Category: Health

Women talk about their abortion on TikTok

At a time of heightened confusion and legal battles over access to abortion, women are looking to social media for answers.

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Some older women need additional breast exams. Why...

Mammography can miss tumors in women with dense breasts, so their doctors often include ultrasound or M.R.I. scans. Patients often...

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Mental health and substance abuse disorders often ...

Among those with substance use disorders who have been referred to child welfare, less than half received medication or counseling...

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Scientists criticize federal response to bird flu ...

Testing for H5N1 infection has been limited, and the outbreak was never confined. But asymptomatic cows in North Carolina may requ...

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'Shopaholic' Author Sophie Kinsella Says She Has B...

The author of the best-selling book series said she had been undergoing treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, aft...

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With social prescription, art and volunteering can...

Prescriptions for social activities, exercise and the arts — first popularized in Britain — are coming to America. But some expert...

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Sleep apnea reduced in people who took weight-loss...

The company reported results of clinical trials involving Zepbound, an obesity drug in the same class as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy.

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Long-acting drugs could revolutionize HIV Preventi...

New regimens in development, including once-weekly pills and semiannual shots, could help control the virus in hard-to-reach popul...

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Colorado bill aims to protect consumers' brain dat...

In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.

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How to be less self-critical when perfectionism is...

Perfectionism among young people has skyrocketed, but experts say there are ways to quiet your inner critic.

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Texas surgeon accused of secretly refusing liver t...

A Houston hospital is investigating whether a doctor altered a transplant list to make his patients ineligible for care. A disprop...

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24 hours in a makeshift migrant shelter in the Cal...

The campsite, run by a 22-year-old volunteer, became a first stop for people seeking food, water and warmth as they waited to be a...

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