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NBC News Investigation: Prescriptions May Be Cheaper Without Insurance NBC News Investigation: Prescriptions May Be Cheaper Without Insurance NBC News Investigation: Prescriptions May Be Cheaper Without Insurance NBC News Investigation: Prescriptions May Be Cheaper Without Insurance

NBC News Investigation: Prescriptions May Be Cheaper Without Insurance

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A Sleep Journal May Be the Sleep Hack You've Been Looking For
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A Sleep Journal May Be the Sleep Hack You've Been Looking For

Health
Pilots Fly Into Hurricane-Hit Puerto Rico to Evacuate the Sick
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Pilots Fly Into Hurricane-Hit Puerto Rico to Evacuate the Sick

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We Discovered the Calming Power of Meditation
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We Discovered the Calming Power of Meditation

Health
3 Gadgets to Help You Wake Up Feeling Fully Charged
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3 Gadgets to Help You Wake Up Feeling Fully Charged

Better
The Secret to Getting Better Sleep
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The Secret to Getting Better Sleep

Tech

Health Care

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White House Says It Will End Key Obamacare Subsidies to Insurers White House Says It Will End Key Obamacare Subsidies to Insurers White House Says It Will End Key Obamacare Subsidies to Insurers White House Says It Will End Key Obamacare Subsidies to Insurers

White House Says It Will End Key Obamacare Subsidies to Insurers

Politics News
Trump Just Made It Easier for Employers to Refuse to Pay for Birth Control

Trump Just Made It Easier for Employers to Refuse to Pay for Birth Control

Health Care
Trump's One-Two Punch Hits Birth Control, LGBTQ Rights

Trump's One-Two Punch Hits Birth Control, LGBTQ Rights

NBC OUT
Born Addicted: The Number of Opioid-Addicted Babies Is Soaring

Born Addicted: The Number of Opioid-Addicted Babies Is Soaring

One Nation Overdosed
Trump Contraceptive Move Could Lead to More Abortions

Trump Birth Control Move Could Lead to More Abortions

Health Care
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Mental Health

How Hiring a House Cleaner Made Me Happier, Healthier and More Productive How Hiring a House Cleaner Made Me Happier, Healthier and More Productive How Hiring a House Cleaner Made Me Happier, Healthier and More Productive How Hiring a House Cleaner Made Me Happier, Healthier and More Productive

How Hiring a House Cleaner Made Me Happier and More Productive

Mental Health
Las Vegas First Responders Deal With Emotional Aftermath of Mass Shooting

Las Vegas First Responders Deal With Emotional Aftermath

Nightly News
Do Facebook 'Likes' Mean You're Liked?

Do Facebook 'Likes' Mean You're Liked?

Mental Health
Your 7-Day Sleep BETTER Plan

Your 7-Day Sleep BETTER Plan

Mental Health
Terry Crews' Revelation Sheds Light on Black Male Sexual Victimization

Advocates Push for Dialogue on Black Male Sexual Victimization

NBCBLK
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Men's Health

America's Obesity Epidemic Reaches Record High, New Report Says America's Obesity Epidemic Reaches Record High, New Report Says America's Obesity Epidemic Reaches Record High, New Report Says

U.S. Obesity Crisis Reaches Record High, Report Says

Health news
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Whatever Harvey Weinstein Is, He Is No Sex Addict, Experts Say

No Such Thing As Sex Addiction, Experts Say

Health news
Man Loses 80 Pounds To Donate Part of Liver to Mom

Man Loses 80 Pounds To Donate Liver to Mom

TODAY.com
It's Not Just George Clooney: American Dads Are Getting Older

It's Not Just George Clooney: Dads Getting Older

TODAY.com
Nearly Untreatable Gonorrhea Spreading Globally

Nearly Untreatable Gonorrhea Spreading Globally

Health news
Plunging Sperm Counts a 'Major Public Health' Crisis

Men, Your Sperm Count Has a Problem

Men's Health
Nearly Untreatable Gonorrhea Spreading Globally

Nearly Untreatable Gonorrhea Spreading Globally

Health news
Free Sunscreen Dispensers Pop Up Across U.S.
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If the Sunscreen Is Free, Will Beachgoers Use It?

