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This magical weight loss pills are a hot right now – but a green plant can get your body right without side effects. Summer is peaking through and people are starting to think about swimsuit weather. Achieving a summer body is about more than quick fixes-it’s about embracing a holistic, sustainable approach supporting both your physical and mental well-being. March and April follows December as busy times at gyms as people begin to feel summer. But some people want a silver bullet with all the benefit without much effort. Roughly...

Michael Bolton ’s voice has seen him through the best and worst times of his life. That soulful baritone helped him sell more than 75 million records and earned him two Grammys throughout his 50-year career—and after he awoke from emergency brain surgery on Dec. 4, 2023, it served as a beacon of hope amid uncertainty. “He was in recovery in the hospital room singing within minutes,” his daughter Holly, 47, recalls. “I remember one of the nurses [at the hospital] had no idea who he was, and she's like,...

Caister Medical Centre has reopened after a number of people reported feeling unwell, leading to its evacuation A doctor's surgery in a seaside village has reopened after 16 people fell ill and specialist paramedics were sent out. Caister Medical Centre was evacuated on Tuesday while emergency services investigated "reports of a small number of staff members feeling unwell". The East of England Ambulance Service sent its hazardous area response team (HART) to the building. The building in West Road in Caister-on-Sea, near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, houses a pharmacy and...

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D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), her staff and health-care providers have been lobbying Congress for months to stave off Medicaid cuts that one top city official said would amount to “Armageddon” for low-income residents and wreak havoc on the region’s health network. House Republican proposals to slash government spending on Medicaid would devastate the insurance program that covers 40 percent of District residents and makes it possible for hospitals and clinics to care for the most vulnerable, they say. Under one scenario, D.C. could lose $1.1 billion, forcing the...

Those are the instructions from Amy Landolt as the licensed acupuncturist inserts five small orange needles into the upper part of a person’s ear at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Center in Evanston. One needle is for stress, another puts the body at rest and a third is used to heal internal organs and process fear, she explains. A fourth needle is inserted for irritability and the fifth one is for “letting go of things that no longer serve you,” she says. Acupuncture has been used for centuries in China. A new generation...

There’s something truly horrifying about stripping your pillows for wash day only to be met with yellowed pillows staring at you in the face. HuffPost has previously investigated exactly why pillows accumulate yellow discoloration: In essence, it’s the physical consequence of sweat, oil, skin cells and even skin care that has rubbed off your face — physical secretions that are part of what makes us human. Though such shedding of oils and cells is largely inevitable, there is one item that can help prevent your pillows from turning that dingy...

While seeing a professional should always be one’s first recourse in the event of chronic pain, these days it is easier to stay on top of pain management because there are so many effective pain relief tools and devices at our disposal. Below, we’ve curated a selection of HuffPost readers’ top pain relief tools and devices based on data from our previous coverage. These items are available at a range of price points and can be used for common ailments like plantar fasciitis, arthritis, menstrual cramps, migraines, TMJ pain and...

Uganda has announced the official end to an Ebola outbreak which emerged in the country following a case detected three months ago in Kampala. “Good news!” the Ministry of Health announced on X. Since the last confirmed patient was discharged in March, the country has gone 42 days without detecting any new cases of infection. According to the World Health Organization, the latest Ebola outbreak, detected in January, is of the Sudan virus disease (SVD) subtype. This severe strain reportedly killed four out of 10 people infected in past outbreaks....

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, April 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Most Americans want to know if they’re destined to lose their brain power to Alzheimer’s disease, according to an annual report produced by the Alzheimer’s Association. About 4 out of 5 Americans surveyed (79%) want to know if they have Alzheimer’s before developing any symptoms, or before symptoms interfere with their daily lives, says the 2025 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report. Likewise, Americans are keen to take any medicine that would slow the progression of Alzheimer’s, with 92%...