Macular degeneration has robbed Dame Judi Dench of so much eyesight that she cannot perform, read or even accurately recognize people on the street, she revealed Thursday.

“I can’t be on stage. I can’t do a play anymore. I can’t do a film anymore. I can’t read anymore,” the 91-year-old Oscar-winning British actress told “Today” ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California Attorney General Rob Bonta and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli traded barbs at dueling healthcare fraud news conferences in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday morning, sniping at each other over billions lost to benefits schemes and the increasingly politicized efforts to stop them.

“California has a fraud ...Read more

Widespread screenings are underway at Lakewood Health System’s hospital and clinics in north-central Minnesota to try to prevent a measles cluster from spreading.

Concerns about the outbreak have increased among residents of Todd County, where one additional measles case was publicly disclosed Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Health. ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The reproductive healthcare ballot measure before Idaho voters in this general election has been a topic of intense discussion, primarily over how it would change access to abortion. But if Idaho voters approve Proposition 1, also called the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, it would enshrine protections for other aspects of...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Department of Justice announced a sweeping take-down of doctors and others they say lured vulnerable patients into needless surgical procedures, sham treatment programs and bogus hospice care, bilking taxpayers for nearly $2 billion, according to charges released Thursday.

Among the most chilling allegations, two Angelenos ...Read more

Paramedics transported someone from Christina Applegate’s Los Angeles home to an area hospital shortly before her revelation this week that she had been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

TMZ said that fire department officials confirmed medics were dispatched to tend to an unidentified individual complaining of abdominal pain on Friday.

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LOS ANGELES — The Offspring's co-founding guitarist Noodles is pausing on performing due to a health scare.

Noodles, born Kevin John Wasserman, shared the news on social media Wednesday morning that he was navigating health issues. "It is with deep sadness that I have to announce that I need to step away from live performances for a while to ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: There's so much information about breast cancer in women. But I was wondering, do men get breast cancer, and if they do, how is it diagnosed and treated?

ANSWER: Men do get breast cancer— more than 2,500 men in the U.S. are diagnosed with this cancer every year. While accounting for only about 1% of total breast cancers in ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Paul “Cid” Ceresa of Boynton Beach says he would have had no idea he had prostate cancer had it not been for a preventive full-body scan that uncovered abnormalities.

“The scan caught the cancer early enough for me to be able to take action,” Ceresa said. “Mine was aggressive form, which is harder to tackle, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — More people are contracting mosquito-borne West Nile virus and dying in Los Angeles and Orange counties than anywhere else in California, pushing state levels to a five-year high.

The two counties combined account for at least 63% of the 378 human infections reported this year by the California Department of Public Health, ...Read more

LEWISTOWN, Pa. — The floats had been decorated, the public officials assembled, and now the parade was underway — a convoy of colorful trailers and pickup trucks rolling slowly through downtown.

Firetrucks passed grandmothers in lawn chairs and young children, squealing with delight as they fetched candy tossed by the fistful from passing ...Read more

A group of Democratic senators is demanding that the federal agency overseeing Medicaid — the health coverage program for people with low incomes or disabilities — institute tougher standards for government contractors running complex computer systems that millions of people rely on to get benefits.

Three Democratic senators issued ...Read more

Medicare provides health insurance to over 70 million Americans. During Medicare open enrollment, which runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 this year, people can enroll in the program or change plans.

You can also switch from original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage plan (or vice versa), and weigh your Part D prescription drug plan coverage against ...Read more

Start the day with the delicious flavors of the Mediterranean — fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, lean proteins, healthy fats — and you’re doing it right. Eating a Mediterranean style breakfast is not only nourishing and satisfying, it’s important for health, performance, mindset, and the environment.

The Mediterranean-...Read more

Q: I’ve been hearing more about doctors who specialize in helping people live longer. What’s involved, and what should I look for?

A: A longevity (or healthspan) specialist focuses on preventing age-related disease and extending healthy years rather than waiting to treat illness once it appears. In practice, that means a strong grounding in...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m suffering from another urinary tract infection, which seems to be happening a lot. Why do I keep getting UTIs, and what can I do about them?

ANSWER: Recurrent urinary tract infections, or UTIs, can be frustrating and uncomfortable. But not all urinary symptoms come from an infection. Understanding what’s really ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Given my family history, when should I consider preventive surgical options, and what do those look like? Are there other risk factors I should be aware of?

ANSWER: Given your family history, it's understandable to think proactively about your breast cancer risk. The good ...Read more

ROCHESTER, Minnesota — You probably know that a lump in the breast may be a symptom of breast cancer. But what about breast cancer that develops without that warning sign? Inflammatory breast cancer is a fast-moving cancer that doesn't usually form a lump; instead, the skin on one breast changes rapidly, explains Tina Hieken, M.D., a surgical ...Read more

Seven missing women have been linked to the house that was shared by 44-year-old Eugene Horsch and his late father, Raymond “R.C.” Horsch, in the Olney section of Philadelphia.

With five of the seven women feared dead, Philadelphia police and the FBI are conducting a massive investigation of the home. Law enforcement has said ...Read more

Legalizing sports betting is associated with an increase in the number of workers in a state receiving treatment for anxiety or depression, according to a recent Johns Hopkins study.

Johns Hopkins researchers looked at anonymized insurance claims from 30 states that legalized online sports betting between 2016 and 2023. They analyzed the ...Read more