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Over-the-Counter Narcan Could Save More Lives. But Price and Stigma Are Obstacles

Over-the-Counter Narcan Could Save More Lives. But Price and Stigma Are Obstacles

The Food and Drug Administration is expected this week to allow the overdose-reversal medication to be sold without a prescription, a step toward making it a common emergency tool.

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Can Napping Make Up for Lost Sleep? What to Know About Health Benefits

Can Napping Make Up for Lost Sleep? What to Know About Health Benefits

Here’s what experts say about what naps can (and can’t) do for your health.

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The Agony of Putting Your Life on Hold to Care for Your Parents

The Agony of Putting Your Life on Hold to Care for Your Parents

Randi Schofield is the sole provider for an ailing father and, at the same time, for her own children — a situation now common among Americans in their 30s and 40s.

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Contaminated Food Can Cause Some UTIs. Here’s How to Reduce Risk.

Contaminated Food Can Cause Some UTIs. Here’s How to Reduce Risk.

Certain strains of E. coli, a bacteria commonly associated with food poisoning, can lead to painful urinary infections.

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Should You Get Another Covid Booster?

Should You Get Another Covid Booster?

Britain and Canada have authorized another round of booster shots for older and immunocompromised citizens. So far, U.S. officials haven’t followed suit.

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How Parents Can Talk About Weed With Their Teens

How Parents Can Talk About Weed With Their Teens

Keep it brief, do your homework … and maybe don’t share your own teenage pot stories.

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Medicare Tries to Combat Fraud. Now Insurers Are Fighting Back.

Medicare Tries to Combat Fraud. Now Insurers Are Fighting Back.

The Biden administration has proposed changes to how it would pay private Medicare Advantage plans, setting off a lobbying frenzy.

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What Are the Risks of Cleaning With Bleach and Other Disinfectants?

What Are the Risks of Cleaning With Bleach and Other Disinfectants?

Our use of antimicrobial cleaners spiked during the pandemic. Given the potential long-term health risks, it might be worth cutting back again.

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Colon Cancer In Younger Adults: What to Know About Symptoms and Screening

Colon Cancer In Younger Adults: What to Know About Symptoms and Screening

With cases projected to continue climbing through 2023, scientists are racing to understand why.

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How Women Can Avoid ‘Faux Self-Care’ and Beat Burnout

How Women Can Avoid ‘Faux Self-Care’ and Beat Burnout

Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, a psychiatrist who specializes in women’s health, says you don’t need bubble baths to beat burnout. Here’s what she says to do instead.

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Her Doctor Said Her Illness Was All in Her Head. This Scientist Was Determined to Find the Truth.

Her Doctor Said Her Illness Was All in Her Head. This Scientist Was Determined to Find the Truth.

After enduring severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, the geneticist Marlena Fejzo made finding the cause of her condition, hyperemesis gravidarum, her life’s work.

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How to Enhance Your Run With Diaphragmatic Breathing

If you’re not using your diaphragm efficiently, you’re not getting the most out of your workout, experts say.

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How Fit Are You? 3 Ways to Measure Without Focusing on Weight

Exercise tests, heart rate and physical ability can tell you more about your health than the scale ever could.

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NHS Tracker: Find out about hospital waiting times in your area this winter

Flu, staff shortages and Covid backlogs are putting the NHS under severe strain, find out what's happening in your area.

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Four-day junior doctor strike set for April

British Medical Association announces walkout in their fight to get 35% pay rise in England.

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Why Are Public Restrooms Still So Rare?

Cities in the U.S. and elsewhere have made strides, but challenges remain.

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Deadly Fungus Spread Rapidly During the Pandemic, C.D.C. Says

Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that health officials hoped to contain is now in more than half the states, according to a new research paper.

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Junior doctor strike led to 175,000 cancellations

It means the three-day walkout is the most disruptive NHS strike yet this winter.

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Need Motivation to Take a Walk? Here Are 5 Reasons

It’s one of the best forms of preventive medicine, experts say.

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Calls for talks to end junior doctors' strikes

Unions and ministers are being urged to start talks after a pay breakthrough with other NHS workers.

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Unions close to pay deal to avert more NHS strikes

The offer in England includes a bonus for this year and a higher pay rise for next year than planned.

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People urged to take gonorrhoea tests as cases rise

Sexually active people are warned as cases of the sexually transmitted disease rise sharply in England.

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Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge

After Covid lockdowns hit both demand and supply, production is at record levels, the UN says.

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The hidden cost of soothing my throat after cancer

Jim Melvin spends £52 a week on tissues and ice lollies to cope with the effects of a tracheotomy.

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The Subversive Wisdom of ‘Old Wives’ Tales’

Women’s care has always depended on women’s sharing stories with one another.

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