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‘She was like a deer in headlights’: how unskilled radical birthkeepers took hold in Canada

In holistic communities and midwifery deserts, women are turning to the Free Birth Society for information and unlicensed providersWhen the holistic practitioner Emma Cardinal, 32, became pregnant in May 2023, she planned to have a home birth with midwives. Cardinal lives in a town in British Columb…

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'Your Mouth And Your Heart Are Connected': Gum Disease Linked to Heart Risks

The evidence is growing.

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Hunger monitor says Gaza is still seeing acute malnutrition but not famine

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said famine is no longer present but 1.6 million people still experience acute food insecurity and malnutrition.

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Mitochondria May Be the Reason Poor Mental Health Wrecks the Brain

APS A stressful year leads to anxiety. Lasting isolation gives way to depression. An old trauma nags until it becomes paralyzing. Psychological and social experiences shape the brain,...

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Confronting a Rising Tide of Cancer Misinformation

Samyukta Mullangi, Harvard Med The man sitting across from me in clinic was only 58, but he had been smoking two packs per day since his teenage years and was exposed to potential...

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This Popular Supplement May Help Inhibit Colorectal Cancer Development

New clinical evidence indicates that a widely used supplement may alter gut microbes involved in vitamin D biology and colorectal cancer processes. Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have shown in a precision-focused clinical trial that taking a magnesium supplement can increase cer…

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‘Matter of survival’: South Korean president urges public health cover for hair loss

Medical professionals and some in conservative circles feel argument of Lee Jae Myung may be a bit thinSouth Korean president Lee Jae Myung has instructed his government to consider extending public health insurance to cover hair-loss treatments, arguing that baldness has become a “matter of surviva…

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To feel lonely is to be human: Here's how to handle it at Christmas

Christmas is often considered a time of connection, warmth and belonging. That's the script, anyway. But for many people, the reality feels different; isolating, emotionally weighted and filled with comparisons that sting.

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Scientists Reveal How Tanning Beds Age Your Skin on a Genetic Level

"The skin of tanning bed users appeared decades older."

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Microdosing Cannabis Pauses Alzheimer's Decline in Unprecedented Trial

A major step.

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New book "Forever Optimistic" chronicles man's survival of brain cancer

Robert Brams writes about his battle with brain cancer in the new book, "Forever Optimistic." Brams joined CBS News to talk about the book and his journey.

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CDC awards grant to controversial Danish researchers with ties to top FDA official

CDC awards grant to controversial Danish researchers with ties to top FDA official Tracy Beth Høeg.

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Eli Lilly’s Experimental Pill Could Help You Ditch GLP-1 Obesity Shots, Trial Finds

People who switched from semaglutide or tirzepatide to orforglipron largely maintained their weight loss.

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Unacceptable waits for adult gender clinic appointments, review says

Some patients will wait up to 15 years for an appointment, unless improvements are made, the report says.

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Finland gave two groups identical payments – one saw better mental health

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Take our quiz on the year in health and biotechnology

In just a couple of weeks, we’ll be bidding farewell to 2025. And what a year it has been! Artificial intelligence is being incorporated into more aspects of our lives, weight-loss drugs have expanded in scope, and there have been some real “omg” biotech stories from the fields of gene therapy, IVF,…

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The gear meant to protect firefighters may carry hidden dangers

Firefighter turnout gear is designed to shield first responders from extreme heat and danger, but new research suggests it may also introduce chemical exposures. A U.S. study found that brominated flame retardants are present across multiple layers of firefighter gear, including newer equipment mark…

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