You might assume that what you tell a doctor stays between you, your physician and perhaps your insurer. But the reality is more complicated. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…
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US teens are smoking and vaping less than their peers abroad
Smoking and vaping continued to decline among middle school and high school students in 2025, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey, released in…
If you think someone has an eating disorder, should you say something? A dietitian explains how to express concern without body shaming
You notice someone close to you has lost a lot of weight. You also notice that they’re skipping meals and talking more pessimistically about food and their body. You feel…
How is deli meat made? The food science behind the turkey, ham and other cold cuts in your lunch
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. How is deli meat made?…
One of the most common brain disorders is one of the most misunderstood – how functional neurological disorder is both ‘all in your head’ and beyond it
“It’s all in your head.” By the time many people with functional neurological disorder arrive in our clinic, they have heard these five words more times than they can count.…
Teens are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support – here’s how to keep kids safe
It’s 2 a.m., and a teenage girl, worrying about a friend issue, lies awake. Rather than wake her parents, she picks up her phone, opens an AI app and types,…
Executive order on vaccines bypasses an evidence-based process that has kept kids safe
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 10, 2026, calling for the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to be given as three separate shots at three separate…
For refugees to the US, discrimination can make healthcare harder to get
Newly arrived refugees resettling in the United States face ending one long journey and embarking on another as they begin their new life here. But even after years of displacement,…
Flesh-eating bacteria are devouring limbs in warming waters worldwide − here’s how to protect yourself
Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and potentially fatal – threat to people in the U.S. and beyond. Vibrio vulnificus,…
Chronic pain is missing from America’s heat warnings
When a heat wave arrives, the public health advice follows a familiar script: drink water, watch for heat stroke, check on people with heart or lung conditions. That list saves…
