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From April 2020 through September 2021, overall hospital visits for alcohol-related conditions spiked beyond what researchers expected, per a study published Friday.
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Alcohol-fueled hospital visits are spiking among middle-aged women, study says: ‘We simply just don’t know what’s causing this’
By Lindsey LeakeApril 15, 2024
Super Bowl champion Robin Cole survived prostate cancer but lost loved ones to it. The stigma around treating it has to go, he says—especially among Black men
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Super Bowl champion Robin Cole survived prostate cancer but lost loved ones to it. The stigma around treating it has to go, he says—especially among Black men
By Robin Cole and Alicia ZhouApril 12, 2024
Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults. Specialists say these 5 tips can help
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Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults. Specialists say these 5 tips can help
By Judith Graham and KFF Health NewsFebruary 29, 2024
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Amy Schumer reveals Cushing’s syndrome diagnosis after being criticized for her appearance: ‘Thank you so much for everyone’s input about my face’
By Alexa MikhailFebruary 26, 2024
Prostate cancer shouldn’t be a death sentence. But for a startling number of U.S. males, it is
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Prostate cancer shouldn’t be a death sentence. But for a startling number of U.S. males, it is
By Erin PraterFebruary 10, 2024
Some advocates and school systems — and the state of California — are now encouraging kids to come to class even when they have the sniffles or other nuisance illnesses like lice or pinkeye.
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Cough? Sore throat? More schools suggest mildly sick kids attend anyway: ‘It’s extremely confusing’
By Bianca Vázquez Toness and The Associated PressFebruary 7, 2024
Informational brochures on Medicaid expansion during an event held by New Hanover County Department of Health and Human Services at a library in Wilmington, N.C., on Dec.16, 2023. North Carolina's expansion of Medicaid began on December 1st, and its estimated that more than 600,000 people statewide are now eligible for healthcare coverage that they otherwise could not afford.
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Halfway through ‘unwinding,’ Medicaid enrollment is down about 10 million
By Phil Galewitz and KFF Health NewsFebruary 7, 2024
Phthalates can be found in “a broad swath” of consumer products, from personal care to food packaging. The exposure of pregnant women to such chemicals may be linked to preterm birth, Dr. Leonardo Trasande, a professor of pediatrics and population health at NYL Langone Health, tells Fortune.
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Plastic-linked ‘hormone-disrupting chemicals’ were potentially behind 10% of U.S. preterm births in 2018, according to new research. How families can steer clear of their danger
By Erin PraterFebruary 6, 2024
In this July 2014 file photo, Esaw Garner, center, wife of Eric Garner, breaks down in the arms of Rev. Herbert Daughtry and Rev. Al Sharpton, right, during a rally at the National Action Network headquarters for Eric Garner on July 19, 2014, in New York. Garner, 43, died during an arrest in Staten Island, when a plain-clothes police officer placed him in what appeared to be a chokehold while several others brought him to the ground and struggled to place him in handcuffs. A new study sheds light on the health impacts of racism on African Americans, including poorer sleep after police shooting of unarmed Black people.
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Sleep loss more common among African Americans after police-involved killings of unarmed Black people like Eric Garner, new study finds
By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated PressFebruary 5, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden takes a selfie photograph with an attendee at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston, Mass., on Sept. 12, 2022. Biden's remarks on his administration's cancer moonshot, taking place on the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's "Moonshot" speech, are aimed at the goal of ending cancer.
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Public health advocates urge action on menthol, applaud accomplishments like patient navigation as Biden administration celebrates 2-year anniversary of ‘cancer moonshot’
By Erin PraterFebruary 4, 2024
Frustrated by the constraints of Earth, a team of California scientists took tumor research to space—and may have discovered a ‘kill switch’ for cancer
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Frustrated by the constraints of Earth, a team of California scientists took tumor research to space—and may have discovered a ‘kill switch’ for cancer
By Erin PraterFebruary 4, 2024
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, speaks to the media during a press conference with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Dr. Mike Ryan, the executive director of the WHO's Health Emergencies Program, at the Government Buildings in Dublin on Dec. 18, 2023. Ghebreyesus spoke on the topic of the pandemic treaty Saturday at the Warwick Economic Summit in Coventry, England, attending virtually from Geneva. He called the treaty, currently in dispute my member nations, "mission critical for humanity."
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WHO chief warns ‘future generations may not forgive us’ if pandemic treaty not agreed upon: ‘There will be a next time’
By Erin PraterFebruary 3, 2024
The impact of various environmental factors—like climate, nutrition, and toxicants—on the epigenome has been shown to extend tens of hundreds of generations in fruit flies and hundreds of generations in plants. It's unknown how far out it might extend in humans.
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Toxic chemicals your grandparents were exposed to are likely affecting your health, new research claims. Here’s how it works
By Erin PraterFebruary 2, 2024
Vials of injectable penicillin in cold storage at the Metro Public Health Department in Nashville, Tenn. Injectable penicillin is the go-to treatment for syphilis and the only treatment considered safe for pregnant people with the disease. In mid-2023, the health department began rationing the injectable to just pregnant women because of a nationwide antibiotic shortage. Patients who test positive for syphilis and are not pregnant are given an oral antibiotic instead.
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Surge in syphilis cases leads some providers to ration penicillin
By Catherine Sweeney, WPLN and Kaiser Health NewsFebruary 1, 2024
More than 24 million Americans, by some estimates up to 50 million, have an autoimmune disorder — diseases such as vitiligo (as pictured), lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and dozens more.
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Autoimmune diseases like lupus, MS, and rheumatoid arthritis strike far more women than men. Scientists now think they know why
By Lauran Neergaard and The Associated PressFebruary 1, 2024
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