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Few things will give a man as much of an insight into the female body as growing up with sisters. Painful, irregular periods, body hair, skin trouble: Al Barrus, a 43-year-old veteran

Ketamine treatment clinics have proliferated following the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug as a remedy for acute depression in 2019, leading to a Wild West of infusion clinics that

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice. An 8-1 high court

Good morning. Reporters get countless email pitches every day. Just yesterday, I got one that mentioned Hannah Montana in the subject line. But the pitch that kicked off Elaine Chen’s latest story

WASHINGTON — Sellers of health savings accounts see an opening for expanding their market, and they’re ramping up lobbying efforts to seize the opportunity. A group of companies and organizations tied to

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made waves in February when he opined that changing your diet can “cure” schizophrenia. His comment sparked a wave of backlash from researchers who called the

Lead may be out of gasoline and paint but it’s not out of our hearts.  Physicians and patients alike may assume that lead poisoning is a relic of the past, with the

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