hacks That Are Hard To Believe But People Swear By Them

We humans have developed unconscious decision-making systems to automate our routine tasks. They help protect our motor from overheating. But the "software" can still benefit from system updates. A...

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Journalists Explain a Spat Over Sugary Coffee and How Measles Fools Doctors

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed excited delirium on Vox Media Podcast Network’s Criminal on March 6. Click here to hear Rayasam on Criminal. Read Raya...

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Daylight saving time starts Sunday. Here’s 11 things you can do to adjust to losing an hour of sleep

As clocks march ahead and daylight saving time begins, there can be anxiety around losing an hour of sleep and how to adjust to this change. Usually, an hour seems like an insignificant amou...

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Menopause Linked to Onset of New Mental Health Issues, Researchers Say

Menopause may be associated with the onset of new mental health conditions, yet many females remain unaware of the connection. Image Credit: mapodile/Getty Images A new position statement ...

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The NIH Workforce Is Its Smallest in Decades. Here’s the Work Left Behind.

The National Institutes of Health has lost thousands of workers since President Donald Trump began his second term. Among them: scientists who pioneered cancer treatments, researched tick-b...

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Why Everclear Frontman Art Alexakis Says His Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis Was a ‘Blessing’

Everclear frontman Art Alexakis opens up about living with living with multiple sclerosis for more than a decade and the early signs he missed. Courtesy of Art Alexakis Everclear frontman ...

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GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic May Help Reduce Migraine Symptom Severity

Recent research has found that GLP-1s may reduce the need for emergency care in those with chronic migraine. Image Credit: Maskot/Getty Images A recent study suggests that GLP-1 drugs, lik...

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Air Pollution Is Doing Something Strange to Our Brains

Environmental pollution isn’t just damaging lungs and rivers. According to a new report, it may also be quietly eroding Europe’s mental health. The warning comes from the European Enviro...

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Six Federal Scientists Run Out by Trump Talk About the Work Left Undone

Marc Ernstoff, a physician who has pioneered immunotherapy research and treatments for cancer patients, said his work as a federal scientist proved untenable under the Trump administration. ...

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The People — And Research — Lost in the NIH Exodus

‘No Longer Based on Facts or Truth’ Sylvia Chou, 51, Maryland Program director, National Cancer Institute Sylvia Chou specializes in communication betwe...

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This Doctor-Senator Who Backed RFK Jr. Now Faces a Fight for His Job — And His Legacy

BATON ROUGE, La. — The ambitious liver doctor would go just about anywhere in his home state to give people the hepatitis B vaccine. Bill Cassidy offered jabs to thousands...

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What Jay Bhattacharya Wants From the CDC

This time last year, Jay Bhattacharya’s main claim to fame was, in essence, a hot take on COVID. In 2020, Bhattacharya, then a health economist at Stanford University without specialized trainin...

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Ozempic, Wegovy May Help Reverse Damage Caused by Osteoarthritis

A new study found that semaglutide benefits extend beyond weight loss by easing osteoarthritis symptoms. Tatsiana Volkava/Getty Images A new study reports that GLP-1 semaglutide medication...

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What Is Looksmaxxing? How the Viral Trend Promotes Toxic Beauty Standards for Young Men

Appearance-based social media trends like looksmaxxing, softmaxxing, and hardmaxxing are often framed as self-improvement, but experts say they can contribute to body dysmorphia, anxiety, and even ...

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“Creepiest Thing I’ve Seen”: 42 Doctors Share The Worst Things They’ve Witnessed On The Job

Working in the medical field is not for the faint of heart. Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals need to have enough physical and emotional resilience to be able to withstand grueling h...

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How can I arrest and reverse stress, anxiety and depression induced cognitive decline?

I have suffered poor mental health for multiple years and noticed a decline in my fluid intelligence. In particular, my verbal proficiency has decreased: I was able to quickly formulate complex, gr...

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Talk to Your Doctor About Your Distrust of Public Health

The surgeon general may be the nation’s doctor, but she’s not your doctor. At least that’s the view of Casey Means, the physician turned wellness influencer who is vying for the role. When asked du...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: 40 Years of Health Policy

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

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As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up a Shadow Medical System. It’s a Lesson for Other Cities.

MINNEAPOLIS — Gabi has big brown eyes, pigtails, and a genetic condition that makes her bones brittle. They fracture easily, leaving the 2-year-old in such pain that her mother quit her job cleanin...

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Trump’s Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Services That Help Disabled People Live at Home

OTTUMWA, Iowa — Leisa and Kent Walker recently received a disturbing notice: The private company managing their son’s Medicaid coverage intends to cut nearly 40% of what it spends for caregivers wh...

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