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Heavy Smoking Linked to Unexplained Stroke in Young Adults, Study Finds

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...

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Death of high-profile actor highlights South Korea’s huge pressure on its celebrities

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...

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Small amounts of moderate to vigorous physical activity are associated with big reductions in dementia risk

A little movement could help prevent dementia, even for frail older adults, suggests a new study.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Medicaid in the Crosshairs, Maybe

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington ...

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Drug overdose deaths fall in 2023 for 1st time since pandemic began: CDC

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...

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Spared by DOGE—For Now

Americans have plenty to worry about these days when it comes to infectious-disease outbreaks. This is the worst flu season in 15 years, there’s a serious measles outbreak roiling Texas, and the th...

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Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failing

Abortion rights advocates feared the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to state abortion bans would also lead to tracking women and charging women who get abortions with murder.No...

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Alzheimer's disease, dementias chronically undiagnosed yet early detection rarely used

Despite the potential benefits of early detection and increasing treatment options for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, there is limited use of valuable screening and testing tools, say r...

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How did health insurance coverage changes affect older adults? - Michigan Medicine

How did health insurance coverage changes affect older adults? Michigan Medicine

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US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and tuberculosis. With no family to care for him, Evans was referre...

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GOP Takes Aim at Medicaid, Putting Enrollees and Providers at Risk

Medicaid is under threat — again. Republicans, who narrowly control Congress, are pushing proposals that could sharply cut funding to the government health insurance program for poor and dis...

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Huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding go before a federal judge

BOSTON -- A court battle is set to resume Friday over the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and delay new lifesaving di...

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Texas Measles Outbreak Nears 100 Cases, Raising Concerns About Undetected Spread

Some private schools have shut down because of a rapidly escalating measles outbreak in West Texas. Local health departments are overstretched, pausing other important work as they race to limit th...

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Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, largest in over 30 years

Most of the cases are in children between ages 5 and 17.The number of measles cases linked to an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 90, according to new data released on Friday.Almost all of th...

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Can TikTok's '75 Soft Challenge' Fitness Trend Help You Lose Weight?

The 75 Soft Challenge may help lower stress and anxiety and promote healthy weight management. Me 3645 Studio/Getty Images Proponents of the “75 Soft Challenge” on TikTok say it’s a more d...

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Islet transplantation with blood vessel cells shows promise to treat type 1 diabetes

Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells and reversed diabetes in a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicin...

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Key risk factors for diabetic foot reinfections uncovered in study

Texas has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the country, with more than 2.7 million Texans diagnosed with the condition. About one in six people in San Antonio have type 2 diabetes, and a thi...

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Can Medicaid’s Popularity Shield It From the Budget Ax?

Congressional lawmakers are facing tricky arithmetic as they hammer out a budget plan to finance President Donald Trump’s agenda. Republicans need to free up roughly $4 trillion to pay for ...

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Flu activity 'elevated' in US but showing signs of abating, CDC data shows

Visits to doctors' offices for flu-like illness fell to 6.8% from 7.7%.Flu activity remains "elevated" in the United States but is starting to show signs of abating, according to new federal data p...

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“Sobering” Sheffield research shows that overheated care homes lead to elderly people’s deaths in extreme heat - The Star

“Sobering” Sheffield research shows that overheated care homes lead to elderly people’s deaths in extreme heat The Star

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Journalists Discuss Health Care for Incarcerated Children and the Possibility of a Bird Flu Pandemic

KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed the possibility of a bird flu pandemic on WAMU’s “1A” on Feb. 20. Gounder also discussed the potential of an off-label dru...

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