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Should You Take a Vitamin B12 Supplement?
Everyone needs vitamin B12: It helps the body produce red blood cells and maintain healthy brain function, along with so many other things. But are you getting enough of...
Why So Many Women Are Quitting the Workforce
It’s a stark number: 212,000. That’s how many women ages 20 and over have left the workforce since January, according to the most recent jobs numbers released Aug. 1...
What to Know About the Brain Disease CTE
When Shane Devon Tamura walked into a midtown Manhattan office building with an assault rifle, he also carried a note in his back pocket that provides the only hint...
Is It Better to Get Cancer Treatment in the Morning?
If your doctor’s office called to schedule you for a treatment, how would you pick your appointment? Most likely, the scheduler would look at the available time slots, and...
The Medical Consequences of Starvation
The “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warned in a July 29 alert, adding that “access to food and other...
AI Chatbots Can Be Manipulated to Give Suicide Advice: Study
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental-health crisis or contemplating suicide, call or text 988. In emergencies, call 911, or seek care from a local...
Trump to Launch Private Health Tracking System With Tech Firms
The Trump Administration announced a new initiative on Wednesday designed to allow Americans to share their medical records across a host of apps and programs managed by private tech...
What To Do If You See Someone Suffering From Heat Exhaustion
Everyone feels uncomfortable during heat waves, when temperatures rise and leave us hot and sweaty. But it’s important to know when that discomfort might be something more serious. Extreme...
The Best and Worst Things to Say to Someone Just Diagnosed With Cancer
When Katie Thurston was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer earlier this year, at age 34, people kept telling her they knew someone with the same diagnosis. Solidarity,...
Boy, 12, dies of brain-eating amoeba after swimming in South Carolina reservoir
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — A South Carolina family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a popular...
