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Taking Blood Pressure Meds? DASH Diet Likely Safe for Potassium Levels

The well-known DASH diet does not significantly affect potassium levels in adults taking certain blood pressure medications. Tatiana Maksimova/Moment/Getty Images A new study reports that ...

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Where top Democrat Senate candidates and their GOP opponents stand on trans athletes in women's sports

Democrats are heading into the 2026 midterms confronting a debate that has divided their party and repeatedly put candidates on the defensive: transgender athletes competing in girls’ and women’s s...

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‘Medicare for All’ Is Back. Now Comes the Hard Part.

As Americans grow increasingly frustrated with their healthcare system, a proposal that has long been kicked around on the Democratic periphery is showing up in debates and on political platforms: ...

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Medical Debt Is Crushing Hospital Patients in Los Angeles. Health Officials May Have a Fix.

LOS ANGELES — Every Tuesday, Naman Shah sees tuberculosis patients at a small public clinic in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. Shah, a physician and epidemiologist at the Los Angeles County Depar...

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Pain Prevalence Higher in Women, Increases Most Rapidly Before 55

Recent research has found that women experience pain more often than men and that pain prevalence increases more rapidly before the age of 55. ljubaphoto · E+/Getty A large global study fo...

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Detached Nails More Than 4 Times Higher Among GLP-1 Users, Study Finds

In a new study, GLP-1 users reported nail detachment more than four times as often as nonusers. Waishaw/Getty Images GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have been linked to unusual nail changes in a ...

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Why humans are so good at feeling bad

What can an economist teach us about misery? I had that question in mind while reading the new book The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us, by eminent rese...

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There’s a silver lining to your unhappiness

What can an economist teach us about misery? I had that question in mind while reading the new book The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us, by eminent rese...

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Online sports betting leads to more emergency room visits for gambling disorders

Gambling is putting people in the hospital, according to a new study. The increase in online sports betting has worsened mental health problems in younger men, lea...

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‘Medicare for All’ Message Attracts Voters Buckling Under Medical Bills

LANSING, Mich. — Christina Starks-Clay doesn’t know how “Medicare for All” would work exactly, but she’s willing to bet it’d be better than what she has now. Standing in line for U.S. Senate...

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Food Aid Enrollment Tanks After SNAP Rule Changes

After President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act more than a year ago, enrollment in the federal food assistance program dropped rapidly across the nation as states enforced new r...

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What We Really Know About the Russian ‘Plague’ Case

In a world on edge still from the last pandemic, rumors of a deadly disease that could have escaped from a lab can cause some understandable distress—however speculative they might be. Late last we...

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Switching from GLP-1 Injections to Wegovy Pill Shows Additional Weight Loss of 4.1%

Recent research shows people who switch to the Wegovy pill from a GLP-1 injection can lose additional weight. PixelsEffect · E+/Getty People with overweight or obesity who switched from an...

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FBI investigated mom over ties to ‘right-wing’ Moms for Liberty group, bombshell DOJ report reveals

Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich says her organization feels "vindication" after a new Justice Department report revealed the FBI opened dozens of assessments involving parents following ...

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The New Dark Ages Is Long on Alarm, Short on Scientific Literacy

The New Dark Ages: The Death of Reading and the Dawn of the Post-Literate Society, by James Marriott, Doubleday, 208 pages, $26 The last few...

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Oral GLP-1 Orforglipron (Foundayo) Achieves Weight Loss for Women of All Ages

A new analysis found that the diabetes medication orforglipron (Foundayo), an oral GLP-1, helped women lose weight regardless of their menopausal status. Healthline/Photo by Eli Lilly A ne...

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Before Saying Yes to the Medical Test, Know the Risks and Benefits

(Maria Fabrizio for WPLN and KFF Health News) When Lori Baute first learned about precautionary full-body MRI scans, she dismissed the idea. “ I heard Kim Kardashian got one, and some...

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Witnessing the Failed Execution of Christa Pike: ‘We Could All Hear Her Breathing’

On Sept. 30, I was one of the seven media witnesses who observed Tennessee fail to execute convicted murderer Christa Pike, the first woman to face the death penalty in the state in almost 200 year...

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Psychedelic drugs were once considered ‘revolutionary rocket fuel’, but could they be life-changing medicines?

The cover and title of Rich Haridy’s Trip Reports are reminiscent of a poster for a psychedelic rock band or a 1960s “happening”. They immediately suggest the book’s leanings. Trip Reports is a ...

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Increasing Ozempic Dose Linked to Lower Heart Risk Than Switching to Mounjaro

Recent research suggests that increasing your Ozempic dose may offer greater heart protection than switching to Mounjaro. Eva Kongshavn · Moment/Getty A real-world study found that people ...

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Gambling Is Sending More People to the ER

College basketball betting odds on the video board at the Westgate SuperBook sports book on November 18, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada —Aaron M. Sprecher—Getty ImagesLegalizing gambling can come with b...

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