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Ever felt so stressed you didn’t know what to do next? Try talking to your 'parts'

'Parts work' or Internal Family Systems is a type of talk therapy that’s surged in popularity. Here’s how it works and how it can help with stress. 

October 28, 2024
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  • Allison Aubrey
Presidential candidates Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump differ in how they'd tackle several health care issues, including drug pricing.

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  • Health

Here's where Harris and Trump stand on three big health care issues

The next president will face decisions on drug price negotiations, enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans and medication abortion among other issues. Here's where the candidates stand.

October 28, 2024
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By:
  • Ryan Levi
A September 29 fire at BioLab in Conyers creates a chemical plume

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  • News

Conyers residents demand accountability after latest BioLab fire leaves lingering concerns

Weeks after a fire at the BioLab chemical plant in Conyers, residents are still grappling with the aftermath. County officials are suing BioLab and its parent company, seeking damages for those affected. Protesters are demanding the plant’s shutdown after this, the latest in a history of incidents.

October 28, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
In this photo illustration, a McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald's on Oct. 23 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

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  • Health

McDonald's will begin selling its Quarter Pounders again amid E. coli outbreak

McDonald’s says Quarter Pounders will return to its menu at all of its restaurants after it said testing ruled out beef patties as the source of an E. coli poisoning outbreak tied to the burgers.

October 28, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Dr. Emily Boevers, an OBGYN based in Waverly, Iowa, poses for a portrait at her family's farm in nearby Tripoli. She says the state's rape exception requirements threaten the privacy, trust and intimacy of the patient-doctor relationship.

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  • National

Many state abortion bans include exceptions for rape. How often are they granted?

Since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022, one study estimates there’s been nearly 65,000 pregnancies from rape in states that ban abortion.

October 26, 2024
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By:
  • Katia Riddle and
  • Julie Luchetta
Dr. Richard Cash devoted much of his life to improving health care in poor countries. He played a critical role in the testing and implementation of oral rehydration therapy for patients suffering from diarrheal diseases — giving them a mixture of water, salts and sugar. Discussing this intervention, he said, "Simple doesn't mean second class."

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  • Global Health

Remembering Dr. Richard Cash: How a 'simple' intervention helped save millions of lives

In the late 1960s, he went to Dhaka to work on cholera. There he became involved in the development of oral rehydration therapy — hailed as one of the most significant medical advances of the century.

October 26, 2024
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By:
  • Joanne Silberner
In this photo illustration, a McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald's on Oct. 23 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

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  • Health

McDonald's E. coli outbreak grows, with 75 people sickened in 13 states

The CDC said on Friday that dozens more people have been reported sick with E. coli linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder.

October 25, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
a health care provider listens to a patient's lung

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  • Health

At 64, she was too young for a pneumonia vaccination. Now the CDC's changed that

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended the CDC lower the age to 50 to reach a broader range of people.

October 25, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
The "Pink Wheels" team in the Pakistani town of Gujranwala consists of female officers who ride pink scooters to respond to complaints from women about domestic violence and sexual assault. The officers stand in front of the "Women's Enclave," a new kind of police station, staffed by women and intended for women who want to file such complaints. At right is Tayyiba Hameed, 32, who is on the staff of the Women's Enclave.

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  • Global Health

She says her husband tried to kill her. Enter the 'Pink Wheels' squad

How do you encourage women to report domestic violence? In one Pakistani city, there's a new strategy: sending in female cops on pink scooters.

October 25, 2024
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By:
  • Veengas
Dr. Kelsey Leonardsmith (left) with colleague Dylan Flunker in the garden of Family Tree Clinic in Minneapolis. The two run a program to train more doctors and nurses in the region to be able to provide gender affirming care, which is legal in Minnesota, but banned for youth in dozens of states around the country.

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  • Health

Minnesota is a refuge for trans health care. Here's how doctors are meeting the need

As more states ban gender care for youth, doctors and clinics in Minnesota are building up capacity to help the influx of trans patients who are traveling or moving to the state for care. 

October 25, 2024
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Sulhee Jessica Woo's cookbook is a collection of 150 globally inspired lunchbox recipes. The six featured here include (from left to right, counterclockwise): cucumber veggie rolls and peanut dipping sauce; mozzarella, tomato and spinach pesto panini; cucumber toast; sausage French toast roll-ups; pepperoni and mushroom pizza roll-ups; and turkey, avocado and cheese pinwheels.

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  • Food

PB&J again? Banish lunchbox boredom with these 6 creative, kid-approved recipes

Sulhee Jessica Woo, author of a new cookbook, "Let's Make Some Lunch," shares healthy and fun meals that can be prepared in 30 minutes or less.

October 25, 2024
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By:
  • Margaret Cirino
The FDA issued three health alerts about lead in cinnamon in 2024, after dangerous amounts of the harmful element were found in children's applesauce packets last fall.

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  • Food

Lead in cinnamon: Where do things stand, 1 year after a scary recall?

Last Halloween, the FDA said that some cinnamon, a spice loved by many kids and adults, was contaminated with lead, a metal that can cause irreversible damage in babies and young children.

October 25, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder is shown on March 6, 2018, in Atlanta.

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  • Health

McDonald's says onions from California-based company are linked to E. coli outbreak

A California-based produce company was the source of fresh onions linked to a deadly E. coli food poisoning outbreak at McDonald’s, restaurant chain officials said.

October 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Chicago - Circa April 2022: SNAP and EBT Accepted here sign. SNAP and Food Stamps provide nutrition benefits to supplement the budgets of disadvantaged families.

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  • News

What to know about food assistance following damage from recent hurricanes

People in communities damaged by recent hurricanes have an opportunity to get extra food assistance through adjustments made to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other temporary federal programs. But there are some hard deadlines to apply for help.

October 24, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
This electron microscopic image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows two, round-shaped, Gram-positive, Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria.

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  • Health

The CDC now recommends that people 50 and older get vaccinated against pneumonia

The number of people that have been diagnosed with a pneumonia-causing bacteria has increased over the past six months. Older people are at higher risk of pneumococcal diseases like pneumonia and menningitis.

October 24, 2024
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
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