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HEALTH NEWS


Bottles of Mexican Coca-Cola are displayed at a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Sweetening soft drinks: What to know about sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and their alternatives

Read full article: Sweetening soft drinks: What to know about sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and their alternatives
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2 hours ago

Is your loofah full of bacteria?

Read full article: Is your loofah full of bacteria?
FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
4 hours ago

Sarepta shares slide again as drugmaker bows to FDA pressure to pause gene therapy

Read full article: Sarepta shares slide again as drugmaker bows to FDA pressure to pause gene therapy
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How to lose belly fat for a healthy life

Read full article: How to lose belly fat for a healthy life

Visceral fat, the kind stored around internal organs, is known to contribute to multiple health problems, including heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and even cancer.

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7 hours ago

Bridging the gap for mental health care access for minorities

Read full article: Bridging the gap for mental health care access for minorities

Whether you’re Black, white or brown, a woman or a man, young or old -- mental illness doesn’t discriminate. But for minorities, getting help can be more difficult.

FILE - A Missouri and American flag fly outside Planned Parenthood in St. Louis, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
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Planned Parenthood wins partial victory in legal fight with Trump administration over funding cuts

Read full article: Planned Parenthood wins partial victory in legal fight with Trump administration over funding cuts

Planned Parenthood has won a partial victory in a legal fight with President Donald Trump’s administration over its efforts to defund the organization in tax legislation.

FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
1 day ago

FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program

Read full article: FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program

The Food and Drug Administration named a longtime pharmaceutical executive to run the agency’s drug program.

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20 hours ago

Diagnosis Delayed: Jax woman with life-altering health challenges details journey after 18-month fight for diagnosis

Read full article: Diagnosis Delayed: Jax woman with life-altering health challenges details journey after 18-month fight for diagnosis

What would you do if you knew something was seriously wrong but, time and time again, doctors would not take your concerns seriously? That is a part of one Jacksonville woman’s experience as she battles some significant health challenges.

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1 day ago

Risky foods to avoid right now to protect your family’s health

Read full article: Risky foods to avoid right now to protect your family’s health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says tens of millions of Americans get sick from contaminated food every year, some of it organic.

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1 day ago

How what you eat can affect chronic diseases, restore mental health

Read full article: How what you eat can affect chronic diseases, restore mental health

We’ve all heard the saying “you are what you eat.” But can what you eat really fix chronic diseases like high blood pressure and depression?

FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
3 days ago

Gene therapy maker Sarepta tells FDA it won't halt shipments despite patient deaths

Read full article: Gene therapy maker Sarepta tells FDA it won't halt shipments despite patient deaths

Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics says it won’t comply with a request from U.S. regulators to halt all shipments of its gene therapy.

A woman and her 16-month-old son wait to see a doctor at a CommuniCARE+OLE clinic Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Davis, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez)
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3 Democrat-led states have rolled back Medicaid access for people lacking permanent legal status

Read full article: 3 Democrat-led states have rolled back Medicaid access for people lacking permanent legal status

Three Democratic-led states that led the way in offering free health care to low-income people who are in the U.S. without legal permission are either limiting or ending the programs because of significant budget concerns.

FILE - A brain-scanning MRI machine is seen in Pittsburgh, Nov. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
3 days ago

Man pulled into MRI machine after he walked into an exam room wearing a chain necklace

Read full article: Man pulled into MRI machine after he walked into an exam room wearing a chain necklace

A man was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large chain necklace.

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Interest in martial arts is increasing. So are concussions, UF study finds

Read full article: Interest in martial arts is increasing. So are concussions, UF study finds

More students involved in martial arts are ending up in the ER with concussions, a new University of Florida Health study shows. And those injuries are happening more often in practice or class than in formal competition.

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Heart & vascular expert explains President Trump’s ‘chronic venous insufficiency’

Read full article: Heart & vascular expert explains President Trump’s ‘chronic venous insufficiency’

Dr. Majdi Ashchi, a renowned heart and vascular expert with Ashchi Heart and Vascular Center, joined us on The Morning Show to answer your questions about "chronic venous insufficiency."

