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The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (BCRAT) is an online calculator designed to predict a woman’s risk of developing invasive breast cancer in both the short term and their lifetime. But it doesn’t allow bi- or multiracial women to accurately input their race and ethnicity.

A 5-minute test can estimate your odds of developing breast cancer—but not if you’re biracial

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March 23, 2024
Catherine Duchess of Cambridge presents the winner trophy after the Men's Singles final between Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Roger Federer of Switzerland during Day thirteen of The Championships - Wimbledon 2019 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 14, 2019 in London, England.

Kate Middleton diagnosed with cancer after abdominal surgery in ‘huge shock’ to British royal family

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March 22, 2024
Katie Couric says too many people think colorectal cancer is a man’s disease. She’s imploring women to get potential lifesaving screenings

Katie Couric says too many people think colorectal cancer is a man’s disease. She’s imploring women to get potential lifesaving screenings

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March 22, 2024
Wegovy

You could pay for Wegovy with Medicare, but there’s a catch

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
March 22, 2024
AI is upending eye exams for patients and providers—in a good way: ‘It’s been a godsend for us’ 

AI is upending eye exams for patients and providers—in a good way: ‘It’s been a godsend for us’ 

By Hannah Norman and KFF Health News
March 22, 2024
Massachusetts General Hospital

The first-ever pig kidney transplant just happened in Boston, doctors say

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
March 21, 2024
Gavin Newsom

There’s a huge Medicaid problem in California: Most doctors just won’t see those patients

By Adam Beam and The Associated Press
March 21, 2024
Man in kitchen

Intermittent fasting linked to 91% increase in risk of death from heart disease, study says

By Marthe Fourcade and Bloomberg
March 18, 2024
President Biden to sign executive order aimed at advancing study of women’s health

President Biden to sign executive order aimed at advancing study of women’s health

By Colleen Long and The Associated Press
March 18, 2024
Massachusetts

57-year-old woman shocked by $177,000 bill from Mass. Medicaid office for her father’s cancer bill—and threat to go after his home

By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
March 18, 2024
In 2023, an 89-year-old man in the U.K. died in part from vitamin D toxicity, or hypervitaminosis D, coroner’s records show.

The dark side of daily vitamin D supplements: After a man died from an ‘overdose’ in the U.K., experts explain how much is healthy

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March 16, 2024
The CEO of CVS Health is donating all the proceeds from her new book to uplift women in leadership

The CEO of CVS Health is donating all the proceeds from her new book to uplift women in leadership

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March 15, 2024
Actress Olivia Munn announced in a March 13, 2024, Instagram post that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023 and underwent a double mastectomy.

Olivia Munn was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 months after a normal mammogram. This is the tool she says ‘saved my life’

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March 13, 2024
A new $16,000 postpartum depression drug is here. How will insurers handle it?

A new $16,000 postpartum depression drug is here. How will insurers handle it?

By KFF Health News and April Dembosky, KQED
March 12, 2024
Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian said in a March 3, 2024, post on X (formerly Twitter) that he’d undergone a calcium score test the previous year, calling it “Probably the highest ROI $100 you can spend on your health.”

Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian calls this ‘the highest ROI $100 you can spend on your health.’ Here’s what to know about the calcium score test’s benefits

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March 12, 2024
What are the risks of having a baby after 35? An expert explains the reality of advanced maternal age

What are the risks of having a baby after 35? An expert explains the reality of advanced maternal age

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March 10, 2024
Man Sleeping in Bed

Daylight Saving Time is hurting your health—here’s how

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March 9, 2024
Friday is the last day U.S. consumers can place mail orders for free COVID tests from the government

Friday is the last day U.S. consumers can place mail orders for free COVID tests from the government

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated Press
March 8, 2024
FDA will take a deeper look into the safety and effectiveness of Lilly experimental Alzheimer’s drug

FDA will take a deeper look into the safety and effectiveness of Lilly experimental Alzheimer’s drug

By Tom Murphy, Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press
March 8, 2024
“Even though health insurance costs are the second-largest line item after payroll, CEOs don’t really understand it or know anything about it,” billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban tells Fortune’s Lindsey Leake.

Mark Cuban’s $141K mistake: The Cost Plus Drugs cofounder says CEOs don’t understand health care coverage, and it’s costing them big

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March 8, 2024
2 simple strategies can help control your high blood pressure without medication

2 simple strategies can help control your high blood pressure without medication

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March 7, 2024
62-year-old who lost 40 pounds in 9 months on Wegovy wants to stop the treadmill: ‘At some point you have to come off of them. I don’t want to be on them forever’

62-year-old who lost 40 pounds in 9 months on Wegovy wants to stop the treadmill: ‘At some point you have to come off of them. I don’t want to be on them forever’

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
March 7, 2024
Shopper looks at phone while holding a tub of face cream

Popular acne products from Proactiv, Clinique and Target contain cancer-linked chemical benzene

By Anna Edney and Bloomberg
March 6, 2024
The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company will begin manufacturing its own medications in Dallas this week, cofounder and CEO Dr. Alex Oshmyansky announced Monday, March 4, 2024.

Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs will begin manufacturing its own medications this week

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March 5, 2024
First over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S. begins shipping to stores

First over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S. begins shipping to stores

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press
March 4, 2024
7 habits that can help you lose weight—and keep it off—according to experts

7 habits that can help you lose weight—and keep it off—according to experts

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March 2, 2024
‘Land of the free, and home of the medical bankruptcy’: Ex–surgeon general blasts health care system after getting $4,896.43 bill for dehydration

‘Land of the free, and home of the medical bankruptcy’: Ex–surgeon general blasts health care system after getting $4,896.43 bill for dehydration

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March 1, 2024
U.S. health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19

U.S. health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
March 1, 2024
With medical debt burdening millions, a financial regulator steps in to help

With medical debt burdening millions, a financial regulator steps in to help

By Noam N. Levey and KFF Health News
March 1, 2024
WHO

A billion people worldwide are obese and Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs aren’t a solution, WHO says

By Naomi Kresge, Angela Feliciano and Bloomberg
March 1, 2024

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