Health

Food Safety Finds a Place Among ‘Kitchen-Table’ Political Issues

The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally. The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people and the recall of tens of t...

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Forgetting names and losing keys may signal something other than dementia

Everyday memory lapses, like misplaced keys or forgotten names, are often overinterpreted as early signs of dementia, but neuroscience experts say actual early cognitive changes may be reversible i...

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Will the AI Bubble Destroy our Retirement?

Wow, how about that stock market? It’s a phrase we keep having to dust off and use again, as the years go by and the market keeps surprising us. When it crashes, some of u...

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Journalists Discuss What RFK Jr. Recently Told the Anti-Vaccine Group He Founded

KFF Health News contributor Erin Rode discussed California prison heat protections on KVPR’s Central Valley Daily on Sept. 24. Click here to hear Rode on Central Valley Daily. ...

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NBA Star Stephen Curry Didn’t Know Why His Vision Was Blurry Until Someone Spotted This Sign

Golden State Warriors v Phoenix Suns – Play-In TournamentPHOENIX, ARIZONA – APRIL 17: Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors during the first half of an NBA play-in tournament game at Mortgage ...

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Detroit and Flint teens are struggling with their mental health – and worried adults around them feel ‘helpless’

Constant stress makes it harder for teens to manage emotions. Maskot/Getty Images Teens in southeast Michigan go to school carrying with them far more than backpacks, books and water bottles. ...

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Teen Sadness And Suicidal Thoughts Keep Falling, Even As Kids Keep Scrolling

Over the last few years, it has become accepted knowledge that the internet — mainly social media and, lately, AI tools — was damaging the mental health of kids and increasing the suicide rate amon...

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Abortion Is on the Ballot Again as Post-Roe Policies Continue To Evolve

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. — After Missouri voters added abortion protections to the state constitution in 2024, Kelly McCoomb decided to keep her yard sign supporting the measure in the basement of her suburb...

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Women With Enlarged Breasts More Likely to Experience Migraine, Sleep Apnea

new research suggests that macromastia is associated with more than just physical pain and discomfort. Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision/Getty Images A new study found that women with macromasti...

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US Navy admits suicide attempts on carrier strike group

Eight sailors tried to kill themselves during a lengthy deployment that included the war against Iran Eight US Navy personnel assigned to the US...

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The End Times: How Silicon Valley absorbed ‘techno-religious’ doomerism

The End Times: How Silicon Valley absorbed ‘techno-religious’ doomerism Submitted by Fleur Hargreaves on Wed, 09/1...

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Black Lung Disease Remains a Threat, but Federal Officials Delay Effort To Address It

OAK HILL, W.Va. — Each day at New River Health in Oak Hill, Lisa Emery finds disheartening signs of what she describes as a slow-motion repeat of the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster. Emery is dir...

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FDA Approves Lilly’s New Oral Combo Pill for Common Breast Cancer Mutation

The Eli Lilly corporate headquarters in Indianapolis, IN, on August 15, 2024. AJ Mast/Bloomberg via Getty Images The FDA approved a new oral combo drug for a common breast cancer mutation ...

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Brickbat: I Disavow My Actions

Arielle Kayabaga, a Liberal Party member of Canada's Parliament, has distanced herself from a petition that she herself sponsored after crit...

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Nursing Home Beds Are Becoming More Scarce

The San Vicente de Paúl Nursing Home in the South Bronx hasn’t admitted a patient since December 2024. ArchCare, which operates the facility, has reduced its capacity from 120 available beds to 53 ...

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Economic Frustration Tests Trump’s Standing With Rural Voters, New KFF-AP Poll Finds

About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office, according to a new survey that points to economic frustration among a k...

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Poitras Center to fuel early careers of 50 young scientists dedicated to psychiatric disorders research

Patricia and James Poitras ’63, longtime MIT supporters, have launched a fellowship program for graduate students and postdocs studying major mental illness, expanding their MIT philanthropy to dir...

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Testosterone Prescriptions for Women Surge Amid Pharmacy Access Barriers

A recent analysis found that testosterone prescriptions for women have nearly tripled in the past few years. AzmanL · E+/Getty A recent analysis found that testosterone prescriptions for f...

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Insurance Coverage Lags as Cancer Science, Treatment Move Forward

Mason Henderson with his mother, Tabitha Lowe, in November during a visit to New York, where Henderson was participating in a clinical trial to treat his brain cancer. Henderson died in May after a...

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As Health Insurance Costs Soar, Healthcare Workers Also Feel the Pinch

BOISE, Idaho — Joshua and Ashley Durham run a family medicine practice, and for the first time in their lives, they have no health insurance. When the Durhams began their practice at the en...

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Simone Biles Thought Her Itchy, Flaky Scalp Was Dandruff. It Was Eczema

Simone Biles. Photo: Arcutis Biotherapeutics Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles is opening up about living with eczema. After experiencing itching and flaking on her skin and scalp,...

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