Cancer
9 Common Myths About Food Poisoning

9 Common Myths About Food Poisoning

TODAY.com
This Is What Keeps Modern Dads Up at Night

Survey Reveals 'Dad Guilt' May Be on the Rise

Men's Health
Want to Lose Weight? Weigh Your Food for a Week

Want to Lose Weight? Weigh Your Food for a Week

Men's Health

Women's Health

The 'Jolie Effect': How Celebrities Influence Our Medical Decisions The 'Jolie Effect': How Celebrities Influence Our Medical Decisions The 'Jolie Effect': How Celebrities Influence Our Medical Decisions The 'Jolie Effect': How Celebrities Influence Our Medical Decisions

The 'Jolie Effect': How Celebrities Influence Our Medical Decisions

Women's Health
America's Obesity Epidemic Reaches Record High, New Report Says

U.S. Obesity Crisis Reaches Record High, Report Says

Health news
Trump Just Made It Easier for Employers to Refuse to Pay for Birth Control

Trump Just Made It Easier for Employers to Refuse to Pay for Birth Control

Health Care
Trump's One-Two Punch Hits Birth Control, LGBTQ Rights

Trump's One-Two Punch Hits Birth Control, LGBTQ Rights

NBC OUT
Trump Contraceptive Move Could Lead to More Abortions

Trump Birth Control Move Could Lead to More Abortions

Health Care
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Kids Health

America's Obesity Epidemic Reaches Record High, New Report Says America's Obesity Epidemic Reaches Record High, New Report Says America's Obesity Epidemic Reaches Record High, New Report Says

U.S. Obesity Crisis Reaches Record High, Report Says

Health news
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Anti-Vax Message Gets Meaner on Social Media

Anti-Vax Message Gets Meaner on Social Media

Health news
Divorced Mom Jailed for Defying Court Order to Vaccinate Child

Mom Jailed for Defying Order to Vaccinate Child

TODAY.com
A Single Mutation May Have Turned Zika Into a Killer

Could One Mutation Have Turned Zika Bad?

Zika Virus Outbreak
Vaccine Skeptic Message Gets Bolder

Vaccine Skeptic Message Gets Bolder

Health news
She Lost Her Son to Cancer. Now, This Artist Is Helping Patients Express Themselves.

She Lost Her Son to Cancer. Now, This Artist Is Helping Patients Express Themselves.

Asian America
Vaccine Skeptic Message Gets Bolder

Vaccine Skeptic Message Gets Bolder

Health news
Earthquake Victims Face Race Against the Clock as Rescuers Scramble

Earthquake Victims Face Race Against the Clock

Nightly News
Study Linking Early Miscarriage to Flu Vaccine Puzzles Doctors

Does One Study Show Flu Shots Cause Miscarriage?

Health news
Don't Let Kids Play These 6 Sports, 'Concussion' Doctor Warns

Doctor: Don't Let Kids Play These 6 Sports

TODAY.com
Invest in nutrition and stop the lottery of life

Invest in nutrition and stop lottery of life

World

Parenting

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11 Things I Wish You Knew About My Child-Free Marriage 11 Things I Wish You Knew About My Child-Free Marriage 11 Things I Wish You Knew About My Child-Free Marriage 11 Things I Wish You Knew About My Child-Free Marriage

What I Wish You Knew About My Child-Free Marriage

Parenting
7 Surprising Benefits of Being Older Parent

The Surprising Perks of Being an Older Parent

Parenting
Latino Kids Lag in Math Skills, But Here Are Ways to Narrow the Gap

Latino Kids Lag in Math Skills, But Here Are Ways to Narrow the Gap

Latino
Eye Injuries Linked to Liquid Laundry Packets Surge Among Kids

Child Eye Injuries Linked to Laundry Pods Surge

TODAY.com
How Much Does It Cost to Have a Kid? Try $13,000 a Year

Here's How Much It Costs to Raise a Child These Days

Health news
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Cold & Flu

College-Bound? It's Time to Get Your Shots and Have 'The Talk' College-Bound? It's Time to Get Your Shots and Have 'The Talk' College-Bound? It's Time to Get Your Shots and Have 'The Talk' College-Bound? It's Time to Get Your Shots and Have 'The Talk'

College-Bound? It's Time to Get Your Shots and Have 'The Talk'

College Game Plan
Needle-Free Flu Vaccine Patch Works as Well as a Shot

Needle-Free Flu Patch Works as Well as a Shot

Health news
Caterpillar-Grown Flu Vaccine Protects Better Than Egg-Incubated Vaccine

