IT’S NOT QUITE time to eat a meal, but you’re hungry. It’s that critical juncture, and peanut butter is always there for you. Whether you dunk into it with an …
COLD AND FLU season or not, zinc is important. Most commonly known for its ability to shorten a cold, zinc has many other health benefits, including wound healing and cell …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s plan to rework President Barack Obama’s signature health care law is vague on details, but many conservative health care experts …
Derek Tran, a Democrat from Orange County, California, is running against Republican U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel in California’s 45th Congressional District. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) In a …
There’s a new morning ritual in Pinedale, Wyoming, a town of about 2,000 nestled against the Wind River Mountains. Friends and neighbors in the oil- and gas-rich community “take their …
TOPLINE:Diabetes is associated with a lower incidence of uterine fibroids in midlife women receiving diabetes treatment, especially metformin. The association between diabetes and the risk for uterine fibroids may vary …
Lee is an internist and an instructor of medicine. Both of the major political parties in the U.S. are finally proposing ways to reduce healthcare costs. One party wants to …
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Brands, publicists, and beauty enthusiasts: It’s time to do your thing. Submissions for the 2025 SELF Healthy Beauty Awards are officially open! Our annual Healthy Beauty Awards are a monthslong …
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Microplastic bioaccumulation. Credit: Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41370-024-00709-3 A new study challenges a 2019 World Health Organization report that microplastics in drinking water are harmless …
One evening in May, nursing assistant Debra Ragoonanan’s vision blurred during her shift at a state-run Massachusetts veterans home. As her head spun, she said, she called her husband. He …
TOPLINE:Electronic health record (EHR)–derived family history identified 29,913 patients with familial risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, but 82% had no evidence of genetic testing. Seven-question family history screening …
Mental Health and Community Assets in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.34923 Youth living in neighborhoods with more community assets—such as parks, libraries, health services and …
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Wrist-based activity sensors worn by individuals with depression and those without over the course of two weeks provided evidence for the relationship between daily sunlight exposure …
Greenglass is a retired primary care physician and physician manager. Unions have been a hot topic in the media in the last several months. Unionization votes at auto plants and …
Recent Supreme Court rulings are poised to significantly affect healthcare in the U.S. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the court overturned the Chevron doctrine, curbing the authority of federal …
Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Anti-Pharma Bus Tour The ‘Bust Big Pharma’ bus tour, organized by …
