Health

As enrollment in the Affordable Care Act reaches a record high this year, more Americans need doctors — but getting an appointment can be hard. Nevada ranked 48th in the nation for the availability of primary care doctors, as cited in a July 2023 study by the University of Nevada, …

How a woman is taking her own grief and knitting other families grieving miscarriages together How a woman is taking her own grief and knitting other families grieving miscarriages together 01:59 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Ashley Lieser has crocheted baby blankets for friends before. “It is a labor of love,” she …

Many lung cancer patients now have access to a potentially life-saving medication. Osimertinib, sold under the brand name Tagrisso, is available to patients with Stage 1B-3A lung cancer who have a certain genetic mutation and have had surgery to remove cancerous tumors. Among those patients, Tagrisso was shown to reduce …

NEW YORK — A new study is shedding light on why women of color die more often from breast cancer. The reason might surprise you. In October, breast cancer survivor Atia Allen shared her story with CBS New York. “I did eight rounds of chemotherapy. I did 25 rounds of …

A 34-year-old Missouri man was recently saved by surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago who used breast implants to successfully perform a double-lung transplant. Davey Bauer, 34, whose nickname is now “Double D Davey,” started smoking cigarettes when he was 21 years old, and typically smoked a pack of cigarettes …

The Food and Drug Administration approved a request by Eli Lilly on Wednesday to begin marketing its tirzepatide medication, which is branded as Mounjaro for diabetes, under a new brand for weight loss as well. While Mounjaro had already been used by some patients “off-label” for weight loss, the new …

We’ve all heard the old adage about chicken soup doubling as medicine — but can it really help alleviate cold symptoms, especially now in the fall and with winter up ahead? Fox News Digital reached out to experts for their input on whether this age-old comfort food has some healing …

The Peace Corps has agreed to pay $750,000 to the family of a 24-year-old volunteer from Illinois who died in 2018 in East Africa after the agency’s doctors misdiagnosed a case of malaria, a law firm announced Tuesday. Bernice Heiderman of Inverness, Illinois, died in January 2018 on the island …

Making several specific lifestyle changes could slow biological aging by six years, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). A new study from the organization has found that improved heart health is key to helping to slow down the aging process, which in turn reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease …

A new implant targeting Parkinson’s disease has restored one man’s ability to walk after 25 years of suffering from the disease, according to a study published in the journal Nature Medicine on Monday. Marc Gauthier, 63, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at age 36 and experienced decreased locomotive functioning as the illness …