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Health news • Jul 08

I'm a Longevity Doctor. Bryan Johnson's Diagnosis Reminds Us That Longevity Isn't About Perfection.

After Bryan Johnson's diagnosis, longevity doctor Ingrid Yang, MD, explains what really helps you age well—without extreme measures.

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Health news • Jul 08

MenB vaccine offers men no protection from gonorrhoea, claims major study

The Meningitis B vaccine does not prevent gonorrhoea infections despite being offered to at-risk men, scientists say.

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Health news • Jul 08

What we know about past outbreaks linked to cyclospora, a parasite that lead to ‘explosive diarrhea’

A parasite that can cause “explosive diarrhea,” cyclospora, is on the rise this summer, with 17 states already reporting cases.

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Health news • Jul 08

In a First, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Linked to The Brain's Clearing System

Our understanding of the human brain is experiencing a watershed moment. The sewerage gates are open. In 2024, scientists discovered the first direct...

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Health news • Jul 08

How to Stay Safe From the Severe Stomach Bug That’s Going Around

This year is shaping up to be a bad one for the spread of cyclospora, a parasite transmitted through contaminated food and water that causes severe diarrhea...

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Health news • Jul 08

Ebola workers strike as CDC head says agency’s response will last months

To add to an already difficult public health crisis, some healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have gone on strike,...

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Health news • Jul 08

West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes from 13 Orange County cities

West Nile virus has now been detected in mosquito samples from 13 Orange County cities, with Fullerton accounting for the largest share of positive samples...

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Health news • Jul 08

Fish Oil Pills May Not Boost Brain Health After All

Popping a daily fish-oil capsule may feel like a smart brain move, but the science keeps refusing to play along. In the New York Times , health reporter...

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Health news • Jul 08

Oncologist Reveals The Five Cancer Symptoms People Most Commonly Dismiss As Normal Aging Or Stress

The goal isn't to make people anxious but to make them aware that getting older should not automatically be used to explain away changes in your health,”...

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Health news • Jul 08

Cancer cases to double in next 25 years, WHO warns, as science can’t keep up with the costs

Cancer cases around the world could reach 35 million by 2050.

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Health news • Jul 08

Exclusive | Meet the women performing at-home liposuction on themselves with shady $95 kits to shed weight

Ruth, a married Massachusetts mom of two, exclusively tells The Post that she's eliminated excess bulk from her face, legs, underarms and waist with...

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Health news • Jul 08

As many Mass. residents face losing access to GLP-1s, local researchers dig into mental, physical impacts

A 35-year-old Brockton resident and GLP-1 medication user, Harris had three grandparents with type 2 diabetes; all four had heart conditions.

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Health news • Jul 08

Why Bangladesh is still failing to protect children from infectious diseases

Bangladesh Child Infectious Diseases: Explore why childhood infectious diseases persist in Bangladesh. Discover how malnutrition and vaccination dropout...

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Health news • Jul 08

What to Know About the Diarrhea Outbreak Tied to Fresh Produce

A cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to fresh produce has sickened hundreds in the U.S. Here are the symptoms, affected foods, treatment, and how to stay safe.

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Health news • Jul 08

My Sister-in-Law Is Going to Permanently Disable Her Child. She Won’t Heed My Warnings.

Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding,. My sister-in-law gave...

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Health news • Jul 08

Cancer cases expected to soar worldwide, WHO report finds

The disease will touch 92% of people globally, finds annual review, while 'persistent' inequities found to exist in access to prevention, diagnosis,...

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Health news • Jul 08

Are you getting the right cholesterol test? Millions may not be, study says

Millions of Americans get their LDL, or "bad" cholesterol, tested. But another test may do a better job of finding who needs treatment.

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Health news • Jul 08

Last American polio survivor in an iron lung dies at 78

SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) – The last polio survivor in America to depend on an iron lung has died. Martha Ann Lillard, 78, invited Nexstar's KFOR to her Shawnee...

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Health news • Jul 08

Upper East Side Legionnaires’ Outbreak Source Remains Unknown

New York City officials have not yet identified the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease on the Upper East Side that has infected at least 28...

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Health news • Jul 08

Why a gene-editing breakthrough has some experts worried

An edited human embryo in the first week after fertilization as it divides from one cell to ultimately become a 200-cell structure called a blastocyst.

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