Fitness / Health

This article was originally featured on KHN. California and New York are on the cusp of going further than the FDA in restricting the sale of non-prescription diet pills to...

There is widespread use of biased utilization data in the U.S. healthcare system, resulting in the misallocation of resources and perpetuation of health inequity, most notably in the already underserved...

The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on August 12 affects the healthcare of millions of Americans. Provisions will change how certain drug prices get determined, limit out-of-pocket costs for...

Working as a travel nurse in the early days of the Covid pandemic was emotionally exhausting for Reese Brown — she was forced to leave her young daughter with her family...

After decades of failed attempts, Democrats this month passed legislation that aims to reign in the soaring costs of drugs for some in the United States. It'll take years for...

Psilocybin, the psychedelic compound that causes the trippy effects of magic mushrooms, could help people with alcohol use disorder drink less and potentially quit altogether. A new clinical study published...

Although the World Health Organization has labeled the latest monkeypox outbreak a global emergency, vaccination and treatment options continue to be scarce in the US. Many infected people have been...

A global study published this week in The Lancet assessed 34 risk factors for cancer, and found that “modifiable risk factors” accounted for 44.4% of all cancer deaths in 2019—and...

the Boston Children’s Hospital’s offering gender reassignment surgeries for minors and subsequent alleged threats made against the hospital, US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Rachael Splaine Rollins issued a...

I spent years being utterly exhausted, surviving on caffeine and catnaps. I made a lot of assumptions about why I was tired:I was stressed. Running my own business, going through a...