Navigating concerns of low breast milk supply can be a source of stress for some families. Here are a few steps that can help if you're looking to boost your milk supply, whether you are exclusively nursing your infant or supplementing with formula or solid foods.

All mothers share the concern about their milk being enough for their baby. If ...Read more

In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss drug Zepbound. But he couldn’t afford the $750 monthly price tag.

Then Medicare launched an 18-month pilot program that offers GLP-1 medications to some enrollees for only $50 a month. La Marca thought he might finally be able to afford the drug.

“I thought, ‘Thank ...Read more

Last year, Stephanie Halver’s primary care doctor consulted a risk assessment tool to calculate her chances of one day developing breast cancer. Halver, now 43, remembered the likelihood “popped up really high.”

That’s partly because Halver’s mother and aunt have had breast cancer. Her age and dense breast tissue also put her at ...Read more

On a recent morning, medical professionals huddled around banks of computer monitors like weather forecasters tracking a developing hurricane, though bed occupancy rates over 90% were the pressing threat rather than rising atmospheric pressure over the Pacific.

Opened in June, the new mission control center at UC San Diego Health pulls together...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Ruby Hobbs-Leffler felt things with an intensity that even a smart little girl with a big vocabulary couldn't put into words.

Life was an onslaught of bright lights, loud noises, intolerable textures and tastes. Feelings bubbled up uncontrollably: inconsolable howls in infancy, classroom meltdowns in childhood, rages in ...Read more

The latest political battleground between California and the Trump administration over transgender youth is a few million dollars annually for gender-affirming care.

Upcoming cuts to federal funding for gender-affirming health care will apply to a small fraction of transgender kids and teens in California. The impact will be far short of U.S. ...Read more

WHITE MESA, Utah — On a hot April day, Malcolm Lehi maneuvered his Jeep Wrangler over a rough dirt road past junipers and sagebrush in search of Entrance Spring on land long connected to his tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute.

The cool, mossy spring lies just across the highway from White Mesa Mill, the nation’s only remaining conventional uranium...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — While on a 25-mile campaign walk from Taylor, Texas, to Round Rock, Texas, James Talarico got fatigued and nauseous and went to the emergency room the next morning. There he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. When Talarico picked up his 30-day supply of insulin, he said it cost him $684.

Talarico’s diagnosis sparked ...Read more

NEW YORK — Two more New Yorkers have died of Legionnaires’ disease, raising the death toll from this summer’s Upper East Side outbreak to eleven, as city officials say they have stopped the virus in its tracks.

NYC Health Commissioner Alister Martin announced the two additional deaths on X, while adding that “there is no evidence of ...Read more

Gov. Josh Shapiro came to the Philadelphia suburbs on Friday morning to announce a new investment in a local police department. But the first question he fielded at a news conference concerned the growing confusion and political intrigue surrounding his administration’s response to two deaths associated with the state’s spiraling measles ...Read more

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Carlos A. grew up in a family on Medicaid, which made healthcare an afterthought since the public insurance is free for low-income enrollees. But when he received a raise two years ago, he found himself earning too much to qualify for the safety net program. And when he browsed Covered California plans, he found that ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The mother of a central North Carolina teenager infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba is sharing the family’s story on a GoFundMe page to help with their medical and related expenses.

The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that a teen was infected by Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba found in ...Read more

You’ve probably heard it for years, every time you get a prescription for antibiotics: “Make sure to take all the pills.”

Traditionally, clinicians have given two reasons for these strict instructions: So the infection doesn’t come back, and so you don’t end up with bugs so hearty that antibiotics can’t kill them.

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother gets headaches from time to time, but recently she's been reading that some headaches can be signs of serious medical problems. What's the difference between a headache that's just a nuisance and one that needs immediate medical attention?

ANSWER: Most headaches aren't a symptom of a life-threatening condition. ...Read more

A major produce lobby group asked U.S. health officials to change how they communicate about a parasite outbreak that’s sickened thousands, citing battered consumer confidence and sagging sales of fruit and vegetables.

The International Fresh Produce Association asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug ...Read more

DETROIT — Michigan's worst outbreak of cyclosporiasis has slowed, with fewer than 200 new cases reported this week, according to numbers released Thursday by the state.

The Department of Health and Human Services indicates 142 new cases of the parasitic illness were reported this week, down from 283 cases reported last week and the lowest ...Read more

A few months ago, a friend of mine told me that his father-in-law had been rushed to the hospital after eating some wild honey brought back from the hills of Nepal.

Within about 30 minutes, his heart rate had dropped dangerously low and his blood pressure had collapsed. He recovered, but the episode was terrifying for the whole family...Read more

Latino Americans are 1.5 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than white Americans, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

In Colorado, nearly a quarter of the overall population identifies as Hispanic or Latino. As Coloradans age, more individuals and families in these communities will be affected by dementia.

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Tammy Chalala, a retired dietitian in New York, was thrilled with the results of her cataract surgeries, which left her with close to 20/20 vision.

She said she paid nearly $4,000 out-of-pocket for her two surgeries last year because she opted to have her doctor use a laser to assist with the procedure.

Chalala, 69, chose that method over the ...Read more

Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues.

“I’ve seen nurses get shoved, pushed, scratched. The biggest one is bitten,” said Dhooghe, who works at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan.

The ...Read more