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Rural Dialysis Closure Forces Patients to Travel or Relocate

Early one morning, rancher Mark Pieper left his Hay Springs, Nebraska, home for a routine dialysis session — a trip he had taken three times a week for 3½ years. He had been driving roughly 30 minutes to Chadron Hospital, where each treatment lasted about four hours.

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Stopping GLP‑1s: Many Restart Despite Unknown Risks

It's quite common for people to start on GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound, especially as the diabetes and obesity treatments become more ubiquitous. They're designed to treat chronic conditions, so the medicines are

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Red Light Therapy: Evidence, Uses, and Safety

Red light therapy has become the latest ray of hope in the wellness industry. If you listen to wellness influencers, you might think there's nothing that red light therapy can't treat.

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U.S. strikes sink two suspected drug smuggling boats; five killed

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Sunday that it blew up two boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of five people and leaving one survivor

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Teen Birth Rates Drop to Historic Low in 2025

The U.S. teen birth rate fell 7% in 2025, continuing a decades-long decline, according to a provisional report from the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Urgent Care as a Stopgap for Abortion Access

When Planned Parenthood’s clinic in Marquette, Michigan, closed last spring, Shawn Brown found herself offering a service she never expected to provide: medication abortion.