LIVE HEALTHY


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Alcohol raises risk of heart disease in women, study finds

Read full article: Alcohol raises risk of heart disease in women, study finds
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What happens if you stop taking weight-loss drugs?

Read full article: What happens if you stop taking weight-loss drugs?

TALKING HEALTH


The latest segments from Dr. Scot Ackerman

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Importance of eye exams for children

Read full article: Importance of eye exams for children

With school starting back up soon, now is a good time to get your child in for an eye exam -- especially since vision is so important for learning.

The home of Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan is seen on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Arcadia, Calif., where a number of children were removed from the couple's home after a child abuse allegation in May, according to Arcadia police. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Questions about surrogacy are raised in case of California couple with house brimming with kids

Read full article: Questions about surrogacy are raised in case of California couple with house brimming with kids

The removal of 21 children from a Los Angeles-area couple has put a spotlight on the practice of using surrogates to build a family.

The left foot and swollen of President Donald Trump are pictured as he sits with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Here's what to know about chronic venous insufficiency

Read full article: Here's what to know about chronic venous insufficiency

Swollen legs led to President Donald Trump being diagnosed with what’s called chronic venous insufficiency.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt arrives to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump is checked for lower leg swelling and diagnosed with a common condition in older adults

Read full article: Trump is checked for lower leg swelling and diagnosed with a common condition in older adults

The White House says President Donald Trump had a recent medical checkup after he noticed “mild swelling” in his lower legs.

Special needs teacher Deja Nebula sets up an art installation displaying names and faces of people who have been detained, deported, or sent to offshore camps during ICE raids in Southern California, at Olvera Street Plaza in Los Angeles, on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE

Read full article: Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.

Funding was cut by the Trump administration

JASMYN says help is still available after 988 hotline service tailored to LGBTQ+ youth ends

Read full article: JASMYN says help is still available after 988 hotline service tailored to LGBTQ+ youth ends

The 988 National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will stop providing tailored support options to LGBTQ+ youth and young adults on July 17, according to a statement on a federal agency’s website.

FILE - Juul products are displayed at a smoke shop in New York, on Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Juul gets FDA's OK to keep selling tobacco and menthol e-cigarettes

Read full article: Juul gets FDA's OK to keep selling tobacco and menthol e-cigarettes

Federal health officials will allow Juul to keep selling its electronic cigarettes.

This image from video provided by the Newcastle Fertility Centre shows a nuclear genome from an egg carrying a mitochondrial DNA mutation being inserted into an egg donated by an unaffected woman. (Newcastle Fertility Centre, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust via AP)

Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease

Read full article: Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease

Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing rare diseases to their children.

This photo provided by DukeHealth shows surgeon Joseph Turek during pediatric heart surgery in Durham, N.C., in 2021 (Shawn Rocco/DukeHealth via AP)

Researchers try new ways of preserving more hearts for transplants

Read full article: Researchers try new ways of preserving more hearts for transplants

Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand access to the lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies.

Vanessa Shields-Haas, a nurse practitioner, walks from the lobby toward the examination rooms at the Maine Family Planning healthcare facility, July 15, 2025, in Thomaston, Maine. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Congress targeted Planned Parenthood for defunding, but also caught a Maine health care provider

Read full article: Congress targeted Planned Parenthood for defunding, but also caught a Maine health care provider

Planned Parenthood isn't the only abortion provider that stands to lose Medicaid payments under a budget plan signed by President Donald Trump.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

RFK Jr. and other Trump officials embrace psychedelics after FDA setback

Read full article: RFK Jr. and other Trump officials embrace psychedelics after FDA setback

Health Secretary Robert F.

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Easy ways to make water more appealing

Read full article: Easy ways to make water more appealing

It can be easy to get dehydrated in these scorching temperatures, which is why it’s important to make sure you’re drinking enough water. But not everyone likes the taste of it.

FILE - Diana, Princess of Wales, left, uses a remote switch to trigger the detonation of some explosive ordinance dug up by mine sweepers in Huambo, central Angola, Jan. 15, 1997. (AP Photo/Giovanni Diffidenti, File)

Prince Harry is in Angola to raise awareness for land mine clearing, repeating Diana's 1997 trip

Read full article: Prince Harry is in Angola to raise awareness for land mine clearing, repeating Diana's 1997 trip

Prince Harry is visiting the African nation of Angola with a land mine clearing charity, repeating a famous trip his mother made in 1997.

