Articles filed under Health
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GDF-15 and the link to hyperemesis gravidarumNov 14, 2025 8:03 am - Most women experience morning sickness during pregnancy. In some cases, the condition can become severe, which is known as hyperemesis gravidarum, frequent and intense vomiting that can lead to dehydration, electrolyte imbalance and dangerous weight loss.
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Plan now to pay for long-term careNov 14, 2025 8:01 am - Many people are surprised to learn that Medicare doesn’t cover long-term care. Once they recover from that surprise, they learn how expensive long-term care is and wonder how they’re going to pay for it.
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Planned Parenthood closes 20 clinics after Medicaid cuts, warns of grim futureNov 12, 2025 3:48 pm - Planned Parenthood has spent tens of millions of dollars providing health care to low-income patients and has closed 20 clinics in the months since the Trump administration blocked the group from billing Medicaid — but weathering the funding cut on its own will soon become untenable, its leaders say.
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ByHeart recalls all baby formula amid botulism outbreakNov 11, 2025 3:21 pm - ByHeart announced Tuesday it is recalling all of its baby formula amid a multistate outbreak of infant botulism, and federal health officials said parents and caregivers should stop feeding its products to children immediately.
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Don’t lose sleep over study linking melatonin use and heart failureNov 11, 2025 1:59 pm - Don’t lose sleep over headlines linking melatonin to heart failure. That’s the message after some scary-sounding reports about a preliminary study involving the sleep-related supplement. It raised questions about the safety of long term use of melatonin for insomnia.
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GPS program to explore food/mood connection and how to boost mental fitnessNov 10, 2025 12:09 pm - On Tuesday, Nov. 18, the GPS Parent Series will present “Nourishing the Modern Brain: The Food, Mood and Heath Connection” with bestselling author and psychiatrist Dr. Drew Ramsey at noon and 7 p.m. via Zoom.
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Two Illinois infants show possible botulism symptoms after using ByHeart formula; recall issuedNov 08, 2025 6:46 pm - Illinois health officials are urging parents and caregivers to stop using certain ByHeart powdered infant formula products after two infants developed symptoms consistent with botulism.
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How the psychiatrist who discovered SAD deals with seasonal depressionNov 07, 2025 8:23 am - For millions of people, the shorter, darker days leading into winter also portend a darkening of their mood. Many have seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of depression marked by lower moods, lethargic energy, diminished pleasure and excessive sleepiness that affects an estimated 5% of Americans.
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How to pick the right walking shoesNov 07, 2025 8:12 am - You don’t need to buy state-of-the-art “super shoes” for your daily walk or run.
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Children’s health: Do babies dream? Here’s what happens while infants sleepNov 07, 2025 8:11 am - When a newborn twitches, smiles, or makes small movements in their sleep, parents often wonder if their baby is dreaming. The truth is, while experts don’t yet know exactly what goes on in a newborn’s mind, the sleep babies get is critical for their growing brains.