Articles filed under Health
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Trump tells Congress don’t ‘waste’ time on Obamacare creditsNov 18, 2025 7:41 pm - President Donald Trump said he will not support legislation to extend expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies even as senators are preparing to tee up a vote on the issue, complicating his party’s efforts to address health care costs.
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State board approves closing of Alexian Brothers obstetric unit, with a less than ringing endorsementNov 18, 2025 3:14 pm - The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board Tuesday voted 6-3 in favor of Ascension Health closing the 28-bed obstetric unit at Alexian Brothers Hospital in Elk Grove Village.
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3 types of hair loss and the treatments that helpNov 14, 2025 8:14 am - In a clinic north of Baltimore, Myriam Lucia Vega Gonzalez meets patients every day of the week who have all types of hair loss. The good news is: “It’s the golden age of hair,” said Shari Lipner, an associate professor of clinical dermatology at Weill Cornell Medicine.
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Wash your water bottles to avoid germsNov 14, 2025 8:13 am - You keep your trusty reusable bottle filled with only clear, delicious water. Do you still need to wash it? Experts say reusable bottles get grubby no matter what liquid they're filled with, and it's important to clean them regularly.
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Going rogue: There are more than 100 autoimmune diseases, and they mostly strike women.Nov 14, 2025 8:09 am - Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues.What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — and tens of millions of people.
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Children’s health: Pediatric diabetes is on the rise. What can parents do?Nov 14, 2025 8:04 am - According to the CDC, over 350,000 Americans younger than 20 have diabetes, with a majority of them having type 1. The agency also found that young people were 2% to 5% more likely to be diagnosed with a form of diabetes in 2018 compared to 2002.
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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.