Health

Doctors Increasingly See AI Scribes in a Positive Light. But Hiccups Persist.

When Jeannine Urban went in for a checkup in November, she had her doctor’s full attention. Instead of typing on her computer keyboard during the exam, Urban’s primary car...

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Watch: A Strange Checkup Bill Revealed a Firefighter’s Kids Were Mistakenly Uninsured

After Susannah Reed-McCullough’s husband died in 2018, she and their young daughters continued to receive health insurance through his job as a firefighter in Maryland. Th...

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“The Things I’ve Seen, I Can’t Unsee”: 29 Times People Were Shocked By How Others Live

No matter what your home is like, that environment becomes your normal. You might be used to sharing a cramped bedroom with your siblings, or you may have a private wing in the house all to yoursel...

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Physical Activity May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk, Study Shows

Research shows that being more physically active at a younger age may help reduce breast cancer risk. Image Credit: Getty Images/Vasily Pindyurin A recent study found that recreational phy...

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Sure, Positive Self-Talk May Seem a Little Cringey. But Science Says It Works.

From an early age, we're taught the golden rule: "Treat others as you would like to be treated." The irony here? Many of us don't even treat ourselves the way we'd like to be treated. A 2023 poll...

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Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial Starts Today in California

A potential watershed moment for the tech industry starts this week, as the first of a series of major "social media addiction" trials gets ...

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Sick of Fighting Insurers, Hospitals Offer Their Own Medicare Advantage Plans

Ever since Larry Wilkewitz retired more than 20 years ago from a wood products company, he’s had a commercial Medicare Advantage plan from the insurer Humana. But two year...

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An Arm and a Leg: Charity-Care Nonprofit Scales Up and Doubles Down

As premium payments for Affordable Care Act insurance plans soar and cuts to Medicaid start to affect hospitals and patients, many people in 2026 will need help paying medical bills. And charity ca...

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To-Go Coffee Cups Release Thousands of Microplastics: How to Stay Safe

Research shows that to-go coffee cups can release microplastics, depending on the temperature of the beverage. Image credit: Vradiy Art/Stocksy A new study found that heat influences the a...

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And Just Like That... Sarah Jessica Parker Realized Her Vision Was Changing

Sarah Jessica Parker says she won’t let age-related blurry vision get in the way of her love for reading. Photography courtesy of Lenz Therapeutics Sarah Jessica Parker reveals how she is ...

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The $20,000 longevity weekend for those who recognize that more time is the ultimate luxury

On my first day at Canyon Ranch’s $20,000 four-day Longevity8 retreat in November, the schedule sounded dauntingly packed: I received a list of appointments with doctors and wellness specialists ...

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Journalists Mine News for Insights on Tylenol, Obamacare Credits, and Rural Health Funding

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed a year of changes at the Department of Health and Human Services and its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on ...

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What TV Gets Wrong About CPR and Why It Matters

Television shows often show CPR incorrectly or with outdated methods. Image Credit: Francesco Carta fotografo/Getty Images A recent analysis by the University of Pittsburgh found that scri...

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Colorectal Cancer Is Now Leading Cause of Cancer Deaths in People Under 50

Colorectal cancer is now the top cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, according to a new report. Thomas Northcut/Getty Images Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of ...

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Dems See Opportunities in Republican Embrace of MAHA Movement

There’s a lot going on in Washington right now. While President Donald Trump has been grabbing for Greenland, he’s also talked in the White House about health policy — whether it’s the Rural Health...

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Heart Disease Deaths Decline, but Remain Leading Cause of Death in U.S.

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, while stroke has climbed to the fourth main cause. Busà Photography/Getty Images Deaths from heart disease and stroke...

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A Chance to Learn What Urban Fire Does to the Body

After just a year, the fires that spread around Los Angeles are already the most studied urban wildfires in history. While the Palisades Fire lapped at the edge of UCLA, the Eaton Fire, on the east...

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‘We ran from monsters’: Once welcomed by Germany after IS genocide, Yazidis are now deported to a life of limbo in refugee camps

Khanke IDP (Internally Displaced Person) camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in August 2025. Aleksandra Ancite-JepifanovaThe sun burns down on a small village less than 20 miles north-east of Mosu...

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