5+ hour, 27+ min ago  (459+ words) Cigarette smoking in the U. S. has fallen dramatically over the last few decades, from 45% of the adult population in the 1960s to less than 10% in 2024. The decline was steep and across the board for both men and women, and for every age…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1528+ words) By Brett Kelman and Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News Three weeks after Sophia Bassan's mastectomy, she felt a stabbing pain beneath her right armpit. In the following months, painful shocks radiated through her chest and back. Her body became so…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (915+ words) This week, a doctor on X (formerly Twitter) decided it was a good time to infuriate a bunch of patients with chronic illnesses. Adam Gaffney, MD, a pulmonary and critical care doctor at Cambridge Health Alliance and Assistant Professor at…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (677+ words) For the second time in a week, the CDC has released a study warning of "serious medical outcomes" for people who consume kratom, a controversial supplement used by millions of Americans as a stimulant and pain reliever. This time, the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (660+ words) For the second time in a week, the CDC has released a study warning of "serious medical outcomes" for people who consume kratom, a controversial supplement used by millions of Americans as a stimulant and pain reliever. This time, the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (642+ words) Collagen supplements have become one of the bestselling products in the wellness industry, promising everything from smoother skin to stronger joints. But do they actually work? A major new review of the evidence " pulling together data from 113 clinical trials " suggests…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (813+ words) Next week is Holy Week, but I won't be spending any of it in church. It hasn't always been that way. Before I developed chronic pain in 2013, I was quite devout. In fact, in the years right before my health…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (813+ words) Next week is Holy Week, but I won't be spending any of it in church. It hasn't always been that way. Before I developed chronic pain in 2013, I was quite devout. In fact, in the years right before my health…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (643+ words) In what could be part of a new federal effort to ban kratom nationwide, the CDC has released a new study pointing to an exponential increase in kratom-related calls to U. S. poison control centers over the past decade. There was a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (688+ words) In what could be part of a new federal effort to ban kratom nationwide, the CDC has released a new study pointing to an exponential increase in kratom-related calls to U. S. poison control centers over the past decade. From 2015 to 2025, there…...