More than 6,000 children living with obesity, including hundreds as young as four, have required treatment at specialist NHS weight-loss clinics, new figures reveal. NHS England data, published for the first time, underlines the scale of the growing childhood obesity crisis. Since the first Complications from Excess Weight clinic (CEW) opened in 2021, the NHS…
Hi, Carolyn. I’m having major spine surgery in a few weeks, and my husband will need to have chemo during the time I’m recovering from surgery and can’t drive. I have good friends who I know will help with the driving and other logistical issues. I haven’t told a couple of these people about the…
Singing, painting or visiting a gallery or museum helps people age more slowly, according to the latest study to link taking an active interest in art and culture with improved health. The findings are the first to show that both participating in arts activities and attending events, such as viewing an exhibition, lead to people…
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Medicaid expansion was associated with reductions in 1-year mortality among young adults with kidney failure. One-year mortality declined from 3.6% pre-expansion to 2.1% post-expansion among 19- to 23-year-olds. Policy changes around health insurance programs may affect survival for young adults with kidney failure, the authors suggested. Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was…
A Supreme Court justice, a defense secretary and an FBI director walk into a bar … If that sounds like the beginning of a joke, you’re close. It was the cold open for “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend, and the sketch wasn’t set in some generic D.C. watering hole but an actual local landmark:…
Has style maven Gemma Chan unlocked the secret to making a poet blouse work for the 9-to-5? A girl can dream! Dreamy, boho style tops have never very practical. The long sleeves, voluminous ruffles, and delicate fabrics often found on a romantic blouse can be a nightmare if you’re trying to eat, type, or do…
Eating fruit and drinking a cup of coffee a day could halve the risk of cells ageing unhealthily, research suggests. Foods rich in polyphenols such as berries, apples, coffee, cocoa and tea are known to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, but a new study has found they are also associated with a lower risk of…
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Mifepristone, sold under the brand name Mifeprex by Danco Laboratories, is one of two medicines used in the preferred method of medication abortion and for miscarriage management. The company GenBioPro makes a generic version of the drug. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday gave itself more…
