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Bad Therapists Are Out There. Here’s How to Handle Them.

Bad Therapists Are Out There. Here’s How to Handle Them.

Feb 20, 2025

In her first session with a new therapist in San Diego, Elise, 37, immediately felt turned off. Not because of anything the therapist said, but because of the fact that she was riding a stationary bik...

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Oz, Trump’s Medicare Nominee, Pledges to Divest Interests in Health Care Stocks

Oz, Trump’s Medicare Nominee, Pledges to Divest Interests in Health Care Stocks

Feb 19, 2025

Since 2023, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor nominated by President Trump to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has been a high-priced pitchman for iHerb, a California supplement ...

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RFK Jr. Announces New HHS Guidance Recognizing Only Two Sexes

RFK Jr. Announces New HHS Guidance Recognizing Only Two Sexes

Feb 19, 2025

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday that his department had issued new “guidance on sex-based definitions” aimed, in part, at keeping transgender women and girls out of female s...

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Woman Who Gave Birth to Another Couple’s Baby Sues I.V.F. Clinic

Woman Who Gave Birth to Another Couple’s Baby Sues I.V.F. Clinic

Feb 19, 2025

A Georgia woman is suing a fertility clinic after she gave birth to a baby conceived through in vitro fertilization and subsequently lost custody of the child to his biological parents, according to a...

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Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations

Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations

Feb 19, 2025

At the nation’s borders, federal workers keep the country safe in many ways: Some investigate sick passengers. Some examine animals for dangerous pathogens. And some inspect plants for infestations th...

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Scientists Describe Rare Syndrome Following Covid Vaccinations

Scientists Describe Rare Syndrome Following Covid Vaccinations

Feb 19, 2025

The Covid-19 vaccines were powerfully protective, preventing millions of deaths. But in a small number of people, the shots may have led to a constellation of side effects that includes fatigue, exerc...

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‘The Pitt’ Has Impressed Real Doctors With Its Accuracy

‘The Pitt’ Has Impressed Real Doctors With Its Accuracy

Feb 19, 2025

Doctors and nurses who love Max’s “The Pitt” remember the moment they realized it wasn’t like other medical shows.Caitlin Dwyer, a charge nurse in Milwaukee, took note of a character’s decision — coun...

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Trillions of Viruses Live in Your Body. A.I. Is Trying to Find Them.

Trillions of Viruses Live in Your Body. A.I. Is Trying to Find Them.

Feb 19, 2025

The viruses we know best are the ones that make us sick — the influenza viruses that send us to bed and the smallpox viruses that may send us to the grave.But healthy people are rife with viruses that...

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‘The Pitt’ Has Impressed Real Doctors With Its Accuracy

‘The Pitt’ Has Impressed Real Doctors With Its Accuracy

Feb 19, 2025

Doctors and nurses who love Max’s “The Pitt” remember the moment they realized it wasn’t like other medical shows.Caitlin Dwyer, a charge nurse in Milwaukee, took note of a character’s decision — coun...

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Pope Francis Has Bilateral Pneumonia

Pope Francis Has Bilateral Pneumonia

Feb 18, 2025

Pope Francis, who remains hospitalized, has bilateral pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday.The term simply means pneumonia in both lungs, said Dr. James Musser, director of the center for infectious...

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