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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: In the past few years, my mom passed away, and I lost a dear friend. The holidays were always a special time for us. Since their deaths, the holidays are really hard. Do you have any suggestions for ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions. It has increasingly gotten on my mom's nerves (she has also become more impatient and snappy lately), and she has ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: You recently posted a couple of articles about the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine and the benefits versus the risks. I know the risks are based on data. But I wonder how many people have severe...Read more

Did you know that one out of every nine people in the U.S. reports undergoing at least one surgical procedure in the past year? Or that for folks receiving Medicare, that number hits one in five? Unfortunately, things don'...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’m an elementary school teacher and find that when Christmas approaches, children ask some interesting questions about Jesus. Many of them don’t come from stable homes ...Read more

Alaska's U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan were among four Republicans who joined the chamber's Democrats to vote in favor of a measure that would have extended health insurance subsidies used by millions of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Health insurance premiums for Obamacare-inspired policies are about to double for Californians, as hope Congress will come to the rescue got a big setback Thursday

COVID-era credits for people with ...Read more

There’s a new, bipartisan congressional effort underway to support senior legal hotlines.

Led by Reps. Derek Tran, D-Orange, and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, the bill establishes a competitive grant program to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to pass a Democratic measure extending health insurance subsidies that help millions of Americans afford medical coverage.

Four Republicans voted with Democrats in support...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday rejected plans from Republicans and Democrats to ease soaring health care costs, making it more likely many people face health insurance premiums that could double shortly.

COVID-era ...Read more

Florida resident Keith Jones says his Affordable Care Act insurance plan was changed multiple times this year without his permission. Now the 52-year-old is struggling with his health problems while facing large premium ...Read more

A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.

In January, the ...Read more

As health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wields one of the louder megaphones the federal government has. Yet he insists he doesn’t want to impose his opinions on Americans.

“I don’t think people...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Kelly Wyatt winced as a nurse unwrapped layers of gauze from her left leg, exposing the massive wound beneath.

Yellow and red and gray, weeping plasma and agonizingly painful at the slightest touch, it ...Read more

Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people.

The ambulances frequently travel back and forth to Mission Hospital in ...Read more

Father Tom Hartman and I created an annual winter custom that sharpened our interfaith instincts. Tommy wrote the Hanukkah column, and I wrote the Christmas column. Since his passing in 2016 I have tried in ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I had a friend, "Mylene," for many years. We swapped dog-sitting to offset the cost for each other. I helped her when she was sick and broke her foot. I walked her dog whenever she needed me. If a funeral, ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and I am taking tamsulosin daily. It works and helps with my daily urination. How long should I continue to take it? Are there any related side effects? Or should ...Read more

For years, doctors have told the 10 million atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients in the U.S. to avoid drinking coffee. But the DECAF study (Does Eliminating Coffee Avoid Fibrillation?), conducted by researchers in ...Read more