Health

Can coffee slow aging? New research says yes, but only if you drink the right amount

A few cups of coffee a day could play a small but surprising role in helping people with mental illness live healthier, longer lives — if consumed in moderation, according to a new study.Researcher...

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California warns against foraging wild mushrooms after deadly poisoning outbreak

The state identified 21 cases of poisoning likely caused by death cap mushrooms.California officials are warning foragers after an outbreak of poisoning linked to wild mushrooms that has killed one...

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When Robots Care

When the New York State Office for the Aging released its 2024 pilot programme results, the numbers were staggering: 800 elderly participants using ElliQ AI companions reported a 95% reduction in l...

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More women are using steroids – and many don’t know the risks

Scott Webb/UnsplashWhen people think of gym goers using steroids, the picture that comes to mind is often of a man pumping iron, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, or modern day shirtless masculinity in...

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“You Will Pay For It Later”: 49 Common Habits That Might Be Wrecking Your Health Long-Term

A healthy lifestyle is important if we want to live longer and age gracefully and with dignity. In order to do that, many people adopt certain habits. A 2024 survey conducted by Amway and Ipsos sho...

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Watch: What Do Republicans Really Want on Health Care?

On What the Health? From KFF Health News, distributed by WAMU, chief Washington correspondent and host Julie Rovner sat down with Avik Roy, a GOP health policy adviser, to talk about how health car...

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A North Carolina Hospital Was Slated To Open in 2025. Mired in Bureaucracy, It’s Still a Dirt Field.

Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people. The ambulances frequently t...

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Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots

On the Friday after Thanksgiving, Vinay Prasad, the FDA’s top vaccine regulator, made a claim that shocked the public-health establishment. “For the first time,” he wrote in a leaked email to his s...

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The Rarest of All Diseases Are Becoming Treatable

Updated at 11:35 a.m. ET on December 8, 2025For a decade after its discovery, CRISPR gene editing was stuck on the cusp of transforming medicine. Then, in 2023, scientists started using it on sickl...

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4 Weeks of Alternate-Day Fasting Aids Weight Loss, but Reduces Muscle

A new study found that a 4-week alternate-day fasting protocol showed significant reductions in body fat, but also muscle mass. Lumina/Stocksy Researchers report that alternate-day fasting...

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“No One Prepared Me For That”: 69 Disturbing Facts People Learned Against Their Will

The world is a dangerous place, and it might be scarier than we think. Many people even worry about the fate of our civilization, as 70% of the global population expects a major worldwide conflict ...

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Rural Health Providers Could Be Collateral Damage From $100K Trump Visa Fee

Bekki Holzkamm has been trying to hire a lab technician at a hospital in rural North Dakota since late summer. Not one U.S. citizen has applied. West River Health S...

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Out-of-Pocket Pain From High-Deductible Plans Means Skimping on Care

David Garza sometimes feels as if he doesn’t have health insurance now that he pays so much to treat his Type 2 diabetes. His monthly premium payment of $435 for f...

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Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried. Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt.

Sarah Monroe once had a relatively comfortable middle-class life. She and her family lived in a neatly landscaped neighborhood near Cleveland. They had a six-figur...

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'Winter Vomiting Disease’ Cases Surging in U.S. — How to Protect Yourself

Cases of “winter vomiting disease,” also known as norovirus, are rising ahead of schedule this year. Alexey Kuzma/Stocksy “Winter vomiting disease” is on the rise across the United States,...

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How a rare drug made from scientists' blood saves babies from botulism

When Alessandro Barbera was rushed to a California hospital with infant botulism in October, his father had barely heard of the disease, never mind the rare and costly treatment that likely saved t...

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Does AI Therapy Have a Future?

For more than a century, therapists have relied on the smallest of gestures—a pause, a nod, or a subtle smile—to build trust and help people heal. In the U.S., about a quarter of the population vis...

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How Delays and Bankruptcy Let a Nursing Home Chain Avoid Paying Settlements for Injuries and Deaths

Nancy Hunt arrived at an emergency room from a Genesis HealthCare nursing home in Pennsylvania in such dreadful shape, including maggots infesting her gangrened foot, that the hospital called an el...

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Doctors: CDC Decision to Drop Hepatitis B Shot at Birth Taking Away Kids’ ‘Safety Net’

Doctors are raising concerns that the move to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns upends decades of vaccination policy without evidence and will likely increase risks of chronic conditions for...

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Feds Promised ‘Radical Transparency’ but Withhold $50B Rural Fund Details

Medication-delivering drones. Telehealth at libraries. Church-hosted wellness events. These are a few ideas proposed by states in their bids to win a portion of the new $50 billion federal R...

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The Vaccine Guardrails Are Gone

Updated at 4:33 p.m. ET on December 5, 2025In case there was any doubt before, it’s now undeniable that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s allies are in charge of the country’s vaccine policy. The latest evid...

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