How Caterpillars Could Help Fight Killer Flu

Health news
CDC Still Stumped by Cause of Mystery Paralysis in Kids

CDC Still Stumped by Mystery Paralysis in Kids

Health news
The Frog Slime Cure for Flu

Frog Slime Compound Kills Flu

Health Care
Most Kids Who Died of Flu Weren't Vaccinated, Study Finds

Most Kids Who Died of Flu Weren't Vaccinated: Study

Health news
CDC Concerned by H7N9 Bird Flu's Sudden Spread in China

CDC Concerned by H7N9 Bird Flu's Sudden Spread in China

Health news
Flu Vaccine Protects About Half the Time, CDC Says

Flu Vaccine Protects Only About Half, CDC Says

Health news
Spread of H7N9 Bird Flu Worries Officials in China

H7N9 Bird Flu Worries Officials in China

Health news

Body Odd

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Surgeons Remove Parasitic Twin From Baby Girl Surgeons Remove Parasitic Twin From Baby Girl Surgeons Remove Parasitic Twin From Baby Girl

Surgeons Remove Parasitic Twin From Baby Girl

Body Odd
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How to Protect Your Scalp From Sunburn

How to Protect Your Scalp From Sunburn

TODAY.com
6 Important Things Your Body Might Be Trying to Tell You

6 Important Things Your Body Might Be Trying to Tell You

TODAY.com

Patient Gets Seizure From Solving Sudoku Puzzle

Body Odd
#GOTscience: 'Game of Thrones' Plot Raises a Grisly Burning Question

#GOTscience: 'Game of Thrones' Raises Burning Question

Weird Science
Sun Salute: Millions Around World Bend and Twist for Yoga Day

Sun Salute: Millions Bend and Twist for World Yoga Day

World
#GOTscience: 'Game of Thrones' Plot Raises a Grisly Burning Question

#GOTscience: 'Game of Thrones' Raises Burning Question

Weird Science
Smell You Later! The Surprising Reason We Shake Hands

Sniff Test: The Surprising Reason We Shake Hands

TODAY.com
Germs of the New York Subway: Scores of Mysterious Microbes Found

What's Riding the NY Subway? Scores of Mysterious Microbes

Health news
'War Game': Mom Sues Pop Warner Football Over Son's Suicide

'War Game': Mom Sues Pop Warner Over Son's Suicide

U.S. news
This Is How Much Sleep You Should Be Getting
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This Is How Much Sleep You Should Be Getting

Nightly News

Aging

Michael Dwyer / AP file
Test Might Diagnose Brain Damage in Living Football Players Test Might Diagnose Brain Damage in Living Football Players Test Might Diagnose Brain Damage in Living Football Players Test Might Diagnose Brain Damage in Living Football Players

Test May Find CTE in Living Football Players

Health news
The Right Thing to Do: Elderly Miami Residents Shelter in Place

When It's Better to Shelter in Place

Nightly News
Poor Sleep Raises Alzheimer's Risk

Poor Sleep Raises Alzheimer's Risk

Health news
Glen Campbell a 'Striking Example' of Alzheimer's Quirks

Glen Campbell's Alzheimer's Didn't Change Him

TODAY.com
Here's How Sleep Loss Can Affect Alzheimer's

Here's How Sleep Loss Can Affect Alzheimer's

Health news
Shingles May Raise Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, New Study Finds

Shingles May Raise Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

TODAY.com
Black, Gray and Gay: The Perils of Aging LGBTQ People of Color

Black, Gray and Gay: The Perils of Aging LGBTQ People of Color

NBCBLK
What Can Prevent Alzheimer's? Here's What the Evidence Shows

These Three Things May Be Best Hope for Delaying Memory Loss

Nightly News
Medicare Starts Replacing Social Security Numbers on ID Cards

New Medicare Cards Won't Carry Social Security Numbers

Health Care

Heart Health

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Standing Too Much May Be Even Worse for Your Health Than Sitting Standing Too Much May Be Even Worse for Your Health Than Sitting Standing Too Much May Be Even Worse for Your Health Than Sitting

Standing Too Much May Be Even Worse for You Than Sitting

TODAY.com
Brigham and Women's Hospital
A New Way to Fight Heart Disease May Also Tackle Cancer

This May Be a New Way to Beat Heart Disease

Health news
The Century Old Heart Test That May Predict Sudden Cardiac Death

An Old Heart Test May Help Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death

Health news
Too Many People Stop Their Lifesaving Statins, Doctors Say

Why Are So Many People Stopping Their Statins?

