Health

What Jay Bhattacharya Wants From the CDC

This time last year, Jay Bhattacharya’s main claim to fame was, in essence, a hot take on COVID. In 2020, Bhattacharya, then a health economist at Stanford University without specialized trainin...

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Ozempic, Wegovy May Help Reverse Damage Caused by Osteoarthritis

A new study found that semaglutide benefits extend beyond weight loss by easing osteoarthritis symptoms. Tatsiana Volkava/Getty Images A new study reports that GLP-1 semaglutide medication...

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What Is Looksmaxxing? How the Viral Trend Promotes Toxic Beauty Standards for Young Men

Appearance-based social media trends like looksmaxxing, softmaxxing, and hardmaxxing are often framed as self-improvement, but experts say they can contribute to body dysmorphia, anxiety, and even ...

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“Creepiest Thing I’ve Seen”: 42 Doctors Share The Worst Things They’ve Witnessed On The Job

Working in the medical field is not for the faint of heart. Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals need to have enough physical and emotional resilience to be able to withstand grueling h...

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How can I arrest and reverse stress, anxiety and depression induced cognitive decline?

I have suffered poor mental health for multiple years and noticed a decline in my fluid intelligence. In particular, my verbal proficiency has decreased: I was able to quickly formulate complex, gr...

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Talk to Your Doctor About Your Distrust of Public Health

The surgeon general may be the nation’s doctor, but she’s not your doctor. At least that’s the view of Casey Means, the physician turned wellness influencer who is vying for the role. When asked du...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: 40 Years of Health Policy

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

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As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up a Shadow Medical System. It’s a Lesson for Other Cities.

MINNEAPOLIS — Gabi has big brown eyes, pigtails, and a genetic condition that makes her bones brittle. They fracture easily, leaving the 2-year-old in such pain that her mother quit her job cleanin...

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Trump’s Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Services That Help Disabled People Live at Home

OTTUMWA, Iowa — Leisa and Kent Walker recently received a disturbing notice: The private company managing their son’s Medicaid coverage intends to cut nearly 40% of what it spends for caregivers wh...

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Listen: What To Do When Health Insurance Slips Out of Reach

LISTEN: Can’t afford health insurance this year? Don’t be afraid to talk to your doctor about money and the cost of care. On WAMU’s “Health Hub” on March 4, KFF Health News correspondent Sam Whiteh...

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28 Of The Most Terrifying Stories Of People Who Have Taken A Life, According To Netizens

People do bad things all the time. It's part of being human, and it certainly comes with the territory. As you go through life, knowingly or unknowingly, you've likely met people who have done incr...

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40 Awesome Facts For Those Who Want To Learn Something New

Ozzy Osbourne lived a life of great excess. And when he died this year at the age of 76, many were saddened but also surprised that it hadn't happened earlier.“[He] had lived on the edge for such a...

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Doctors Thought Her Symptoms Were Pregnancy-Related. It Was Colon Cancer

When 36-year-old Gabby Zappia (pictured above) reported blood in her stool, her doctor attributed it to pregnancy-related hemorrhoids. Months later, a colonoscopy revealed she had stage IV colon ca...

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Google’s AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges

A bizarre new wrongful death lawsuit against Google alleges that the tech giant’s chatbot, Gemini, urged a 36-year-old Florida man named Jonathan Gavalas to kill others as part of a delusional miss...

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Health

What Jay Bhattacharya Wants From the CDC

Ozempic, Wegovy May Help Reverse Damage Caused by Osteoarthritis

What Is Looksmaxxing? How the Viral Trend Promotes Toxic Beauty Standards for Young Men

“Creepiest Thing I’ve Seen”: 42 Doctors Share The Worst Things They’ve Witnessed On The Job

How can I arrest and reverse stress, anxiety and depression induced cognitive decline?

Talk to Your Doctor About Your Distrust of Public Health

What the Health? From KFF Health News: 40 Years of Health Policy

As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up a Shadow Medical System. It’s a Lesson for Other Cities.

Trump’s Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Services That Help Disabled People Live at Home

Listen: What To Do When Health Insurance Slips Out of Reach

28 Of The Most Terrifying Stories Of People Who Have Taken A Life, According To Netizens

40 Awesome Facts For Those Who Want To Learn Something New

Doctors Thought Her Symptoms Were Pregnancy-Related. It Was Colon Cancer

Google’s AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges

Despite Their Successes, Some Mobile Crisis Response Teams Are in Crisis

Lawmakers, Health Groups Resist Their States’ Rural Health Fund Plans

'Forever Chemicals' Causing Faster Aging For Men in Their 50s, Study Finds

States Move to Restrict Access to HIV Medications and Care: What to Know

This Is How Much Sleep You Need to Lower Your Type 2 Diabetes Risk

American Snacking Habits Are Transforming the Restaurant Industry

Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us