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8 Symptoms Doctors Often Dismiss As Anxiety

When Vanessa Walilko was in her late 20s, she got strep throat—and then she got it again and again. Because she’s allergic to strep bacteria, she says her illness turned into scarlet fever several times within a few months. Soon, she started having heart issues. After spending a day in the sun selling jewelry at an art fair, she nearly passed out. A friend rushed her to the emergency room, where a doctor asked if she had a family history of people dropping dead in their 20s. When Walilko said no, the doctor told her to learn to better manage her stress and sent her home.

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“I don’t know if I can convey how smug and flippant he was,” recalls Walilko, 41, who lives in Evanston, Ill. “It was unreal—I was so glad my friend was there with me, because I was pretty delirious. I had to check with her: ‘Did I catch all that?’”

Walilko knew something was wrong—yet says clinicians continued to brush off her symptoms. After doing internet research, she figured out..

How to Negotiate Your Medical Bills

Everything is negotiable, as the saying goes—and that includes medical bills. Although many people assume their health care bills are binding, there’s often more wiggle room than one would think.

“Never pay any bill right away,” says Caitlin Donovan, a senior director at Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF), a nonprofit that helps patients afford medical care. Prices that are incorrect, unaffordable, or simply higher than you think are fair can often be changed with a little effort. A recent report by the Commonwealth Fund, a health care research organization, found that about 40% of people who challenged an unforeseen medical bill ultimately secured a price reduction or even had their balance forgiven entirely.

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Erin Duffy, a research scientist at the University of Southern California’s Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, found an even higher percentage when she surveyed a small group of U.S. consumers who received medical bil..

Kelly Ripa says quitting alcohol had a surprising effect on her weight

As Dry January has some people putting down the bottle for the first month of the year, the health benefits of eliminating alcohol are in the spotlight.
But TV personality Kelly Ripa, host of ABC’s «Live with Kelly and Mark,» revealed that giving up alcohol had an unexpected effect on her.
On Wednesday’s episode, when Andy Cohen co-hosted alongside Ripa, he brought up that he is «in the middle of dry January.»
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«Usually, a little weight loss comes my way after,» he commented. «That’s not really happening yet.»
Ripa responded that when she quit drinking in 2017, she expected there to be a «windfall of weight loss.»
«Because everybody’s like, ‘Well you are going to get too skinny … you can’t afford to lose it,’» she said. «I gained 12 pounds!»
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«I don’t understand this ‘magical weight loss’ that people [imply],» she continued. «I think ..

Brain and memory are boosted by eating one particular diet, study finds

The Mediterranean diet has continuously shown benefits for overall health.
Researchers at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans recently discovered that the diet is linked to improved memory through balanced bacteria in the gut.
In the study, which was published in the journal Gut Microbe Reports, rats were fed a Mediterranean-style diet over a 14-week period. This included foods rich in olive oil, fish and fiber.
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Compared to those who ate a Western diet high in saturated fat, the rats that consumed the Mediterranean diet showed increases in four types of beneficial gut bacteria and decreases in five other types.
The rats were then tasked with maneuvering a series of mazes that tested their memory.
Those that were on the Mediterranean diet exhibited improved performance in the maze challenges.
The researchers deduced that individuals who follow the Mediterranean diet develop different gut bacteria pa..

Memory loss isn’t always Alzheimer’s: Experts warn of common but little-known dementia

As Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — affecting an estimated 6.7 million Americans — it’s not surprising that people who experience memory loss may suspect AD.
In fact, there is another common cognitive disorder with very similar symptoms, called limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy — or LATE for short — that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s.
A recent report published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association highlights the need to develop «objective criteria» for diagnosing and staging all types of dementia, including LATE.
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LATE is a prevalent condition in late life and can contribute to memory loss and cognitive decline, according to report co-author Rebecca M. Edelmayer, Ph.D., Alzheimer’s Association vice president of scientific engagement in Chicago.
«LATE is defined by changes in the TDP-43 protein in brain tissue and frequently co-exists w..

Bird flu proves fatal to cats: Here’s how to protect your pets

Several human cases of avian flu (H5N1) have been reported around the U.S., and the virus has also proven to be fatal to felines.
Dozens of cats have reportedly contracted the virus since the start of the current outbreak in March 2024.
While bird flu has some people worried about eating certain human foods, what does this mean for the safety of your pet's food?
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Jim Keen, DVM, director of vet sciences at the Center for a Humane Economy in Maryland, noted that infected cats have shown respiratory and neurological symptoms.
Felines are «extremely susceptible» to the current strain that has been circulating in waterfowl and domestic poultry, he told Fox News Digital.
Domestic cats can be exposed to and infected by bird flu through contact with infected wild birds or poultry, alive or dead, according to experts. Contact with infected dairy cattle and their milk can also cause infection.
«Outdoor cats, feral cat..

Ozempic’s health benefits keep growing, but are the risks worth it?

One in eight adults in the U.S. has taken Ozempic or another type of GLP-1 drug, surveys show — and now a major new study has revealed a long list of benefits and some little-known risks.
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1) agonists — which contain either semaglutide or liraglutide — are prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, but previous studies have linked the drugs to other, unexpected benefits.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System studied the health outcomes of more than two million veterans with diabetes who took Ozempic or another type of GLP-1 drug between Oct. 1, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2023, according to a university press release.
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They then compared those outcomes to veterans who took non-GLP-1 diabetes medications.
The study, published in the journal Nature on Jan. 20, identified «widespread associations» between Oze..

Trump Appointees Must Temporarily Approve Federal Health Communications

With respiratory-disease season in full swing and a bird flu outbreak rapidly evolving, the new Trump Administration has ordered federal health agencies to secure White House approval before communicating with the public.

“As the new Administration considers its plan for managing the federal policy and public communications processes, it is important that the President’s appointees and designees have the opportunity to review and approve any regulations, guidance documents, and other public documents and communications (including social media),” through Feb. 1, reads a Jan. 21 memo sent by Department of Health and Human Services officials and reviewed by TIME.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are all housed within HHS. These agencies regularly publish reports, research, and guidance that shape public response to both chronic and acute health threa..

Doctors hope for a healthier America, plus Ivanka Trump’s workout routine

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Has a ‘quademic’ hit the US? 4 viral infections and what to know about them

Four viruses are circulating in the U.S., sparking concerns of a possible «quademic.»
Influenza, COVID-19, RSV and norovirus are all at «very high levels» around the country, according to Samuel Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences and professor of health sciences at Northeastern University in Boston.
«We are in the middle of a very serious situation with respect to circulating pathogens,» he told Fox News Digital.
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«Based on data from our national wastewater surveillance system, some parts of the country, such as Boston, seem to be entering the peak for all four diseases, but in other areas, cases are still rising,» Scarpino added.
Dr. Marc Siegel, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health and Fox News senior medical analyst, noted that it is currently peak respiratory virus season.
«It is not a ‘quad-demic,’ per se, just a lot of respiratory viruses and bacteria at once,» he said to Fox News Digital.
On to..