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PMOS, Formerly PCOS, May Be Associated with Alzheimer's Disease Risk

Recent research shows that certain metabolic issues associated with PMOS may affect dementia risk. NickyLloyd · E+/Getty Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), formerly known as ...

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The Rise of the IRL Influencer

At Café Soul, a semi-regular party in New York City, $30 buys you a chance to belt R&B hits, sip margaritas from commemorative glasses, try out Awkward Games’ icebreaker cards, and—as the ticke...

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Suspect With "Extensive Criminal Record" Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Philadelphia Police Officer

Suspect With "Extensive Criminal Record" Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Philadelphia Police Officer A 35-year-old Philadelphia Water Department employee is facing murder and attempted ...

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Fears About Kids’ Online Safety Unite Democrats and Republicans

The U.S. Senate candidates in Texas could hardly be more different: James Talarico, a former seminarian turned Democratic state lawmaker who speaks in calm cadences about love and empathy, and Ken ...

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The Sometimes-Awkward Art of Asking for a Second Opinion

When Carol Daniel, a veteran broadcast journalist who lives near St. Louis, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2022, her husband encouraged her to seek a second opinion. She was worried that cons...

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People Say These Peptides Hurt Them. Their Stories Are Muffled in MAHA’s Push for Medical Freedom.

After the third day of squirting an experimental drug up his nose, Dylan Meetze felt horrible. “It was like I was underwater, like it took the most to do anything,” he said. Meetze st...

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Viola Davis Says Shingles Pain Was a ‘9 Out of 10’: How It Changed Her Life

Award-winning actress and producer Viola Davis opens up about her painful experience with shingles, why it changed the way she prioritizes her health, and what she wants others to know about their ...

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Heart Failure Is Becoming More Common in Adults Under 65, Report Finds

Two recent reports show that heart failure is on the rise among adults under 65. Portra · E+/Getty Heart failure hospitalization and mortality rates are increasing among adults under 65, h...

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‘Lazy, weak, bewitched’ – how stigma stops Uganda’s children from getting help, and what schools can do about it

“Me who is a poor person, do I have the luxury to have depression? No, it is only you who is rich that has the luxury to have depression.” This statement, shared by a research participant in Kam...

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Hormone Therapy May Help Improve Menopause Brain Fog, Mood Changes

Recent research has shown that hormone therapy may help improve brain fog and mood changes associated with menopause. elenaleonova · E+/Getty Hormone therapy may affect changes in the brai...

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Some Safety Protections In ChatGPT For Teens Don't Work, Watchdog Finds

Some Safety Protections In ChatGPT For Teens Don't Work, Watchdog Finds Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A phone with the ChatGPT app in a file photograph. Oleksii...

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Michael Strahan Shares the Words That Helped His Daughter Through Brain Cancer Treatment

Michael Strahan and his daughter, Isabella, discuss their family’s experience with brain cancer during a fireside chat hosted by Real Chemistry and SMAC in New York City on October 6, 2026. Photo c...

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Just Have Some Yogurt

Somehow, America has yet to reach peak protein. Perhaps we never will. Even after David bars have gone viral for being bricks of essentially pure protein and Starbucks has rolled out lattes topped ...

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Journalists Go Behind Health Headlines From Georgia, Michigan, and Russia

KFF Health News senior correspondent Jordan Rau discussed the use of antipsychotic drugs in sedating dementia patients on Michigan Public’s Stateside on Oct. 6. Click here to hear ...

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Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: Lung Cancer Can Look Like Anyone

Gini Harrison is a mom, a psychologist, and a professor in the United Kingdom. Harrison never smoked in her life and is living with stage 4 EGFR-positive lung cancer. Photo by Gini Harrison ...

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Autism and ADHD: people need support before diagnosis, but getting one can change their lives

For some adults, receiving an autism or ADHD diagnosis can transform how they understand themselves, but finding appropriate mental health support can remain difficult. VH-studio/Shutterstock I ha...

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Wellness Apps, Medically Tailored Meals Help Slow Weight Gain After GLP-1s

Recent research shows that structured support may help with weight maintenance after stopping GLP-1s. licensed miniseries · E+/Getty Most people regain a significant portion of the weight ...

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Graphic Novels About Therapy for World Mental Health Day

October 10 is World Mental Health Day! Mental illness, as well as the therapies and medications that are often needed to help people feel their best, is still too often treated as a taboo subject. ...

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Students from military families are often misunderstood in US public schools – a retired military officer and behavioral health expert explains what schools can do

Children's responses to military life vary, depending on their age and their level of maturity. Jeff Gritchen/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty ImagesOver 1.4 million children h...

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AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room

A cadre of elite techies, financiers, and high-level Trump administration officials have spent a year quietly charting an extraordinary and rapid campaign to persuade Americans to use apps and othe...

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‘We Are Seen as Disposable’: Rural Residents Fight a Proposed Gas Pipeline

CHATHAM COUNTY, N.C. — Despite being in one of the nation’s fastest-growing states, this rural county of roughly 85,000 people is still brimming with red foxes, coyotes, white-tailed deer, and wild...

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