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GOP gambles on midterm dividends from RFK Jr.’s MAHA
August 30, 2026·1 min read

GOP gambles on midterm dividends from RFK Jr.’s MAHA

Healthcare News – Read More Less than three months ahead of the midterm elections, the main political organization supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy…

How Obamacare changed healthcare
August 30, 2026·8 min read

How Obamacare changed healthcare

Health Care | Vox – Read More “The big question is: What is going to be put forward as an alternative and how palatable will that…

Professional gaming is brutal on the body – inside the growing field of treating esports injuries
August 29, 2026·5 min read

Professional gaming is brutal on the body – inside the growing field of treating esports injuries

Health – The Conversation – Read More A Taiwanese gamer from the esports team Flash Wolves takes pills during a training session for the ‘League of…

A Simple Blood Test Catches Polyps, Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer
August 29, 2026·5 min read

A Simple Blood Test Catches Polyps, Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More An experimental blood test shows promise in detecting precancerous polyps and early stage colorectal cancer. FluxFactory · E+/Getty A…

Why Paris Hilton Believes Living with ADHD Gives Her a ‘Creative Sparkle’
August 29, 2026·5 min read

Why Paris Hilton Believes Living with ADHD Gives Her a ‘Creative Sparkle’

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More Paris Hilton is sharing how she found an ADHD treatment that works for her and why embracing the condition…

Why are flesh-eating bacteria expanding beyond traditional hotspots?
August 29, 2026·1 min read

Why are flesh-eating bacteria expanding beyond traditional hotspots?

Healthcare News – Read More Scientists have recently documented the bacteria spreading to places that were once too cold for it to survive. 

Officials widen lettuce-linked cyclospora outbreak probe to 20 states
August 29, 2026·1 min read

Officials widen lettuce-linked cyclospora outbreak probe to 20 states

Healthcare News – Read More Cases of a parasitic illness linked to iceberg lettuce have been confirmed in 20 states, health officials said, as the largest…

‘Must I take all my antibiotics?’ Why infectious disease experts are rethinking this longstanding rule
August 29, 2026·7 min read

‘Must I take all my antibiotics?’ Why infectious disease experts are rethinking this longstanding rule

Health – The Conversation – Read More For decades, researchers thought that bacteria become resistant to antibiotics if patients stopped taking these drugs early. Liudmila Chernetska/iStock…

Common Erectile Dysfunction Drug Linked to Glaucoma, Researchers Say
August 28, 2026·5 min read

Common Erectile Dysfunction Drug Linked to Glaucoma, Researchers Say

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More A common erectile dysfunction drug prescribed for men with enlarged prostates is linked to a higher risk of glaucoma.…

FDA approves new COVID-19 shots
August 28, 2026·1 min read

FDA approves new COVID-19 shots

Healthcare News – Read More The Food and Drug Administration approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday for people at higher risk, clearing the way for manufacturers…