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38 Best Sims 4 Mods To Download In 2026

Now in its 12th year, The Sims 4 just keeps chugging along, dropping two or three new major DLC expansions each year with no indication it'll stop any time soon. Indeed, EA just launched an in-game...

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Some IBS Treatments May Be Linked to Slightly Higher Risk of Early Death

A new study linked certain medications that treat irritable bowel syndrome to a higher risk of early death, but the overall risk is low. Laura Herrera/Stocksy Researchers say some medicati...

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The Trump Administration Is Seeking Federal Workers’ Sensitive Medical Data. That’s Raising Alarms.

About a year ago, I was stationed in downtown D.C. on an especially chilly spring day, watching hundreds of federal employees line up outside their office buildings. In a humbling exercise,...

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Children going through family courts face increased risk of self-harm, new research finds

Family courts step in at some of the hardest moments in a child’s life, when parents separate or when there are concerns about their safety. We already know that children involved in care procee...

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Ye Wants Your Forgiveness. So What?

When canceled became a common label applied to basically anyone who’d done anything to offend anyone, it had many unfortunate effects. One was rolling transgressions as serious as sexual assault an...

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For Many Patients Leaving the ICU, the Struggle Has Only Just Begun

The accident happened in Pittsburgh on Nov. 16. Joseph Masterson, a lawyer who was just days from retiring at age 63, suffered cardiac arrest while driving, plowed into a guardrail, and lost consci...

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Watch: As AI Makes More Health Coverage Decisions, the Risks to Patients Grow

This year, executives from nearly every major health insurance company made the same declaration in calls with Wall Street analysts: Using artificial intelligence to make coverage decisions would h...

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Abortion Pill Mifepristone Still Available By Mail (For Now), Federal Judge Says

A Louisiana judge refused to block access to the abortion pill Mifepristone by mail. lawsuit Joe Raedle/Getty Images A federal judge paused a Louisiana lawsuit challenging mail-order mifep...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Abortion Pills, the Budget, and RFK Jr.

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

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Is a Cure for Osteoarthritis on the Horizon? New Therapies Show Promise

New therapies for osteoarthritis could help joints heal and regenerate, rather than just treat symptoms. Luis Velasco/Stocksy A government agency says that several promising osteoarthritis...

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The Biggest Hope for Curing Autoimmune Disease

By the time Fabian Müller met the patient at the center of his newest research paper, he was fairly certain that an experimental treatment was her last hope. The patient, a 47-year-old mother of tw...

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How does Medicare’s new Mental Health Check In work? Is this low-intensity CBT likely to help?

If you’ve been struggling with your mental health lately, a new free service could help. Medicare Mental Health Check In launched earlier this year to give more Australians access to mental health ...

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Farm Bureau Plans Are a Less Pricey Alternative to ACA Coverage — With Trade-Offs

Robin Carlton pays about $650 a month for a plan on the Missouri health insurance exchange that covers him and his two teenage kids. That monthly total is $200 hig...

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States Face Another Challenge With Medicaid Work Rules: Staffing Shortages

Katie Crouch says calling her state’s Medicaid agency to get information about her benefits can feel like a series of dead ends. “The first time, it’ll ring interminably. ...

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Artificially-Sweetened Drinks Help Promote Weight Loss, but Water Is Best

Artificial sweeteners may help you lose weight, but water remains the best choice for overall health. Stefania Pelfini la Waziya/Getty Images A new study reports that replacing sugary beve...

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These Are the Worst U.S Cities for Spring Allergies in 2026, Ranked

If you live in one of the top 20 U.S. cities for spring allergies, here’s what you can do to cope. Image Credit: Liliya Rodnikova/Stocksy The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA...

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About 20 per cent of gen Z and millennial Canadians still spank their kids. Is that even legal?

Spanking isn’t a bygone, outmoded form of parenting in Canada, according to a new study that finds a sizeable proportion of millennial and gen Z parents are spanking their kids. When asked wh...

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Urgent Care Clinics Move To Fill Abortion Care Gaps in Rural Areas

MARQUETTE, Mich. — Providing abortions was the last thing Shawn Brown thought she’d be doing when she opened an urgent care clinic in this remote town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. ...

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Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical Records

The Trump administration is quietly seeking unprecedented access to medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, and their families. A brief notice from t...

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Why Most Medication Apps Fail ADHD Brains

You download a medication tracker, spend twenty minutes setting it up, and stop opening it by Thursday. The problem isn't you. It's that most ADHD medication app design demands the exact cognitive ...

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How This 16-Year-Old Helped His Family Thrive After Dad’s Colon Cancer Diagnosis

Dylan Kurtz (right) with his parents and brother. Photography courtesy of Dylan Kurtz As colorectal cancer increases among people under 50, more children may experience watching a parent f...

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