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How Are Health Care Costs Affecting You?
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How Are Health Care Costs Affecting You?

We want to hear from readers who are trying to manage their medical bills and their health insurance costs.

A.I. Is Making Doctors Answer a Question: What Are They Really Good For?
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A.I. Is Making Doctors Answer a Question: What Are They Really Good For?

Many physicians find chatbots threatening, but that doesn’t mean they’re giving up on medicine.

2 to 3 Cups of Coffee a Day May Reduce Dementia Risk. But Not if It’s Decaf.
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2 to 3 Cups of Coffee a Day May Reduce Dementia Risk. But Not if It’s Decaf.

One to two cups of caffeinated tea per day helps too, researchers found after following nearly 132,000 people for 40 years.

'Weight-loss jab helped me find my cancer'
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'Weight-loss jab helped me find my cancer'

Rebecca Combellack says she found out she had breast cancer after losing weight and finding a lump.

"The Great Influenza" author John M. Barry on "The Takeout" — 5/29/2020
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"The Great Influenza" author John M. Barry on "The Takeout" — 5/29/2020

"The Great Influenza" author John M. Barry compares the COVID-19 pandemic with the deadly 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak and explains how American troops carried that earlier virus into Europe during World War I, on this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."

Major Garrett sits down (remotely) with former FEMA administrator Craig Fugate on "The Takeout"
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Major Garrett sits down (remotely) with former FEMA administrator Craig Fugate on "The Takeout"

Amid social distancing, Major Garrett and former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate meet remotely to discuss the federal coronavirus response efforts and whether the Trump administration has or hasn't done enough, on this week’s episode of "The Takeout."

Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi on "The Takeout" ⁠— 5/15/2020
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Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi on "The Takeout" ⁠— 5/15/2020

Austin, Texas Mayor Steve Adler and Provo, Utah Mayor Michelle Kaufusi join Major to talk about how they have dealt with the coronavirus crisis on the homefront and finding the safest way to reopen, on this week"s episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."

The placebo effect
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The placebo effect

Can a pill actually cure an ailment, even if that pill contains no cure? Doctors and medical researchers have discovered unexpected results from giving patients pills that aren't medicine at all. Susan Spencer reports.

4 Dead in Mushroom Poisoning Outbreak in California
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4 Dead in Mushroom Poisoning Outbreak in California

State health officials discouraged foraging this year, saying that toxic mushrooms can easily be confused with safe ones to eat.

I was full of shame after being sacked for having endometriosis
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I was full of shame after being sacked for having endometriosis

Sanju Pal wins an employment appeal tribunal that could affect how employers can treat staff with endometriosis.

Congress Reins In Drug Middlemen in Effort to Lower Prescription Prices
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Congress Reins In Drug Middlemen in Effort to Lower Prescription Prices

The legislation will impose new restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers, giant companies like CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts that oversee prescription drug benefits.

I inhaled traffic fumes to find out where air pollution goes in my body
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I inhaled traffic fumes to find out where air pollution goes in my body

BBC health correspondent James Gallagher gets his blood analysed to understand how air pollution is killing us.

TrumpRx, the President’s Online Drugstore, Opens for Business
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TrumpRx, the President’s Online Drugstore, Opens for Business

TrumpRx is aimed at helping patients use their own money to buy medicines. But researchers who study drug pricing warned that many patients could pay too much if they use the site.

See the 43 drugs available on new discounted drug site TrumpRx
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See the 43 drugs available on new discounted drug site TrumpRx

Here's what to know about TrumpRx, including how it works, who can use it, and how much money it can save.

TrumpRx: What to Know About Insurance Benefits, Pricing and Savings
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TrumpRx: What to Know About Insurance Benefits, Pricing and Savings

People may be able to pay less for prescriptions with their insurance rather than via the new government website. The Trump drugstore is meant to help people buy medications using their own money.

Afghanistan midwives give a better chance at life
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Afghanistan midwives give a better chance at life

The Afghanistan province of Badakshan was once recorded to have the world's highest maternal mortality rate. Mandy Clark reports on giving life in Afghanistan a better chance from the start.

Flex Spending: How to use it and not lose it
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Flex Spending: How to use it and not lose it

How can you get the most out of a Flex Spending Account? CBS News financial contributor Carmen Wong Ulrich speaks to the "Early Show" anchors about the best ways to use a Health Care Flexible Spending Account.

Court upholds return of surgeon who harassed staff
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Court upholds return of surgeon who harassed staff

James Gilbert, who was based in Oxford, was previously suspended for sexual harassment.

Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots
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Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots

One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women.

More baby formula products recalled over toxin fears
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More baby formula products recalled over toxin fears

Danone has recalled 15 more batches of Aptamil and Cow&Gate first infant milk because a toxin called cereulide may be present.

Olive oil and bone broth: Do viral gut health foods actually work?
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Olive oil and bone broth: Do viral gut health foods actually work?

Many trending foods contain a "small seed of truth" but are often oversold as miracle products.

Dad who nearly lost tongue to cancer urges men's virus awareness
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Dad who nearly lost tongue to cancer urges men's virus awareness

A father-of-two reveals how a tumour in his tongue was caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).

Statin pills much safer than advertised, major review finds
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Statin pills much safer than advertised, major review finds

The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo.

Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Shows Limits of Tracking Pacemakers in Police Work
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Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Shows Limits of Tracking Pacemakers in Police Work

The heart devices do not track location, nor do they transmit across large distances.

Health warning over Cape Verde travel after stomach bug deaths
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Health warning over Cape Verde travel after stomach bug deaths

Four Britons have died after contracting gut infections on the archapeligo since last year.

UN lauds $6 billion US funding approval towards ending HIV/AIDS
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UN lauds $6 billion US funding approval towards ending HIV/AIDS

The UN agency leading the global effort to end HIV/AIDS worldwide welcomed legislative approval from the United States on Thursday for a $6 billion spending package to help tackle the disease, following nearly a year of sharp aid cuts.

36 UK infants ill after drinking contaminated baby formula
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36 UK infants ill after drinking contaminated baby formula

It comes after some batches made by Nestle and Danone were recalled after being contaminated with a toxin.

'Our daughter's cancer symptoms were dismissed because she was a child'
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'Our daughter's cancer symptoms were dismissed because she was a child'

Isla Sneddon died in March 2025 aged 17, just six months after she was diagnosed with cancer.

Period blood test could offer less invasive alternative to cervical screening
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Period blood test could offer less invasive alternative to cervical screening

Looking for signs of the cancer in a more convenient way could help women access the test and prevent the disease occurring, researchers say.

Doctors’ Group Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors
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Doctors’ Group Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors

The A.M.A.’s announcement followed a similar recommendation from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Other medical groups argued for a more personalized approach.