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‘I was scared to even eat the vegetables in my fridge’: the eating disorder that focuses on food purity

As health institutions collapse and Maha influencers spread food fears, experts say orthorexia is on the rise

Final autopsy results on Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, reveal complex health issues

Report confirms that Arakawa died of hantavirus and her husband, who had heart problems and Alzeimer’s disease, may not have realised she had died

Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time

Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility

You too can have a body like Donald Trump’s. Here’s how

The 78-year-old president is in great shape, says the official White House physician. Must be all those ‘hamberders’

The alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer faces the death penalty. Will a jury impose that punishment?

Even if he’s convicted, a jury might decide on a lesser punishment for Luigi Mangione in the trial’s penalty phase

‘A case study in groupthink’: were liberals wrong about the pandemic?

US political scientists’ book argues aggressive Covid policies such as mask mandates were in some cases misguided

Charges dropped against US woman found unconscious after miscarriage

Selena Maria Chandler-Scott was arrested in Georgia after emergency responders were called in to treat her

Ozempic is hailed as a miracle drug. But how does it affect people with eating disorders?

Doctors worry about GLP-1s being used by people with restrictive eating disorders – but research also shows they could help others struggling with binge eating

Hakeem Jeffries didn’t go to the bathroom for eight hours. Is that … OK?

Politicians like Hakeem Jeffries have been taking the floor for long periods of time. We asked urologists one pressing question about it

I spent four decades not sleeping a wink – until a doctor took my insomnia seriously

Insomnia is not a grievance made by difficult women. It’s a life-threatening condition that often stems from a physical issue many doctors refuse to see

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