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Anyone who’s ever been anxious or stressed out and developed diarrhea, stomach pain, or nausea is instinctively aware of the connection between the brain and the gut. But, while that connection was suggested as early as ...Read more

Flavored yogurt contains added sugars and artificial ingredients that can make it unhealthy. You can choose options with fewer additives to get more nutritional benefits.

Why do some flavored yogurts have hidden sugars?

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People with atrial fibrillation (afib) are often advised to limit or avoid coffee, based on the assumption that caffeine may trigger an episode of afib. But a new study found that a daily cup of coffee had the opposite ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My back’s been bothering me, and everyone seems to have ideas what’s causing the pain. Can you help?

ANSWER: Back pain is more common than homeownership in the U.S. While about 65% of adults own a ...Read more

In a new survey of more than 5,300 people by the Pew Charitable Trusts, more than 70% of adults said they were at least somewhat concerned about harmful chemicals in food and drinking water. Almost 85% said the ...Read more

The latest Bankrate Financial Fraud Survey reveals that about 1 in 3 U.S. adults (34 percent) have experienced financial fraud or a scam in the past 12 months, since January 2024. Among them, nearly 2 in 5 (37 percent) ...Read more

FRANKFURT, Germany — Wega carefully places her hooves on the dark laminate floor. Step by step, the small-statured Haflinger mare ventures into the foyer of the nursing home in Bückeburg in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Drug executives say only their GLP-1 drugs are safe for treating obesity and diabetes as they wage a yearlong campaign to stop independent labs from producing cheaper versions.

Former Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jorgensen ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are in our early 60s. For the last five years, we have been having some great fun. We dress up, role-play and invite friends to join us from time to time. It has been wonderful and has kept us ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: In a recent column, you mentioned that the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine prevents neck and head cancer in men. I am 75 and do not recall ever getting an HPV vaccine. Should I get one now? -- J.L.I.

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Approximately 5% of kids develop a food allergy by age 6 and around 8% of kids of all ages have one. That's a 50% increase since the 1990s. Shellfish (about 8.4 million kids), milk and peanuts (about 6.2 million kids each)...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’ve laughed at my grandma, who believed the world was headed for a cataclysmic end, something called the apocalypse. I loved her deeply, but couldn’t understand how an ...Read more

The first call came just before Thanksgiving last year. She didn’t recognize the phone number, but she answered anyway.

“The person said he was an officer of the Department of Criminal Investigations looking into drug...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Prosecuting attorneys from across California, including from Sacramento County, cheered a state Senate committee’s passage of a bill Tuesday they say will prevent the release of violent criminals ...Read more

A large health system in Northern California plans to acquire Allina Health, one of the state’s largest operators of hospitals and clinics.

The deal announced Tuesday, March 17, with Sacramento-based nonprofit Sutter ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — An architect of Gov. Tim Walz’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic will return to public service and advise the governor on the future stability of Minnesota’s hospitals and health systems.

Jan Malcolm ...Read more

A Denver food and cannabis investigator became suspicious of PolkaDot-branded chocolate bars sitting next to convenience store energy shots and nicotine pouches in January 2026.

Months earlier, California public...Read more

Scientists are making rapid progress toward a long-awaited goal that could help to reshape cancer care: mRNA cancer vaccines with the potential to significantly boost the immune system’s ability to fight and eliminate...Read more

It’s open enrollment season for Medicare Advantage, when people currently enrolled in private managed-care plans can either sign up for a new one or switch to original Medicare through March 31.

But there’s a catch: ...Read more

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fielding pressure from the White House to relax his controversial approach to vaccine policies as the midterms near, but his most steadfast supporters are ...Read more