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Younger Women Get Lung Cancer at Higher Rates Than Men

Younger Women Get Lung Cancer at Higher Rates Than Men

Researchers are struggling to understand what is driving the gender disparity in...

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FDA Issues Warning Over Misuse of Ketamine Therapy

FDA Issues Warning Over Misuse of Ketamine Therapy

Unsupervised treatment — fueled by telemedicine prescriptions — for various psychiatric...

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Kaiser Permanente Reaches Tentative Deal With Health Care Workers

Kaiser Permanente Reaches Tentative Deal With Health Care...

The proposed settlement follows a three-day strike involving thousands of unionized...

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Mary Lou Retton Crowdfunded Her Medical Debt, Like Many Thousands of Others

Mary Lou Retton Crowdfunded Her Medical Debt, Like Many...

But unlike the Olympic gymnast, most people don’t raise enough money to cover their...

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What Is a Fever? Why Your Body Temperature May Be Cooler Than 98.6 Degrees

What Is a Fever? Why Your Body Temperature May Be Cooler...

Here’s why we appear to be getting cooler, and what that could mean when it comes...

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Nearly 500,000 in U.S. Will Regain Medicaid Coverage After State Errors

Nearly 500,000 in U.S. Will Regain Medicaid Coverage After...

Low-income people who wrongly lost Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program...

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Painful Sex After Menopause: Causes and Solutions

Painful Sex After Menopause: Causes and Solutions

Changes to the vagina can mess with your sex life. But there are solutions that...

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FTC Sues Anesthesia Group Backed by Private Equity, Claiming Antitrust

FTC Sues Anesthesia Group Backed by Private Equity, Claiming...

The federal agency claims the company’s practices amount to antitrust activity,...

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The Beauty of a Silent Walk: TikTok’s Latest Wellness Obsession

The Beauty of a Silent Walk: TikTok’s Latest Wellness Obsession

No talking. No podcasts. No music. Just some time alone with your thoughts.

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New York’s Running Clubs Are an Opportunity for Exercise and Community

New York’s Running Clubs Are an Opportunity for Exercise...

Group running has exploded in New York City. As friendships, marriages and even...

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‘Only God Can Thank You’: Female Health Workers Fight to Be Paid

‘Only God Can Thank You’: Female Health Workers Fight to...

Community health workers put in long hours to protect people in developing countries...

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Arsenic Preserved the Animals, But Killed the Museum

Arsenic Preserved the Animals, But Killed the Museum

A popular taxidermy exhibit in Sioux Falls, S.D., was closed after the toxic substance...

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New Covid Vaccines Hit Insurance Snags: What to Do if Yours Gets Denied

New Covid Vaccines Hit Insurance Snags: What to Do if Yours...

The updated shot is here. But pharmacies are rescheduling appointments, and some...

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In Hospitals, Viruses Are Everywhere. Masks Are Not.

In Hospitals, Viruses Are Everywhere. Masks Are Not.

Amid an uptick in Covid infections, administrators, staff and patients are divided...

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Genetically Modified Pig’s Heart Is Transplanted Into a Second Patient

Genetically Modified Pig’s Heart Is Transplanted Into a...

The first patient to receive such an organ died after two months. “At least now...

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At Long Last, Can Malaria Be Eradicated?

At Long Last, Can Malaria Be Eradicated?

Two new vaccines may finally turn back an ancient plague. But in unexpected ways,...