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Health Panelists Talk Vaccines, Weight Loss, and the Importance of Respectful Discussion
Three panelists engaged in a spirited discussion about longevity and disease prevention at a TIME100 Talks event moderated by TIME senior health correspondent Alice Park in New York City on Wednesday. Dr. Raj Panjabi, senior partner of the bioplatform innovation company Flagship Pioneering, leading its Preemptive Health and Medicine Initiative; Jillian Michaels, creator of The…
Read MoreThe 9 Worst Things to Say to Someone Getting Divorced
When a couple gets divorced, everyone in their orbit is affected—not just the two people whose “I do” turned into “I don’t.” And boy, does that crowd have something to say about it. Some people are so shocked that they can’t restrain their nosiness. Others fear divorce is contagious and will happen to them next.…
Read MoreYou’ve Heard of FOMO. But Do You Have FOFO?
You’re undoubtedly familiar with the term FOMO—fear of missing out—but you may not have heard of FOFO: fear of finding out. It’s a common reason many people don’t get recommended health screening tests such as mammograms, Pap smears, STD tests, blood tests, and full-body skin cancer checks. FOFO isn’t a clinical diagnosis; it’s a colloquial…
Read MoreFDA Removes Black Box Warning on Hormone Therapy
U.S. health officials have announced the first steps to remove the black box warning on estrogen products prescribed to treat symptoms of menopause. The warning was added to the products in 2003 when data from a large government study on women’s health, known as the Women’s Health initiative (WHI), showed that the hormone therapy was…
Read MoreWhy You Feel Anxious After Drinking Coffee
For some, the day doesn’t begin until the first cup of coffee. But for others, that ritual—famous for bringing focus and energy—can cause a racing heart, jittery hands, and a vague sense of dread that lingers long after the caffeine buzz fades. Here’s why caffeine can trigger anxiety, what caffeine does inside the body, and…
Read MoreNo Evidence of Link Between Tylenol and Autism or ADHD, Study Confirms
At the end of September, when President Trump claimed taking Tylenol while pregnant was associated with an increased risk of autism in children, Dr. Shakila Thangaratinam knew she needed to act. Acetaminophen, the drug marketed under the name Tylenol, is the first line medication for treating fever in pregnant women, and the alternatives, as the…
Read MoreSleep Doctors Want You to Stop Taking Melatonin for Sleep
Some years ago, pediatrician Dr. Judith Owens noticed a disturbing pattern. A professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School affiliated with Boston Children’s Hospital, many of her patients are children who have trouble sleeping. “I’ve been in practice for 40 years,” she says. “There has been a seismic change in the number of patients I…
Read MoreCan a One-Time Gene Therapy Lower Cholesterol?
Lowering cholesterol is one of the most effective ways to reduce your risk of heart disease, and it may soon be possible to get a one-and-done gene therapy to keep cholesterol and triglyceride levels down throughout your lifetime. That’s the hope of a small new study led by Dr. Luke Laffin, a preventive cardiologist in…
Read MoreAre You Gaslighting Yourself? Here’s How to Tell
The word “gaslighting” has caught fire in the past few years. It’s deployed during fights with romantic partners, between family members, and across the Internet. Gaslighting occurs when someone makes you doubt your sanity, memory, and experiences, but people overuse the term to describe even standard disagreements. Yet there’s a type of gaslighting that therapists…
Read MoreWhite House Deal Lowers Prices of Weight-Loss Drugs
The Brief November 7, 2025 How Democrats plan to pivot to midterms, a White House deal lowers prices of weight-loss drugs, and more Skip backward 15 seconds Length: Long Speed: 1.0x Skip forward 15 seconds President Trump announced on Nov. 6 that the manufacturers of popular weight-loss drugs have agreed to reduce prices that Americans…
Read More8 Ways to Stay Healthy As You Age
Most people might not have heard of the Framingham Heart Study. But the massive public-health research effort, now in its 77th year of conducting in-depth analysis of more than 15,000 people, is the source of many insights we now have into healthier aging. It inspired the first checklist for assessing heart disease risk, and our…
Read MoreHow to Make Active Shooter Drills Less Traumatizing
When the Snowflake-Taylor police department in the high desert of Arizona conducted an active shooter drill at Snowflake High School in October 2024, students didn’t take it seriously, says police chief Bobby Martin. They were wandering around campus, laughing, having conversations, and not locking doors. So at the start of this year, the police department…
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