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Abortion Is Legal in Maine, but Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Gut Much of the State’s Reproductive Health Care Access

Sweeping cuts in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” targeting abortion providers threaten to drastically reduce access to a wide variety of sexual and reproductive health care services in Maine—even though the state has protected reproductive rights.

Two organizations—Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning—that serve roughly half of the patients in Maine’s entire sexual and reproductive health care network are at risk of being excluded from receiving Medicaid payments thanks to a provision in the tax and spending package, which narrowly passed the Senate on Tuesday and now faces a vote in the House. The provision would prohibit Medicaid funding for any health care services provided by Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning for one year.

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Medicaid is a state-federal program that provides health insurance coverage for more than 70 million people from low-income households across the country, including hundreds of thousands of..

Is Taking a ‘Fart Walk’ Good for Your Health?

What you once knew as an after-dinner stroll has been rebranded a “fart walk” on social media—and the trend is having a moment. Fans of the so-called fart walk—a short stroll taken up to about an hour after eating a meal—claim it aids digestion and relieves GI symptoms like gas and bloating. But what do doctors think?

New name, old concept
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“Feeling bloated after a meal is common,” says Dr. David D. Clarke, a clinical assistant professor of gastroenterology emeritus at Oregon Health & Science University and president of the Association of the Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms. That’s because people eat too much, or they eat too quickly and swallow excess air, or they drink beverages with dissolved gas in them like soda or beer.

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To counter symptoms like these and help relieve gas naturally, walking after dinner can help, doctors agree. Walking can enhance the muscle contractions of the gastrointestinal tract—..

Breads to avoid and body fat warnings, plus dangers of bee stings

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If Thimerosal Is Safe, Why Is It Being Removed From Vaccines?

There’s a newly appointed panel of experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), freshly chosen by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, it sets the immunization schedule for Americans. And some of the new members have histories of vaccine-skepticism.

On June 26, this panel voted to remove thimerosal from flu vaccines. The ingredient has long been the target of anti-vaccine activists, despite numerous studies showing it’s safe in small amounts.

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The committee’s recommendation now goes to the CDC’s acting director to become a formal recommendation. (Susan Monarez, President Trump’s selection to head the agency, is currently undergoing confirmation hearings).

Here’s how thimerosal got into vaccines, why it’s being taken out, and what the latest recommendation could mean for next season’s flu shots.

What is thimerosal?

Thimerosal, which contains a form of mercury c..

Gut microbes could be key to fighting toxic, long-lasting ‘forever chemicals,’ research says

A new study suggests gut microbes can help protect humans from toxic, long-lasting «forever chemicals.»
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified that a natural «gut microbiome could play a helpful role in removing toxic PFAS chemicals from our body» following a study on mice, according to a media release.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS, «are widely used, long lasting chemicals, components of which break down very slowly over time,» the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said.
«We found that certain species of human gut bacteria have a remarkably high capacity to soak up PFAS from their environment at a range of concentrations, and store these in clumps inside their cells,» Dr. Kiran Patil, from the University of Cambridge’s MRC Toxicology Unit and senior author of the report, said in a statement.
DANGEROUS ADDITIVE LURKING IN DESSERT COULD BE DESTROYING YOUR GUT HEALTH, EXPERTS SAY
«Due to aggregation of PFAS in these clumps, the bacteri..

Best and worst breads for your health, according to nutrition experts

After Joe Rogan voiced his concerns about the bread offerings in America, experts are sharing their tips on choosing the healthiest varieties.
On a recent episode of «The Joe Rogan Experience,» the famed podcaster claimed that most of the breads in the U.S. are unhealthy and contribute to inflammation.
«A lot of inflammation comes from diet,» Rogan said. «Our bread is f—-d — if you go overseas, and go eat bread in Italy, you won’t feel bad at all.»
BREAD WITH SPROUTED GRAINS OFFERS 'ENHANCED NUTRITIONAL PROFILE,' MAY BE HEALTHIER WAY TO ENJOY CARBS
The podcaster then shared an Instagram reel from holistic health influencer Dennis Echelbarger (Denny_Dure) claiming that bread can leave people feeling «bloated, brain-fogged and tired.»
Many point to gluten as the culprit, Echelbarger said in the video, but he claims it’s «just the scapegoat.»
«The real issue is ultraprocessed, chemically altered, bleached, bromated, fake vitamin-filled wheat soaked in glyphosate,» he concluded..

Is Cheese Giving You Nightmares?

For centuries, folklore and popular wisdom have linked poor eating habits and indigestion to nightmares and restless sleep. In A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge at first dismisses the ghosts that torment him as mere dietary disturbances: “You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato,” he says to one spectral visitor. “There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!” Earlier, Benjamin Franklin lamented that “[I]ndolence, with full feeding, occasions nightmares and horrors inexpressible; we fall from precipices, are assaulted by wild beasts, murderers, and demons, and experience every variety of distress.” In the early 20th century, cartoonist Winsor McCay made his name with his “Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend” series, in which his protagonists suffer bizarre dreams and nightmares which they attributed to eating Welsh rarebit—a delicacy of spiced cheese on toast.

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Более 70 Миллионов американцев пользуются Программой Medicaid. Вот что нужно знать о Программе

Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income Americans that provides coverage for more than 70 million people,faces its biggest overhaul in decadesunder President Donald Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” a massive tax and spending package now being considered by the Senate that would slash its funding.

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Both the House and Senate versions of the bill, which is still undergoing changes as the upper chamber votes on amendments, would reduce funding for the program by hundreds of billions of dollars, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Nearly 12 million adults could lose health insurance because of the proposed cuts in the Senate’s revised bill over the next decade, the CBO estimated in a Saturday report. Much of the cuts are expected to come through imposing new administrative requirements on enrollees, or risk losing their coverage.

The White House has rejected the CBO’s findings, insisting that the cuts to the pr..

More Than 70 Million Americans Are on Medicaid. Here’s What to Know About the Program

Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income Americans that provides coverage for more than 70 million people,faces its biggest overhaul in decadesunder President Donald Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” a massive tax and spending package now being considered by the Senate that would slash its funding.

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Both the House and Senate versions of the bill, which is still undergoing changes as the upper chamber votes on amendments, would reduce funding for the program by hundreds of billions of dollars, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Nearly 12 million adults could lose health insurance because of the proposed cuts in the Senate’s revised bill over the next decade, the CBO estimated in a Saturday report. Much of the cuts are expected to come through imposing new administrative requirements on enrollees, or risk losing their coverage.

The White House has rejected the CBO’s findings, insisting that the cuts to the pr..

Top cosmetic procedures revealed in new report: What’s trending and why

Americans continue to invest in their aesthetic health.
A new report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) shows steady growth in cosmetic procedures last year, particularly in body contouring and minimally invasive treatments.
The report's data, detailed below, reveals where people are spending their money.
Of the nearly 1.6 million cosmetic surgical procedures performed in 2024, liposuction and breast augmentation topped the list.
HAS KRIS JENNER FOUND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH? EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON HER STUNNING TRANSFORMATION
«Surgical procedures grew by 1% from 2023,» ASPS President Dr. Scott Hollenbeck, a general plastic surgeon based in Charlottesville, Virginia, shared in a press release, noting that body contouring procedures saw the highest increase.
Thigh and buttock lifts were up 3%, while arm and neck lifts rose 2%.
WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY TRUMPS POPULAR OZEMPIC TREATMENT IN SHOCKING NEW COMPARISON
Surgeons believe this may reflect the rising use of GLP-1 weig..