'Progressive trend: In the past 30 years we've seen 60 countries liberalise their abortion laws'
As France celebrates half a century of legal abortion, FRANCE 24’s Oliver Farry welcomes Kei Yoshida, Senior Legal Advisor at…
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When the Retirement Community Goes Bankrupt
Three years ago, when Bob and Sandy Curtis moved into an upscale continuing care retirement community in Port Washington, N.Y.,…
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RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to lead the nation’s health agencies, formally asked the Food and…
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Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected that thanks to the negotiations, Medicare’s prices for semaglutide products “will fall substantially beginning…
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Sober buzz: The rise of the healthy drinker
In the middle of Dry January, many people are trying to keep the festive cheer alive, all while staying sober.…
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Mom’s Gripes About Sister-in-Law Put Daughter in a Bind
My mother is hypercritical of my brother’s wife, to the point that she blames my sister-in-law for my brother’s “failings”…
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UnitedHealth’s Revenues Rise, in First Earnings Report Since CEO’s Killing
UnitedHealth Group reported on Thursday that it earned less than expected this past quarter, citing higher medical costs and pressure…
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Cancer’s New Face: Younger and Female
More Americans are surviving cancer, but the disease is striking young and middle-aged adults and women more frequently, the American…
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Howard Buten, Autism Therapist, Novelist and Clown, Is Dead at 74
Howard Buten, a college dropout from Detroit, juggled three extraordinary lives. In one, he was a tender, clumsy and wordless…
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Ramaswamy Has a High-Profile Perch and a Raft of Potential Conflicts
Vivek Ramaswamy is the less famous and less wealthy half of the duo of billionaires that President-elect Donald J. Trump…
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How a Company Makes Millions Off a Hospital Program Meant to Help the Poor
Soon after being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, Virginia King sat in an outpatient clinic in Santa Fe, N.M, while…
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Moderate Drinking Raises Health Risks While Offering Few Benefits
Among both men and women, drinking just one alcoholic beverage a day increases the risk of liver cirrhosis, esophageal cancer,…
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Dementia Cases in the U.S. Will Surge in the Coming Decades, Researchers Say
The number of people in the United States who develop dementia each year will double over the next 35 years…
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RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement Obscures America’s Unhealthy Past
“We will make Americans healthy again,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has declared. A political action committee that has promoted Mr.…
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At This Ballet Company, the Priority Is Dancers’ Mental Health
At Azara Ballet, dancers aren’t expected to make eye contact with the directors and choreographers. If company members need an…
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Even Adults May Soon Be Vulnerable to ‘Childhood’ Diseases
There were more than more than 32,000 cases of whooping cough in 2024, the highest tally in a decade. In…
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Chronic Pain Afflicts Billions of People. It’s Time for a Revolution.
To overcome that, one main project funded by HEAL is focused on studying the nervous systems of people with chronic…
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Chronic Pain: Five Things We Know About Causes, Treatments and Diagnoses
Most of us don’t think about pain until we have it. And when we do, it’s typically something we get…
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A Ballerina Prized for Her Musicality Deals With Hearing Loss
It helped, Angle said, that he and Mearns are able to hear music in a similar way, their responses fueled…
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Carole Wilbourn, Who Put Cats on the Couch, Dies at 84
Carole Wilbourn, a self-described cat therapist, who was known for her skill in decoding the emotional life of cats, as…
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