Heart Health
Just About Every Major Medical Group Hates the GOP Health Care Plans

Why Medical Groups Hate the GOP Health Care Plans

Health Care
New Heart Imaging Method May Predict Heart Attacks

New Imaging Method May Predict Heart Attacks

Health Care
Just About Every Major Medical Group Hates the GOP Health Care Plans

Why Medical Groups Hate the GOP Health Care Plans

Health Care
Women Skip Doctor Visits and Miss Their No. 1 Health Risk

Women Skipping Doctor Visits To Lose Weight First

Health news
'Run4AllWomen' Inspires Women to Use Running to Foster Change

Alison Désir Says Running Is a Political Act

NBCBLK
Good Fats as Helpful as Statins Against Heart Disease, Group Says

Coconut Oil Isn't a Good Fat and Never Was

Health news
Heart Disease Risks Often Overlooked in Chinese Americans: Study

Heart Disease Risks Often Overlooked in Chinese Americans: Study

Asian America

Sexual Health

Rich Pedroncelli / AP file
New California Law Reduces Penalty for Knowingly Exposing Someone to HIV New California Law Reduces Penalty for Knowingly Exposing Someone to HIV New California Law Reduces Penalty for Knowingly Exposing Someone to HIV New California Law Reduces Penalty for Knowingly Exposing Someone to HIV

New California Law Reduces Penalty for Knowingly Exposing Someone to HIV

NBC OUT
Trump Contraceptive Move Could Lead to More Abortions

Trump Birth Control Move Could Lead to More Abortions

Health Care
'Honest Talk' About Sex: This Colombian Teacher Turned the Tide on Teen Pregnancies

'Honest Talk' About Sex: Colombian Teacher Turns Tide on Teen Pregnancies

Latino
A Third of U.S. Men Use Condoms, but Not Every Time

A Third of Men Use Condoms, but Not Always

Health news
United Apologizes, Reverses Truvada Policy After HIV Activists Push Back

United Apologizes, Reverses Policy for HIV Prevention Med

NBC OUT
Teen Vogue's 'Guide to Anal Sex' Spawns Backlash

Teen Vogue's 'Guide to Anal Sex' Spawns Backlash

NBC OUT
Meningitis Vaccine Protects Against Gonorrhea, Too

Meningitis Vaccine Protects Against Gonorrhea, Too

Health news
Sexual Bullying May Lie Deep in Our DNA, Baboon Study Shows

Sexual Harassment May Lie Deep in Our DNA

Health news
Nearly Untreatable Gonorrhea Spreading Globally

Nearly Untreatable Gonorrhea Spreading Globally

Health news

Allergies

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Scientists Home in on Eczema-Causing Germs Scientists Home in on Eczema-Causing Germs Scientists Home in on Eczema-Causing Germs

These Bacteria Might be Causing Eczema

Health news
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Allergists Warn About Shortages of Insect Sting Medication

Warning About Shortages of Insect Sting Extract

TODAY.com
Yes, There Really Are Millions of Tiny, Dead Bugs in Your Pillows

There Are Millions of Tiny, Dead Bugs in Your Pillows

TODAY.com
NIH Wants to Test New Bacteria Therapy for Eczema

Why the NIH Wants to Spray Germs on Kids' Skin

Health news
Allergic to Peanuts? Tree Nuts May Be OK

Think You're Allergic to Nuts? You May Not Be

Health news
New Eczema Drug Dupixent wins FDA Approval

FDA Approves New Eczema Drug

Nightly News
Allergic to Peanuts? Tree Nuts May Be OK

Think You're Allergic to Nuts? You May Not Be

Health news
New Peanut Allergy Guidance: Most Kids Should Try Peanuts

Feeding Babies Peanut Prevents Allergies: New Guidelines

Health news
How Bad Are Food Allergies? We Don't Know, Experts Say

Americans May Exaggerate Food Allergies

Health news
Mislabeled Ice Cream Recalled in 25 States

Mislabeled Ice Cream Recalled in 25 States

NBC New York
Could Generic EpiPen Actually Make More Money for Mylan?

Could Generic EpiPen Actually Make More Money for Mylan?

CNBC

Cancer

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She Lost Her Son to Cancer. Now, This Artist Is Helping Patients Express Themselves. She Lost Her Son to Cancer. Now, This Artist Is Helping Patients Express Themselves. She Lost Her Son to Cancer. Now, This Artist Is Helping Patients Express Themselves. She Lost Her Son to Cancer. Now, This Artist Is Helping Patients Express Themselves.

She Lost Her Son to Cancer. Now, This Artist Is Helping Patients Express Themselves.

