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Readers Lean On Congress To Solve Crises in Research and Rehab

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Federal Aid for Lead Cleanup Is Receding. That’s a Problem for Cash-Strapped Cities.

Tighter regulations and an influx of federal money in recent years have helped communities across the U.S. initiate efforts to clean up lead contamination in soil, drinking water, and older homes. ...

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Do you need to know who you’d be without antidepressants?

Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multi...

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Nearly Half of Colorectal Cancers Now Occur in Younger Adults, ACS Says

A new report from the ACS shows that nearly half of colorectal cancer cases are occurring in adults under 65. Image Credit: Westend61/Getty Images The American Cancer Society reports that ...

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Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi Urges Cervical Cancer Screening After Diagnosis

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi has shared her recent cervical cancer diagnosis on her social media accounts. Image credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi has shared her ...

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GLP-1s Combined With Healthy Habits May Improve Heart Health in Diabetes

Combining GLP-1 drugs with a healthy lifestyle may reduce cardiovascular risks in people with diabetes. Image Credit: Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images A recent study found that people with...

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Families Defend Disability Services Amid Medicaid Cuts

Families of Idahoans with disabilities say their lives could be upended as lawmakers in the state’s Republican-dominated legislature mull sweeping cuts. Services at risk ...

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Medicaid Is Paying for More Dental Care. GOP Cuts Threaten To Reverse the Trend.

Star Quinn moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2023, the same year the state began covering dental costs for about 600,000 low-income adults enrolled in Medicaid. But when Q...

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YouTube’s cofounder and former tech boss doesn’t want his kids to watch short videos, warning short-form content ‘equates to shorter attention spans’

YouTube cofounder Steve Chen is one of the latest tech trailblazers to warn about social media’s impact on kids. Chen noted in a talk that short-form video “equates to shorter attention spans” a...

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Aisha Tyler: My Dad’s Stroke Changed How I Viewed the Risks of Hypertension

Criminal Minds and Archer star Aisha Tyler is opening up about taking preventive health more seriously following her father’s stroke, and the healthy habits she’s adopted to boost her well-being. A...

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Waiting for Medicare and skipping prescriptions: Meet the Americans on the brink of losing health insurance

Natalie Richards, 37, is one of millions of Americans at risk of losing health insurance.Photo Courtesy Natalie Richards, Getty ImagesWithout enhanced ACA subsidies, Americans saw their insurance c...

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ICE, ALS, Addiction Medicine, and Robotic Ultrasounds: Journalists Sound Off on All That and More

KFF Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed how family members and lawyers of those in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody are struggling to find them i...

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Millions Are Unaware of Cardiovascular Risks That Start Outside of the Heart

Cardiovascular and metabolic health are intrinsically linked, with diabetes and kidney disease as major risk factors for heart disease. PER Images/Stocksy A new report suggests that millio...

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Four Conditions Make Cash Transfers Save Lives

Of all the ways that governments can try to help people, cash transfers can seem like one of the most straightforward. Their popularity has been growing: Over the past decade, dozens of American ci...

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Man Gives Wife A Second Chance After She Leaves And Begs Him To Take Her Back, Internet Has Thoughts

Being married is not easy. It can be even harder if one spouse or both are struggling with their mental health. In fact, a 2018 Finnish study found that mental health problems at least double the r...

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Duke lacrosse false rape accuser Crystal Mangum released from prison after murder conviction: reports

The woman who falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape and then murdered her boyfriend was released from prison in North Carolina Friday, according to multiple reports.Crystal Mangum, wh...

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A Canadian Hospital Scoops Up Nurses Who No Longer Feel Safe in Trump’s America

Last year, as the California hospital where she worked was appeasing the Trump administration by erasing words like “equity” and “diversity” from its paperwork, Brandy Frye had seen enough. ...

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56 Bizarre, Creepy, And Terrifying Incidents From The World Of Overnight Jobs

Whether ghosts actually have a clause in their contracts to only appear when the sun goes down is up for debate. Yet, spooky stories and creepy experiences are usually born during the so-called “wi...

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Ultraprocessed Foods As Addictive As Tobacco, Researchers Say

New research shows that ultraprocessed foods may be as addictive as cigarettes. Image Credit: Alexander Spatari/Getty Images A recent review found that ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) may be a...

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To Avoid Care Disruptions, Know When the Clock Runs Out on Your Prior Authorization

A woman with multiple sclerosis wanted to be able to walk up the stairs at home without losing her balance. Her doctor prescribed medicine that helped, but then approval from her insurance ...

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He Needs an Expensive Drug. A Copay Card Helped — Until It Didn’t.

Over the course of 2025, Jayant Mishra of Mission Viejo, California, progressively developed scaly, itchy red patches on his skin. Then came the pain and swelling in the joints of his hands, making...

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