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Define 'Healthy' May. 31, 2023
Last fall, the Food and Drug Administration published new guidelines about which foods could be labe... Read More
Alcohol and Cancer Feb. 08, 2023
Now that Dry January is over, most participants who were "sober-curious" have resumed their familiar... Read More
Learning to Love Dogs Jul. 22, 2022
It never occurred to me that loving dogs could be considered an accomplishment of sorts until when t... Read More
At the Heart of the Problem: Money Apr. 20, 2022
Among older people who have been hospitalized for a heart attack, severe financial strain — ha... Read More
COVID's Longer-lasting Consequences Apr. 06, 2022
There's "long COVID," defined as cases in which people experience new, returning or ongoing health p... Read More
Mental Wealth Feb. 16, 2022
Most American adults over 65 have some mental health coverage through Medicare, but it's far from ad... Read More
Cancer Deaths Are Down -- And Up Sep. 15, 2021
Overall, cancer deaths continue to decline, but the news isn't universally good. Between 2001 and 20... Read More
The Mouse That Soared Aug. 25, 2021
Scientists recently sent freeze-dried mouse sperm into low-Earth orbit to study the effects of space... Read More
Smoking Out Users Nov. 06, 2019
A large national survey, taken from 2016 to 2017 and published in JAMA, reports that people with ast... Read More
Live Longer, Die Less Expensively Aug. 10, 2016
Eight out of 10 Americans who died in 2014 were on Medicare, which devotes roughly one-quarter of it... Read More
Viral Hepatitis Kills -- A Lot Jul. 27, 2016
Tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS are global scourges, killing millions of people worldwide each ye... Read More
A Doc Named Sued Dec. 23, 2015
Medscape, a web-based resource for physicians and health professionals, recently surveyed 4,000 prim... Read More
Beyond Cancer, Other Problems Dec. 09, 2015
Advances in cancer treatment have significantly boosted survival rates: More than 9 million American... Read More
The Fourth of July's for the Dogs Jun. 21, 2014
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns,... Read More
