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Primary Care Shortage

Compensation is key to fixing primary care shortage

Police blame some deaths on 'excited delirium.' ER docs consider pulling the plug on the term

Excited Delirium

Most Americans say they or a family member has experienced gun violence

Gun violence America

Fatigue is common among older adults, and it has many possible causes

Senior Fatigue Causes

Raincoats, undies, school uniforms: Are your clothes dripping in 'forever chemicals?'

Forever Chemicals Clothing

Hospitals must post their prices to every service they provide. But their data isn't always complete or user-friendly

Hospital Price Transparency

End of COVID-19 emergency will usher in changes across the U.S. health system

COVID Emergency Ends

Being 'socially frail' comes with health risks for older adults

Social Frailty Seniors

Health Insurance

Prior authorization, a system that harms and frustrates patients, may be reined in

Prior authorization health care

Despite pharma claims, illicit drug shipments to U.S. aren't full of opioids. It's generic Viagra

CBP narcotics detection

Eli Lilly slashed insulin prices, starting a race to the bottom

Insulin Prices Eli Lilly

As opioids mixed with animal tranquilizers arrive in Kensington, so do alarming health challenges

Kensington tranq dope

Health Insurance

Era of 'free' COVID-19 vaccines, test kits and treatments is ending. Who will pay the tab now?

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The NFL has been slow to embrace mental health support for players

Will your smartphone be the next doctor's office?

Smartphones Medical Uses

Health Insurance

Want a clue on health care costs in advance? New tools take a crack at it

Health Care Costs

During in-flight emergencies, airlines' medical kits sometimes fall short

Airplane Medical Kits

Paxlovid has been free so far. Next year, sticker shock awaits

Should older seniors risk major surgery? New research offers guidance

Senior Surgery Risk

Treating long COVID is rife with guesswork

As STDs proliferate, companies rush to market at-home test kits. But are they reliable?

STD At-Home Test

Health Insurance

Stopping the churn: Why some states want to guarantee Medicaid coverage from birth to age 6

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Haven't seen your doctor in a few years? You may need to find a new one

Primary Care Doctor

Don’t drill your own teeth! And quashing other rotten dental advice on TikTok

Teeth tiktok

Say what? Hearing aids available over-the-counter for as low as $199

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Weight loss gadgets provide data to help consumers achieve diet goals, but it still won't be easy

Health monitoring tech

Children's Health

Formula may be right for infants, but experts warn that toddlers don't need it

Clearing pollution helps clear the fog of aging — and may cut the risk of dementia

Pollution dementia

Organ transplants are up, but the agency in charge is under fire

Organ transplant

For kids with kidney disease, pediatric expertise is key — but not always close by

CHOP kidney disease

Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out COVID's next wave

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients, but there's a simple way to stop it

Hospital brush teeth

Self-managed abortions gain attention, but helpers risk legal trouble

How Pfizer won the pandemic, reaping outsize profit and influence

Health Insurance

How much health insurers pay for almost everything must now be made public

Doctor's stethoscope

Genetic screening results just got harder to handle under new abortion rules

Genetic Testing Abortion

New weight loss treatment is marked by heavy marketing and modest results

Weight scale

Children's Health

It's hot outside — and that's bad news for children's health

Heat Waves Climate Change

Children's Health

For many low-income families, getting formula has always been a strain

Skirmishes over medication abortion renews debate on state vs. federal powers

Pregnant woman in office

Should you worry about data from your period-tracking app being used against you?

Period Tracking App

Novavax missed its global moonshot but is angling to win over mRNA defectors

How better ventilation can help 'COVID-proof' your home

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Sleep apnea may be linked to brain changes that cause Alzheimer's disease

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Teen Drug Use

Fewer teens are using alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana than before the pandemic

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The role of friends and peers in preventing impaired driving

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Increasing steps per day, even by a modest amount, could reduce risk of developing depression

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