Researchers are uncovering deeper insights into how the human brain ages and what factors may be tied to healthier cognitive aging, including exercising, avoiding tobacco, speaking a second language or even playing a musical instrument.…
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‘Not medically necessary’: Inside the company helping America’s biggest health insurers deny coverage for care
by adminThis story was originally published by ProPublica. It co-published with The Capitol Forum. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive its biggest stories as soon as they’re published.…
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Sugar in the first 1,000 days after conception linked to health issues later in life, study says
by adminThe holiday season is nearly upon us and it’s easy for a child’s sweet tooth go wild. However, new research shows that it may be beneficial to cut back how much sugar young children consume.…
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Giving birth to triplets, quadruplets or even more has become increasingly less common in the United States. The rate of triplet and higher-order births in the US declined 62% between 1998 and 2023, according to…
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It was the night before we would find out if our fifth – and likely final – try at an embryo transfer worked, and I sat on the couch with my husband, sobbing into a…
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A resident of eastern Iowa who had recently traveled to West Africa died after catching Lassa fever, state officials said Monday. The virus, which is in the same viral hemorrhagic fever category as Ebola, is…
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A man was wheeled into surgery to harvest his organs. Weeks later, he left the hospital alive
by adminThree years ago, Anthony Hoover woke up in a Kentucky hospital to find people shaving his chest, bathing his body in surgical solution and talking about harvesting his organs. TJ was also registered as an…
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Four free home Covid-19 antigen tests are available to order at COVIDTests.gov, part of the seventh round of the federal government’s test-distribution program. And although this round of test orders has been going on for…
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Some ER patients are half as likely to receive IV fluids since disruptions from Hurricane Helene
by adminPatients visiting emergency departments for dehydration or nausea are half as likely to receive IV fluids now than they were before Hurricane Helene exacerbated supply shortages, according to an analysis of health records by Truveta…
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It’s that time of year when any cough or sniffle could be Covid-19, flu or RSV — but there are ways to fend them off. Forecasts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest…