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Eye Exam Glaucoma

When you think about your health, don't forget your eyes

The shrinking number of primary care physicians is reaching a tipping point

Primary Care Doctor

Cozy images of plush toys and blankets undercut messaging on safe infant sleep

Babies Safe Sleep

When temps rise, so do medical risks. Should doctors and nurses talk more about heat?

Heat Health Risks

Artificial intelligence may influence whether you can get pain medication

Pain Medication AI

Children's Health

'All we want is revenge': How social media fuels gun violence among teens

Social Media Gun Violence

As water reuse expands, proponents battle the 'yuck' factor of 'toilet to tap' practices

Water Reuse

Black women weigh emerging risks of 'creamy crack' hair straighteners

Chemical Hair Straighteners

Children's Health

Doctors sound alarm about child nicotine poisoning as vapes flood the U.S. market

Nicotine Poisoning Children

Once the new over-the-counter birth control pill is available, what about cost and coverage?

Opill Cost Insurance

As nonprofit hospitals reap big tax breaks, states scrutinize their required charity spending

Pottstown Hospital Nonprofit

The latest Alzheimer's drug may not help most Black patients, experts say

Alzheimer's Lecanemab Black Patients

A new law is supposed to protect pregnant workers — but what if we don’t know how?

Pregnant Workers Protections

Drugmakers are abandoning cheap generics, and now U.S. cancer patients can't get meds

Cancer Drug Shortage

How to negotiate with resistant aging parents? Borrow these tips from the business world

Aging Parent Assistance

Cardiovascular disease is primed to kill more older adults, especially Black and Hispanic people

Cardiovascular Disease Deaths

Mammograms at 40? Breast cancer screening guidelines spark fresh debate

Mammograms Breast Cancer

Young people are having less sex than their parents did at their age. Researchers explore why

Young People Sex

Remote work is an underestimated benefit for family caregivers

Caregiving Remote Work

Study reveals staggering toll of being Black in America: 1.6 million excess deaths over 22 years

Black Mortality Rate

AI may be on its way to your doctor's office, but it's not ready to see patients

Artificial Intelligence Doctors

Legal pot is more potent than ever — and still largely unregulated

Marijuana Potency Regulations

Children's Health

Philly children became far more likely to be harmed by gun violence during the pandemic, study suggests

Philly Gun Violence

Alternative Medicine

As ex-Flyers and other athletes turn to magic mushrooms, pain, hope and science collide

Cote Downie Mushrooms

As U.S. life expectancy falls, experts cite the health impacts of incarceration

Life Expectancy Mass Incarceration

How to grow your social network as you age

Seniors New Friendships

Social media is fueling enthusiasm for new weight loss drugs. Are regulators watching?

Weight Loss Ozempic

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