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FORT WORTH, Texas -- At your average dentist’s appointment, you get reminded to brush your teeth and floss regularly.

Stacey Griner, an associate professor with UNT Health Fort Worth, wants to add one more thing to that list: conversations about how to prevent HPV-related cancers.

Griner wants more dental health providers to talk to patients...Read more

It went on for years — the belief that nutritious food rarely tastes good and delicious food can’t possibly be healthful. Then something started to change.

Chefs and restaurant owners began to ask dietitians for nutrition advice. And some dietitians decided to attend culinary schools to become chefs. The result? Both professions have ...Read more

DETROIT — Health officials have confirmed a measles outbreak in Washtenaw County, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday.

A measles outbreak is defined as three or more related cases of measles, and three linked cases have been reported since March 12 in Washtenaw County, MDHHS said in a press release. Measles is a...Read more

Since the Affordable Care Act subsidies expired at the end of 2025, Americans have undoubtedly been encountering a great deal of confusing information surrounding health care costs and insurance plans.

From five-figure deductibles to premiums higher than people’s mortgages, costs are rising across the board.

With this comes ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For weeks, Mehmet Oz has been waging a public feud with California leaders over health care fraud, accusing the blue state of failing to adequately combat such abuse.

Oz, who heads the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, alleged that there was approximately $3.5 billion of fraud in the hospice and home health ...Read more

Most people who get their health coverage through the Affordable Care Act say they face sharply higher costs, with many worried they will have to pare back other expenses to cover them, according to a poll released Thursday. Some are uncertain whether they will be able to continue paying their premiums all year.

Still, 69% of those enrolled ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Tuberculosis, the bacteria often associated with the deaths of Victorian-era monarchs, was recently contracted by more than 200 high school students in San Francisco. The outbreak served as a reminder of the historical foothold it has in the Bay Area.

Alameda, Santa Clara, San Francisco and San Mateo counties each rank among...Read more

Sheldon Ekirch is used to being disappointed by her health insurance company.

That’s why Ekirch, 31, of Henrico, Virginia, was stunned when she learned Anthem would finally have to pay for life-changing medical treatment.

For two years, she had battled the company to cover blood plasma infusions called intravenous immunoglobulin, or IVIG. ...Read more

When Mike McKee thinks about saving money for the future, he has a few priorities. Maxing out his retirement is one. Building up his kid’s college fund is another.

Opening up a health savings account? Not so much, even though he qualifies because of his high-deductible health plan.

“I’m so frustrated with the system that has anything to ...Read more

CHICAGO — The respiratory illness RSV is still going strong in Chicago — an unusually late showing for the virus, which can strike infants especially hard.

RSV activity has moved from moderate to high in Chicago, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Though it’s typical for RSV to spread more widely in the winter — ...Read more

BALTIMORE — In her surgical care for women with reproductive cancers, Dr. MaryAnn Wilbur said she faced repeated demands from both insurance companies and the hospitals she worked for to compromise on providing the best care for her patients.

“You start to see there are perverse incentives in both directions to withhold care — to perform ...Read more

Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan – a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s interior – to look for pneumonia or another infection.

The scan ruled that out, but it also showed something unexpected: calcium ...Read more

Imagine your dream is to get a job at the local library. You have a love for people and for books. You also have schizophrenia, a psychiatric disability that makes life in the community more challenging.

You often have extreme psychological experiences. When you leave your apartment, you hear voices that tell you it’s not safe, and ...Read more

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 the 1800s and has its roots in ancient medicine, it has only recently been dubbed the “gut-brain axis” and has been ...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?

Sometimes what makes yogurt tasty — added sugars, artificial flavors — can also make it less healthy.

When picking out a...Read more

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 effect — a lower risk of afib recurrence.

The study included 200 people with persistent afib who drank coffee regularly. ...Read more