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ROCHESTER, Minn. — You may have heard of the mind-body connection: the broad concept that thoughts and feelings, especially those related to stress, can influence physical health. Mohamad Alkhouli, M.D., an interventional cardiologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is researching the relationship between the brain and the heart. Each ...Read more

When September arrives, all things pumpkin spice appear as if out of thin, crisp air.

We invite you to explore autumn flavors that don’t involve that overexposed squash-related seasoning. Let our fall-infused tastes — just as good as (or dare we say it, better than) pumpkin spice — inspire you to explore a whole new genre of seasonal ...Read more

The Make America Healthy Again Commission, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has released its Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy, a 20-page report the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services described as a “sweeping plan” to “reverse the failed policies that fueled America’s childhood chronic disease epidemic.”

In a meeting ...Read more

A highly anticipated health report from the Trump administration steered clear of new crackdowns on food and agriculture — drawing criticism from some groups that are calling for an overhaul of how pesticides are used.

The report, written by a slew of federal agencies and billed as a policy roadmap, will likely ease months of speculation and...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've read that following the Mediterranean diet is good for your heart, but I'm not quite sure why. If I decide to give it a try, how would I get started?

ANSWER: Extensive research over the years continues to pinpoint the Mediterranean diet as one of the best for your heart. Why? It helps reduce chronic inflammation in the ...Read more

When Sally Nix found out that her health insurance company wouldn’t pay for an expensive, doctor-recommended treatment to ease her neurological pain, she prepared for battle.

It took years, a chain of conflicting decisions, and a health insurer switch before she finally won approval. She started treatment in January and now channels time and ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho -- Sean, a 56-year-old Boise man, sat in one of Planned Parenthood’s exam rooms in Meridian as he waited for his prescription.

When he came out as bisexual last year, he and his wife decided to pursue a type of open relationship. As Sean began having sexual relationships with different partners, he knew the health center would be...Read more

My kids are still reeling from the cosmic injustice that Chick-fil-A closes on Sundays, and so it’s no surprise that, after a few Trump-free days, dopamine-deprived Americans were twitching for their next ALL CAPS fix from the attention economy’s reigning purveyor of entertaining outrage.

In case you missed it, President Trump recently ...Read more

Hiring in the U.S. health care sector is looking increasingly shaky, raising a warning flag for the economy given its importance as a key driver of job growth over the last three years.

Health care and social assistance companies added about 47,000 employees to payrolls in August, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report published ...Read more

Washington state leaders made the right decision joining Oregon, California and now Hawaii to form a West Coast Health Alliance. Under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal health agencies are abandoning science. States must protect residents from dangerous misinformation masquerading as policy as best they can.

The...Read more

MIAMI — Manatee could become the second county in Florida to ban kratom and other designer drugs.

Sarasota County approved a ban in 2014. While kratom was already restricted to adults over 21, an emergency statewide order last month banned one of the chemical compounds found in kratom.

Last Tuesday, Manatee Commissioner Amanda Ballard ...Read more

LOS ANGELES – The coronavirus has muscled its way back into headlines in recent weeks amid a summer wave of the illness and growing difficulties in getting the vaccine, as well as efforts by the Trump administration that could make getting inoculated harder for some people.

The summer increase is decidedly smaller than what California and ...Read more

Amy Frank said it took 17 hours on the phone over nearly three weeks, bouncing between her insurer and her local hospital system, to make sure her plan would cover her husband’s post-surgery care.

Many of her calls never got past the hold music. When they did, the hospital told her to call her insurer. The insurer told her to have the ...Read more

After losing 50 pounds on the injectable weight loss medication Zepbound, Kyra Wensley received a surprising letter from her pharmacy benefit manager in April.

Her request for coverage had been denied, the letter said, because she’d had a body mass index of less than 35 when she started Zepbound. The 25-year-old who lives in New York had been...Read more