Health

Longing for a Time Before Smartphones

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket CastsGen Z has romanticized the technology of the ’90s—or the era’s lack of it. Young people long for a time when they were lo...

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Taylor Farms Recalls Salsa, Guacamole Products With Jalapeños Due to Salmonella

Jalapeño peppers supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at major U.S. retailers like Whole Foods have been linked to Salmonella. anand purohit/Moment/Getty Images Several Taylor Farms products ...

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RFK Jr. Is Taking On the Fuzziest Category in Food Science

You might know a tomato when you see one, but for the federal government, identifying one is harder. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? In 1893, this question went all the way to the Supreme Court...

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Belly Fat vs. BMI: Which Better Predicts Your Heart Disease Risk?

Research shows that a person’s belly fat may be a better predictor of heart disease risk than BMI. ozgurcankaya/E+/Getty A new study reports that the amount of belly fat a person is carryi...

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Just Ahead of Flu Season, FDA Approves First mRNA Vaccine for Older Adults

The FDA approved a new mRNA flu vaccine for older adults ahead of the upcoming 2026–2027 flu season. fotostorm/E+/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new mRN...

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Years After He Quit Smoking, a Lung Cancer Scan Saved His Life

Dennis Schmidt started smoking as a teenager, when that was so unexceptional that his Catholic high school designated outdoor “senior smoking quarters,” where students in their final year could tak...

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Hospitals Say They Found a Tool To Help Reduce Childbirth Risks: Wristbands

Hospitals across the U.S. are trying to reduce maternal deaths and complications after pregnancies using one small tool: a silicone wristband stamped with the declaration “I Gave Birth.” The...

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Hospital Prepayment Requirements Add New Wrinkles to Patients’ Financial Responsibility

Thomas Zordani flew from his home in Denver to Phoenix for a consultation with a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, hoping to find out what could be done to treat his debilitating headaches after worrisome ...

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Trump Orders Changes to Childhood Vaccines Despite Medical Opposition

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) looks on as President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order calling for changes to the childhood immunization schedu...

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The Trump Administration's Secret YIMBY Grant Proposal

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include: The Trump administration's little-noticed attem...

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'Blue Bloods' star Jennifer Esposito says she was locked in psych ward as health battle spiraled

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).Jennifer Esposito is ...

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Mounjaro May Help Protect Heart Health in People With Type 2 Diabetes

Recent research has found that the popular GLP-1 medication, Mounjaro, may help lower heart attack risk in people with type 2 diabetes. Galina Zhigalova · Moment/Getty New research suggest...

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How to Stop Doom Scrolling and Actually Get Your Life Back

If you have ever picked up your phone to check one quick thing and looked up forty-five minutes later wondering what just happened, you already know what doom scrolling feels like. It has a name no...

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Chrissy Metz Loses 100 Pounds After Taking GLP-1 Meds, Despite Risks

Chrissy Metz has lost more weight, but this time, she is revealing a very different part of her health journey. The This Is Us star has opened up about losing another 63 pounds (about 28 kg) after...

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Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — Two of the nation’s most powerful health officials predict artificial intelligence will play a key role in solving rural America’s health challenges. Health secretary Rob...

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Women With Type 2 Diabetes May Experience Worse Menopause Symptoms

Women with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes report worse menopause symptoms, like hot flashes, a new study found. Justin Paget/DigitalVision/Getty Images Postmenopausal women with type 2 dia...

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Even Light Physical Activity May Lower Stroke Risk in People With AFib

Light physical activity should be integrated alongside treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib) to improve cardiovascular health. MoMo Productions/DigitalVision/Getty Images Physical activ...

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Mental health: one step forward and two steps back? | Letters

Dr Kate Martin is encouraged by the new network of community clinics, while Prof Dr John R Ashton says the forthcoming mental health strategy is an opportunity to grasp the nettle, while Marjorie W...

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The 108-Degree Eviction

Photographs by Mikayla WhitmoreOn any other day when the high was forecast to be 108 degrees, Susie Tyson would not have left her Las Vegas apartment. The stroke she’d had at 30 made her sensitive ...

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Same Knee Surgery, Twice the Price: Hospital Monopolies Push Up Healthcare Costs

More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. ...

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Many States Cover Doula Care, but Access to a ‘Birthing Bestie’ Is Often Out of Reach

Doula Taja Iglesias and her business partner have built a space in Alexandria, Virginia, that’s all things pregnancy, birth, and childcare. Comfortable couches in one area invite expectant p...

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