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A push to ban sugary drinks, candy and more from the U.S. program that helps low-income families pay for nutritious food has been tried before — but it may soon get a boost from new Trump administr...
If you ever turned on the TV in the 2000s after midnight, you might have seen an informercial for P90X.The exercise program promised shredded abs and bulging biceps for anyone who pushed themselves...
Very early exposure to even a very small dose of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in infant mice can lead to cognitive decline later in life, according to new findings. This is significant because of eme...
On the afternoon of Friday, February 7, as staff members were getting ready to leave the headquarters of the National Institutes of Health, just outside Washington, D.C., officials in the Office of...
President Trump issued an executive order to expand in vitro fertilization (IVF) access and lower costs, which can run up to $25,000 for a cycle. Jill Lehmann Photography/Getty Images
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Nature versus nurture: Scientists are gathering more evidence on which has more of an impact on human well-being amid the aging process.While both environmental exposures and genetics are known to ...
Out of the 16 patients in the study, half had a strong response to the vaccine.A personalized mRNA vaccine may reduce the risks of pancreatic cancer returning after surgery, according to a prelimin...
Aging: 150 minutes of exercise may help reduce death risk by 31% Medical News Today
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Florence Makumene held a plastic container of HIV medication and wondered if it would be her last as fears swelled of a return to a time decades ago when millions across sub-Sah...
A Kentucky county nestled in the heart of Appalachia, where the opioid crisis has wreaked devastation for decades, spent $15,000 of its opioid settlement money on an ice rink.
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Member of the British House of Lords and Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) CEO Baroness Philippa Stroud praised Vice President JD Vance for his recent criticism of European countries for s...
Shortly after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for a team to study the use of...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Sanofi-Aventis's Merilog (insulin-aspart-szjj) as a biosimilar to Novolog (insulin aspart) for adults and pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus.
NEW YORK -- While traveling in Europe, Margaux Lantelme noticed something different about the store cashiers: they did their work sitting down. It was a stark contrast to Chicago, where Lantelme wo...
Malnutrition in older adults: Strategies for addressing this common problem Harvard Health
New York is suing several large electronic cigarette distributors for allegedly selling vaping flavors that can appeal to childrenNew York on Thursday sued some of the country’s biggest distributor...
A new study reports young adults who smoke could face more than double the risk of having an unexplained stroke. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images
Researchers report that people unde...
In the about 1,000 days between her drunken-driving crash in May 2022 and her death, South Korean mainstream news organizations published at least around 2,000 stories on film actor Kim Sae-ron.The...
A little movement could help prevent dementia, even for frail older adults, suggests a new study.
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Rates of drug overdose deaths decreased in the United States for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to new federal data published early Thursday.The rate of overdose deaths...