FILE - A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

US appeals court upholds West Virginia restriction on abortion pill sales

Read full article: US appeals court upholds West Virginia restriction on abortion pill sales

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision to restrict abortion pill sales in West Virginia.

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Why the heat makes us so irritable

Read full article: Why the heat makes us so irritable

Have you ever noticed your mood seems to change on really hot days? You suddenly get angrier or more irritated. Well, there’s a reason for that.

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Power Interviewing: Strategies for neurodivergent job success

Read full article: Power Interviewing: Strategies for neurodivergent job success

You can be the most qualified candidate on paper, yet the interview process itself can be a significant hurdle. For some, particularly those who are neurodivergent, navigating traditional interview expectations can present unique challenges.

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14 million children did not receive a single vaccine in 2024, UN estimates

Read full article: 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine in 2024, UN estimates

U.N. health officials have estimated that more than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year.

FILE - Dr. Henry Heimlich describes the maneuver he developed to help clear obstructions from the windpipes of choking victims, during an interview in his home in Cincinnati on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)

More elderly Americans are choking to death. Are these devices the answer?

Read full article: More elderly Americans are choking to death. Are these devices the answer?

Each year, choking claims the lives of more than 4,100 Americans who are 65 or older.

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Important Reminder: Never leave a child -- or any of these other items -- in a hot car

Read full article: Important Reminder: Never leave a child -- or any of these other items -- in a hot car

With scorching temperatures in the forecast, we're reminding parents and guardians about the threat of hot car deaths. And there are OTHER things you should never leave in a car on a hot day.

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CDC reports rise in tick bites this summer

Read full article: CDC reports rise in tick bites this summer

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there’s been a rise in emergency room visits for tick bites this summer, with the northeast region seeing the most cases.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the media, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses

Read full article: Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses

The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.

FILE - A sign warning of bubonic plague is displayed at a parking lot near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City, Colo., Aug. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Northern Arizona resident dies from plague

Read full article: Northern Arizona resident dies from plague

A northern Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague.

Rock formations stand in the Sahara desert outside the city center of Djanet, a southeastern Algerian oasis town in the Sahara desert, on July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Audrey Thibert)

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries, UN agency says

Read full article: Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries, UN agency says

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, economies and the environment.

Boxes of Kellogg's breakfast cereal are seen at a super market, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Springfield, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Breakfast cereal sales declined for decades before Kellogg's sale to Italian company

Read full article: Breakfast cereal sales declined for decades before Kellogg's sale to Italian company

Breakfast cereal could use a lucky charm.

FILE - Eggs sit in a container in a shopping cart at grocery store, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Windham, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Trump administration sues California over egg prices and blames animal welfare laws

Read full article: Trump administration sues California over egg prices and blames animal welfare laws

The Trump administration is suing California over its animal welfare laws, claiming they unconstitutionally raised egg prices.

A copy of "The Salt Path", by Raynor Winn is on display in a book store, in London, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

'The Salt Path' is a book that captured the hearts of millions. Now it's mired in controversy

Read full article: 'The Salt Path' is a book that captured the hearts of millions. Now it's mired in controversy

The memoir "The Salt Path" by Raynor Winn, which inspired a film starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, is now embroiled in controversy.

The campus of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seen as a meeting of the Advisory Committee in Immunization Practices takes place, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

CDC finds nearly 1 in 3 US youth have prediabetes, but experts question scant data

Read full article: CDC finds nearly 1 in 3 US youth have prediabetes, but experts question scant data

A new federal estimate shows that nearly 1 in 3 U.S. adolescents had prediabetes in 2023, far higher than a previous estimate of 1 in 5.

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

Making healthy snacks a habit when afternoon energy slumps strike at work

Read full article: Making healthy snacks a habit when afternoon energy slumps strike at work

Sticking to healthy snacks during workdays can be tough, especially with busy schedules and tempting treats nearby.

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