Asian America
Cancer Pen Could Detect Tumors During Surgery in Seconds

Cancer Pen Can Detect Tumors in Seconds

Health news
Doctors Wade Through Harvey Floods to Treat Cancer Patient

Houston Doctors Wade to Treat Cancer Patient

Nightly News
FDA Approves 'Historic' New Type of Leukemia Treatment

New Cancer Treatment Personalized, and Pricey

TODAY.com
FDA Seizes Smallpox Vaccine from Stem Cell Cancer Clinic

FDA Grabs Smallpox Vaccine From Cancer Clinic

Health news
A New Way to Fight Heart Disease May Also Tackle Cancer

This May Be a New Way to Beat Heart Disease

Health news
Can Vitamin C Prevent Leukemia?

Can Vitamin C Prevent Leukemia?

Health news
Woman Gets $417 Million Verdict From Johnson & Johnson in Baby Powder Cancer Suit

Johnson & Johnson Hit With $417 Million Verdict in Cancer Suit

Health news
Blood Test Finds Cancer Before Symptoms Start

Blood Test May Find Cancer Before Symptoms Start

Health news

Diabetes

Andrew Harnik / AP File
Five Die While Using Obesity Devices, FDA Says Five Die While Using Obesity Devices, FDA Says Five Die While Using Obesity Devices, FDA Says

5 Die While Using Weight Loss Balloons, FDA Says

Health news
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Cancer Drug Gleevec Might Slow Type-1 Diabetes

Cancer Drug Might Slow Type-1 Diabetes

Health news
Lab Report: Gene Researchers Map Out Dog Family Tree

Dogs Get Their Very Own Family Tree

Health news
Diet Sodas May Raise Risk of Dementia and Stroke, Study Finds

Could Diet Sodas Raise Risk of Dementia and Stroke?

Nightly News
New in Wearable Health Tech: A Wrist Sensor That Works Up a Sweat

Wearable Health Tech: New Wrist Sensor Works Up a Sweat

Health news
What's Behind the Huge Spike in Insulin Costs? Insurers and Drug Makers Blame Each Other
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What's Behind the Huge Spike in Insulin Costs?

Nightly News
New in Wearable Health Tech: A Wrist Sensor That Works Up a Sweat

Wearable Health Tech: New Wrist Sensor Works Up a Sweat

Health news
Trump Budget Cuts to Scientific, Medical Research Would Have 'Devastating' Effect: Experts

'Devastating': Trump's Budget Slashes Medical, Scientific Research

Nightly News
New Obesity Gene Identified for Some People of African Descent

This Gene Makes Some African-Americans, Africans Heavier

Health news
These 10 Foods Affect Your Risk of Heart Disease the Most

These 10 Foods Affect Heart Disease the Most

Heart Health
Eat Around the Clock? Take Care, Heart Association Says

Americans Need to Time Their Eating, Heart Experts Say

Today.com

Obamacare

Rich Pedroncelli / AP file
Trump Just Made It Easier for Employers to Refuse to Pay for Birth Control Trump Just Made It Easier for Employers to Refuse to Pay for Birth Control Trump Just Made It Easier for Employers to Refuse to Pay for Birth Control Trump Just Made It Easier for Employers to Refuse to Pay for Birth Control

Trump Just Made It Easier for Employers to Refuse to Pay for Birth Control

Health Care
Trump Contraceptive Move Could Lead to More Abortions

Trump Birth Control Move Could Lead to More Abortions

Health Care
Senator 'Lied' Over Health Care Bill, Jimmy Kimmel Says

Jimmy Kimmel Says Senator 'Lied Right to My Face' Over GOP Health Plan

U.S. news
Health Disparities Narrowed for Blacks, Latinos Under Obamacare, Study Shows

Obamacare Gives Blacks, Latinos More Access to Health Care

NBCBLK
Last Empty County Gets an Obamacare Insurer

Last Empty County Gets an Obamacare Insurer

Health Care
Florida Drug Treatment Center Operators Busted in Crackdown

Florida Drug Treatment Center Operators Busted in Crackdown

Health Care
'Better Care' Act is No Such Thing, Top Medical Journal Says

'Better Care' Act No Such Thing, Medical Journal Says

Health Care
Graham Suspicious of GOP Senators Being Bought off Over Health Bill
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Graham Suspicious of GOP Senators Being Bought off Over Health Bill

Congress
Florida's Billion-Dollar Drug Treatment Industry Is Plagued by Overdoses, Fraud

The Rehab Capital of America Is Plagued by Overdoses, Fraud

NBC INVESTIGATION