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GPs can now prescribe ADHD medication – but big barriers to treatment remain

Getty ImagesFor years, adults seeking treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in New Zealand have faced a frustrating bottleneck. Public mental health services have had li...

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Healthcare Is Scary. Channel Your Fears Into a Haiku.

(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) Something wicked this way comes, and it’s 5-7-5. Our annual Halloween haiku contest is back, and we’re once again summoning readers to turn the horrors o...

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Hospitals Have a Little-Known Tool To Prevent Medical Debt. Here’s How It Works.

If you have medical debt, there’s a good chance you owe money to a hospital. One way patients can avoid medical debt is through hospital financial assistance, also known as charity care. Mos...

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Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’

The KFF Health News Minute is available every Thursday via direct download or the RSS feed. Oct. 1 Arielle Zionts [arr-ee-ELL ZY-ence] reads the week’s news: If you’re...

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Women are turning to testosterone, but what does the science actually say?

A recent BBC report described women posing as men to get hold of testosterone gel, hoping to improve their menopause symptoms, because female testosterone products are not easily available to them....

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MAHA Gone Mild

The Make America Healthy Again movement has always had a split personality. Many of the movement’s leaders are fervent anti-vaccine activists whose views are at odds with scientific evidence and ou...

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Why a modern approach to healthcare must consider more than illness

Mladen Mitrinovic/Alamy When antidepressants were created nearly 40 years ago, they were expected to be a breakthrough in treating mental illness. Instead, rates of depression have kept risi...

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Insomnia Isn’t Just Exhausting — It May Raise Your Risk of Stroke, Dementia

Recent research has found that chronic insomnia may increase the risk of stroke, dementia, and depression. ljubaphoto · E+/Getty A recent review has found that insomnia may be associated w...

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Drugs Are Widely Used To Sedate Dementia Patients. Her Sons Wanted To Keep Her Off Them.

In December 2024, Marjorie Tingley’s adult sons received an urgent email from the dementia care unit at Vista Grande Villa, a Michigan senior living community. They were told that their 85-year-old...

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US Poised To Boot Legal Immigrants From Medicaid, Including Refugees and Sex-Trafficking Victims

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with legal status are at risk of losing government health coverage starting Oct. 1, state data shows, signaling that the impact of Medicaid changes in President ...

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8-Hour Time-Restricted Eating Window May Lead to Greater Weight Loss

Research shows that an 8-hour eating window may lead to greater weight loss than other time-restricted eating patterns. FreshSplash · E+/Getty An 8-hour eating window was linked to greater...

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GLP-1s Are Rewriting the Story of Weight Loss and Mental Health

Noom, the popular weight-loss app, prompts its users not only to log their meals and exercise but also to gaze at paintings. The “Mindful Art Break” feature includes images of such works as Claude ...

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Fullspan Health Announces First-Ever 2026 Healthline Awards

The inaugural Healthline Awards showcase credible health and wellness products vetted by a team of expert testers and medical reviewers. Design by Healthline Winners of the inaugural 2026 ...

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How do Denmark and the UK compare when it comes to alcohol and drinking habits?

Videnskab.dk/Lærke SlotFor decades, Denmark and the UK have been known as countries where alcohol plays a big role in people’s social lives. In this way, the two countries make an interesting comp...

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She Left After Waiting Hours in the Emergency Room. The ER Billed Her Anyway.

Autumn Daniels is no stranger to migraine headaches, which have troubled her since childhood. The migraine tormenting the 32-year-old in April was even worse than usual. After a week of pier...

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Confusion and Angst Follow State’s Early Rollout of Medicaid Work Rules

MISSOULA, Mont. — Bethany Zulick went back to school in January to become a high school English teacher. Years ago, she taught English as a second language overseas and loved it. “It’...

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After Failed Execution, Health Workers Say State’s Rules Flout Medical Ethics

This story describes a lethal injection procedure used in state executions. In May, a group of healthcare workers spent about an hour trying to establish complete IV access so they could...

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Republicans Have Made It Their Signature Issue. What’s Really Happening Shows How Cynical That Is.

This fall, Ryann Allison is finally a senior at Stephen F. Austin State University, a midsize public university in Nacogdoches, a town in rural East Texas, where the men’s and women’s Division I sp...

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Ultra-Processed Foods Linked to Higher Risk of Multiple Diseases, Death

New research found that consuming more ultra-processed foods is linked to an increased risk of multiple health conditions. LauriPatterson/E+/Getty Images A large study has found that eatin...

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Glyph Lefkowitz: What Would A Serious AI Product Look Like?

One of the issues that I have with the current generation of “AI” products is that they do not appear to take their own premises seriously. I look at a plethora of obsequious chatbots claiming t...

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Republicans and Democrats Find a Unifying Target: Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Amye Joseph says America’s political polarization has made it an “interesting time” in her Tennessee household. She and her husband, Charlie, have been married 35 years. She’s a Republican. He’s a ...

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