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Armando Peniche Rosales has a crooked toe that for years has predicted the weather, growing sensitive when rain or cold is coming. “It never healed right,” said Peniche Rosales, who broke the middle toe on his left...

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Almost half of older adults — more than 26 million people 65 and older — have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. How concerned should they be? Not very, say some experts. Prediabetes — a...

In 2011, Sean Duffy and Adrian James were sitting in San Francisco’s Dolores Park debating what to call some workers at the company they founded, Omada Health. Omada, which launched that year, provides virtual treatment...

[This article was last updated at 1:55 p.m. ET to reflect news developments.] The Supreme Court on Friday formally overturned its 49-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and with it ended a half-century of constitutionally...

ATLANTA — Jerisha Morton didn’t realize she was pregnant until about six weeks into her pregnancy. She soon started feeling waves of intense nausea. “I can’t smell anything. You’re so weak that you have...

I’ve been pregnant five times. I have one child. A son, Sam, who was born on his due date, weighing 6 pounds and 14 ounces, in 1997. My four other pregnancies didn’t go so well. After Sam, carrying a baby past the...

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Health dramatically and rapidly alters the landscape of abortion access in the U.S. The court on June 24 ruled 6-3 to uphold a Mississippi law that would ban abortion after...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A few minutes west of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport sits a brick, one-story building with opaque windows. From the nearby freeways, most drivers wouldn’t recognize it as the location...

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. The Supreme Court formally overturned the nearly...

AUSTIN, Texas — Heat waves are getting hotter and becoming more frequent because of rising rates of air pollution, putting children’s health at risk, a wide-ranging new report finds. A June 15 article in the New England...

I feel as if I’ve failed as a parent.Ariane Buck Ariane Buck, 30, Peoria, Arizona Approximate Medical Debt: $50,000 Medical Issue: Infection What Happened: Ariane Buck knew it was important to stay on top of his health...

I am taken aback by how callous they have been.Elizabeth Woodruff Nick Woodruff, 37, Binghamton, New York Approximate Medical Debt: $20,000 Medical Issue: Diabetes What Happened: Nick Woodruff’s wages were garnished for...

It was five years of hell.Jim Powers Cindy Powers, 52, Greeley, Colorado Approximate Medical Debt: $250,000 Medical Issue: Twisted intestine What Happened: Cindy Powers was 34 when doctors discovered she had a twisted intestine,...

It makes me sick about medical costs and how this whole thing is done.Amanda Pitzo Joe Pitzo, 42, Brookfield, Wisconsin Approximate medical debt: $350,000 Medical Issue: Cancer What Happened: Joe Pitzo and his wife, Amanda, had...

I was being haunted by this zombie bill.Edy Adams Edy Adams, 31, Austin, Texas Approximate Medical Debt: $131 Medical Issue: Sexual assault What Happened: Edy Adams had just graduated from college when she was sexually assaulted...

They took everything we had.Sherrie Foy Sherrie Foy, 63, Moneta, Virginia Approximate Medical Debt: $850,000 Medical Issue: Colon surgery What Happened: Sherrie and Michael Foy thought they’d made all the right...

We had a plan that we were not going to be homeless.Allyson Ward Allyson Ward, 43, Chicago Approximate Medical Debt: $80,000 Medical Issue: Childbirth What Happened: There were times after her sons were born 10 years ago when...

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Children younger than 5 are the only population not...

A few months ago, it seemed as though the country was poised to finally tame the pandemic, after two years of restrictions and tens of billions in government spending. The Biden administration in March released the first...