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Extra 11 Minutes of Sleep, 5 Minutes of Exercise Lowers Cardiovascular Risk

Simple lifestyle changes, such as getting a few extra minutes of sleep and exercise each day, can improve heart health. Ryan Tuttle/Stocksy Researchers say that small changes in sleep, die...

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‘Social media addiction trial is historic – phones for kids should now be banned’

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Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For

First things first: Meta is a terrible company that has spent years making terrible decisions and being terrible at explaining the challenges of social media trust & safety, all while prioritiz...

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‘I’m a teenager – I think we should ban social media for under-16s’

Not all teenagers are opposed to ditching social media for good (Picture: Anadolu Agency) When it’s time for Emily, 15, to revise for her next test, she doesn’t crack open a book...

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CDC’s Acting Chief Promises a Return to Stability in a Tumultuous Moment

President Donald Trump will soon nominate a permanent director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, its acting chief, National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, told ag...

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RFK Jr. Is Losing His Grip on the CDC

Updated at 7:40 p.m. ET on March 25, 2026Today, Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya said something that no other prominent health leader in the Trump administration has. “I think it is vital that ...

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Young Australians Present 10-Year ‘National Plan’ For Music at Parliament House

CANBERRA — The kids are alright, and they don’t want to lose their connection to music. On Wednesday, March 25 a delegation of 30 young people, age...

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Taking a GLP-1? Doctors Say Not To Forget About Movement and Mental Health

LISTEN: Taking a GLP-1? Doctors say don’t forget to move your body and tend to your mental health, too. Severe ankle pain drove Jelon Smart to start taking a weight loss injection ...

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“Feels Good, Man”: 32 People Share Their Most Satisfying Cases Of Instant Karma

The thing with bullies is that they think they can get away with anything. And often, for a while, they do. But there's a beautiful and poetic unwritten rule in life that states, "As you sow, so sh...

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A Landmark Verdict Against Meta and Google

After deliberating for nine days—and emerging at one point to tell the judge that it was having a difficult time reaching a decision—a jury in Los Angeles finally returned its verdict today, findin...

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A court just ruled that tech addiction is real—and dangerous. It could be Meta and YouTube’s Big Tobacco moment

A Los Angeles jury has sided with a young woman known as Kaley or KGM in a landmark case, ruling that the “addictive design” of Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube helped fuel her serious mental healt...

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A Legal Decision That Could Change Social Media

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Higher Dose Wegovy Shot Could Help People Lose More Weight With GLP-1s

The FDA has approved a higher dose of Wegovy, which promises greater weight loss. Image Credit: Bloomberg/Getty Images The FDA has approved a higher dose version of the GLP-1 drug Wegovy f...

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Need to parent differently now your kid’s a teen or tween? 5 techniques that actually work

Maskot/Getty ImagesAs your child approaches their teenage years, they’ll want more independence, their emotions will run higher and you might see more disagreements in your household. This is ...

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Demoralized CDC Workforce Reels From Year of Firings, Funding Cuts, and a Shooting

On the coffee table at her home in Atlanta, Sarah Boim has a pile of documents from her old job at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They are printouts of her employment records. ...

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An Arm and a Leg: Steep Health Care Costs Steer Americans to Tough Decisions

Health insurance is out of reach for millions of Americans this year. Many are making difficult decisions about how to pay for coverage amid the loss of Affordable Care Act subsidies and nosebleed-...

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The $165 billion economy devoted to making you annoyed

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BII recently received a letter from my health insurance. They said they had sent me a $50 (paper) check and noticed I never cashed it. Had I not received it? I was excited. I...

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49 “Very British Problems” That Even The King Can Laugh About

Americans and Brits really are a pond apart. And not just physically. The two nations differ when it comes to how they use the English language, how they deploy humor (or humour) and wit, and of co...

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Morning Exercise May Help Lower Your Risk of Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes

Research shows that exercising in the morning may lower cardiometabolic risk. Image Credit: Olga Rolenko/Getty Images A recent study found that morning exercise may help lower your cardiom...

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Rising need for mental healthcare could be linked to social disadvantage

I strongly concur with Smith’s comment about mental healthcare: “There are logical explanations for rising levels of need.”1For some years, the demand for mental health treatments has risen nationa...

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