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It’s not an easy diagnosis to hear when you’re pregnant. With less than 12 weeks to go in her pregnancy, a woman I know shared that a test had revealed she has gestational diabetes — diabetes that is diagnosed during pregnancy.

“My main concern is for her,” she said as she tearfully touched her growing belly.

I tried to comfort this ...Read more

Millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance face higher premiums in 2026. Just how much higher will depend on who blinks first in the government-shutdown fight.

Enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies put in place by Democrats in 2021 made health insurance basically free for many people during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read more

Not long after California surgeon Andrew S. Hsu landed a job with a cosmetic surgery chain in Georgia, several of his patients suffered disfiguring injuries, and even his new employer had doubts about his competence, court records allege.

Hsu, a board-certified general surgeon, was one of six out-of-state doctors who joined the Atlanta Goals ...Read more

The health care sector is a bright spot in the economy this year, driving nearly half of the nation’s employment gains, but economists and experts say immigration crackdowns and looming Medicaid cuts pose a threat to future job growth.

Employers added 487,000 jobs from January to August, according to the latest nonfarm payroll data from the ...Read more

Wearing a straitjacket has long been associated with asylums, stage escapes, and pop culture caricatures. Yet in recent years, some clinicians, therapists, and researchers have begun to examine the garment with more nuance. In therapeutic, experimental, and recreational contexts, carefully controlled use of straitjackets may offer surprising ...Read more

Rough-skinned and oddly shaped, jicama is rather humble looking. A peek inside reveals a creamy white flesh with the crisp and juicy texture of a pear and the mild sweetness of a water chestnut.

The folklore

Also known as yam bean or Chinese potato, jicama remains a popular ingredient in global cuisine, known for its uniqueness and versatility...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A new study by researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology, working with colleagues at Columbia University in New York, documents how the immune system functions differently in patients with amytrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, skewing the balance of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory ...Read more

Thirteen measles cases have been identified over the past week in Minnesota, including a cluster of 10 cases in Dakota County and three separate cases among children exposed to the infectious disease during international travels.

The clusters raise the state’s measles case count to 18 for 2025, the fifth-highest total in at least 15 years, ...Read more

Black babies died suddenly and unexpectedly in their sleep at a rate 14 times higher than white babies in Cook County between 2019 and 2023 — a startling disparity revealed in a report released Wednesday by county and health officials.

“I know what it is like to be a Black woman in America, so when I see data like that, it shakes me to my ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As the threat of a shutdown loomed this week, Republican leaders united behind a message: They weren’t going to cut a deal that would let Democrats provide health care to undocumented immigrants.

This talking point, which has been repeated by President Donald Trump down through rank-and-file members of Congress, largely skirts ...Read more

Threats of a federal government shutdown have gone from being an October surprise to a recurring theme. This time around, though, the stakes are higher.

Federal funding ran out at midnight on Oct. 1, after Congress failed to pass even a stopgap budget while negotiations continued.

Now the question is how long the deadlock will last, with ...Read more

​​An effort to boost the staffing in nursing homes is among the lesser-known casualties of the recently approved budget and spending law, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). The new law has several provisions that are likely to affect the staffing, affordability and demand for nursing homes:

1. Reducing the number of required ...Read more

Whether you remember eating them as a kid, give them to your own children, or just buy them as an already prepped dipper for hummus, chances are you have some experience with those stubby-ended, cylinder-shaped baby carrots.

The phrase “baby carrots” is a bit of a misnomer. True baby carrots are just small carrots. If you’ve ever had a ...Read more

Screening with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test can detect early-stage prostate cancer while it’s still asymptomatic. But some men are diagnosed with prostate cancer only after symptoms appear. For insights into how doctors distinguish prostate cancer from other noncancerous problems affecting the prostate, we spoke with Dr. Marc B. ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: We just celebrated my daughter’s first birthday. Toddlers and screen time have been in the news a lot these days. It can be hard to find a balance, but I want to make sure I’m doing my best as she continues to grow and develop. What are the negative effects of screen use for kids? And how much is too much?

ANSWER: These ...Read more