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DEAR DR. ROACH: Many of my dad's side of the family -- from my grandmother to my uncles and aunts, as well as their kids -- have had oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD). Most people started having symptoms around ...Read more

When you're at rest, you take 12 to 18 breaths per minute (BPM). Optimal BPM during running or heavy exertion can hit 40 to 60 or more. Studies show that how many BPM you take impacts how you feel physically and ...Read more

Exercise helps restore natural repair systems in muscle cells that become out of balance with age, according to new research from Singapore.

Atrophy and loss of individual muscle fibers increase with age, boosting the ...Read more

If you’ve owned your property for decades, your house has likely been doing some financial heavy lifting in the background. According to the Federal Reserve, the housing wealth of Baby Boomers hit a record $19.84 ...Read more

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with legal status are at risk of losing government health coverage starting Oct. 1, state data shows, signaling that the impact of Medicaid changes in President Donald Trump’s ...Read more

BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has released a new report detailing nearly 1,000 cases of child sex abuse allegedly committed by 270 clergy across the Fall River, Worcester and Springfield ...Read more

Medicare covers the bulk of your health care expenses after you turn 65. But Medicare’s rules can be confusing and mistakes are costly. If you don’t make the right choices to fill in the gaps, you could end up with ...Read more

Sweet, juicy and nutrient-packed, the fruit group consists of fresh, canned, frozen, dried and juiced. It is recommended we eat five to nine servings of fruit and veggies per day. Fruits provide energy in the form of ...Read more

If you feel burning, tingling or numbness on the inside of your ankle or the bottom of your foot that worsens when you stand or walk, you might have a condition called tarsal tunnel syndrome.

“The tarsal tunnel is a ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: As I get closer to my due date, my doctor has been talking with me about treatments if my baby develops jaundice. Can you tell me more about jaundice?

ANSWER: Like you, the first question new parents ...Read more

With the demand for plant-based proteins growing, researchers say the next big source may be growing in a pot in your house or backyard: marigolds.

Marigold flowers contain about as much protein as conventional plant ...Read more

For more than 35 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has surveyed American high school students every two years about their health and behavior.

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey, established in 1991, ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I'm a senior woman who has been dating someone for three years. He is my age. I recently learned he has been cheating on me with a much younger woman with three kids. We are sexually active and enjoy each other ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a pacemaker that was installed in January 2024. This is a newer model that's said to be safe for those who need an MRI. I have a neoplasm that was recently discovered in the parotid gland on the ...Read more

Around 310 million Americans -- 91% of the population -- scroll compulsively through social media apps like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. For young adults, it eats up around 186 minutes a day. Even folks over ...Read more

Employer-sponsored health insurance is rapidly deteriorating. In 2027, premiums are expected to see their largest single-year increase in two decades, jumping 11% and closing in on a nearly five-fold increase this century....Read more

OAK HILL, W.Va. — Each day at New River Health in Oak Hill, Lisa Emery finds disheartening signs of what she describes as a slow-motion repeat of the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster.

Emery is director of New River’s ...Read more

In young adults, heart disease can sneak into the heart, neck and leg arteries quietly, causing what's called silent atherosclerosis. It doesn't trigger symptoms and evaluating your risks for heart woes based on blood ...Read more