HEALTH

Top 11 questions parents ask doctors about measles

As measles cases continue to spread throughout the U.S. — with 12 states reporting official outbreaks, according to the latest…

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Urgent care worse than pre-pandemic, think tank says

EPAA leading health think tank says urgent and emergency care in England is performing "far worse" than before the pandemic.The…

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Immunotherapy Drug Spares Cancer Patients From Grisly Surgeries and Harsh Therapies

When a person develops solid tumors in the stomach or esophagus or rectum, oncologists know how to treat them. But…

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Rare diseases often go undiagnosed or untreated in parts of Africa. A project seeks to change that

Ndeye Lam visits the cemetery often, praying and gently touching the seashells laid out across her daughter's gravesite. Source link

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‘SkinnyTok’ could promote starvation and disordered eating, experts warn

Social media can be a great source of fitness, nutrition and wellness tips — but it also has some potentially…

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When a Child’s Life Becomes the Family Business

Around that time, “there was another thing I had to deal with,” Evan told me. We were sitting in a…

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RFK Jr. warns Americans about dangers of getting rid of prescription meds the wrong way

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is urging Americans to dispose of their prescription medications properly.…

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Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can't get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering…

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Dog alerts owner to breast cancer, becomes vital support during treatment

'My dog detected my cancer before doctors did' Breanna Bortner’s dog, Mochi, began fixating on her breast before she was…

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What Facing Cancer Taught Me About Fear

And then my greatest fear came to pass. In 2021, I learned that after a decade of remission, the leukemia…

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