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Whether you want to achieve or avoid a muscular look, you should know how muscle changes your body for the better.

Shares of United Health Group and other insurance companies fell on Thursday following the industry leader's earnings report and forecast.

Smartphone and computer use hasn't put today's older adults at increased risk of cognitive decline

There's a lot in the news about the looming cuts to Medicaid and fears about potential cuts to Medicare. A lot of people don't know the difference between the two…

Welcome to the world of opioid prescribing, where government mandates based upon Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MMEs) are the rule rather than clinical judgment. In the zeal to fight the risk of opioid addiction, policymakers chose a metric—then forgot what it was meant to measure.

The U.S. falls to its lowest rank ever in the 2025 World Happiness Report

The president and CEO of the Florida Senior Living Association praises a bill by Sen. Rick Scott to treat combating loneliness in seniors as a matter of disease prevention. Research backs up that l…

The SSA may make all of its official announcements on X going forward.

The Trump administration has terminated at least 30 health research grants at UC campuses as it targets DEI.

Millions of people suffer from dementia, and treatment options are scarce. A new study points in a fresh direction.

Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced to close

Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.

Despite widespread vaccination, rotavirus cases still occur, especially in unvaccinated children

Trump's federal funding cuts are shutting down studies on Alzheimer's care, uterine fibroids and pregnancy risks — all because they focus on gender.

Your editorial "5 years after covid, scars linger" (March 13, TribLive) was (almost) right on target. I will give two examples. 1. My grandmother, born in 1898, had the 1918 Spanish flu but survived. On Thanksgiving morning 1974, she woke up with the strangest cough. I was home visiting my

An exit poll analysis of the Democratic primaries — how Biden beat Sanders.

Is the world a friendly place? The answer might determine the future of America's essential social programs

Officials said they would now exempt people who apply for Medicare and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income help for the poor, from having to prove their identity in-person.

Organ appears to function for 10 days, raising prospect of short-term use for those on transplant list

While important for overall health, the vitamin can be toxic in high doses.