Food
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Some Older Women Need Extra Breast Scans. Why Won’t Medicare Pay?
Mammography can miss tumors in women with dense breasts, so their doctors often include ultrasound or M.R.I. scans. Patients often…
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Heat-Related E.R. Visits Rose in 2023, C.D.C. Study Finds
The News The rate of emergency room visits caused by heat illness increased significantly last year in large swaths of…
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Scotland Pauses Gender Medications for Minors
The change followed a sweeping review by England’s National Health Service that found “remarkably weak” evidence for youth gender treatments.
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Millions of Girls in Africa Will Miss HPV Shots After Merck Production Problem
The company has told countries that it can supply only 18.8 million of the 29.6 million doses it was contracted…
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Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatment
New regimens in development, including once-weekly pills and semiannual shots, could help control the virus in hard-to-reach populations.
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Sleep Apnea Reduced in People Who Took Weight-Loss Drug, Eli Lilly Reports
The company reported results of clinical trials involving Zepbound, an obesity drug in the same class as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy.
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Women Talk Through Their Abortions on TikTok
“Have an abortion with me,” a single mother from Brooklyn named Sunni says as she twirls around her kitchen to…
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U.S. Limits Deadly Mining Dust as Black Lung Resurges
Federal regulation capping toxic airborne silica has been decades in the making. The delay has cost miners dearly.
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Restaurant Review: Hamburger America Is Deliriously Messy
Every once in a while, restaurateurs in New York become infatuated with the cuisine of some other place. In the…
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Kisa Brings South Korean Roadside Fare to the Lower East Side
Rosemary’s offers pizza and a family-style meal in Midtown, the owners of Oxalis open Laurel Bakery in the Columbia Street…