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How to manage medical anxiety, calcium scans are guiding heart doctors and the tyranny of the Oura ring. Read more in this week’s WSJ Health newsletter:

How to manage medical anxiety, calcium scans are g...

3 weeks ago 20

By the time patients seek therapy for PTSD, many have spent years suppressing their worst memories. Edna Foa asked them get closer to those moments.

By the time patients seek therapy for PTSD, many h...

3 weeks ago 18

Congo says its mpox outbreak is over after 2 years and more than 2,200 suspected deaths

Congo says its mpox outbreak is over after 2 years...

3 weeks ago 17

Men's group hopes to ease strain on NHS services

Men's group hopes to ease strain on NHS services

3 weeks ago 20

Microplastics and pharmaceuticals designated as contaminants in drinking water

Microplastics and pharmaceuticals designated as co...

3 weeks ago 18

The U.S. will impose tariffs of up to 100% on branded pharmaceuticals, though countries or drugmakers that strike deals with the Trump administration can receive lower levies or none at all

The U.S. will impose tariffs of up to 100% on bran...

3 weeks ago 15

E.P.A. Targets Microplastics and Drugs in Drinking Water

E.P.A. Targets Microplastics and Drugs in Drinking...

3 weeks ago 20

Mississippi lawmakers send bill that criminalizes abortion-inducing medication to governor

Mississippi lawmakers send bill that criminalizes ...

3 weeks ago 19

Prince William praises £20m milestone for Bowelbabe fund

Prince William praises £20m milestone for Bowelbab...

3 weeks ago 21

Review finds 250 patients need repeat bone scans

Review finds 250 patients need repeat bone scans

3 weeks ago 21

At 38, I was giving a scary, incurable diagnosis. It ultimately helped me learn strategies for coping with stressful waiting.

At 38, I was giving a scary, incurable diagnosis. ...

3 weeks ago 14

Fewer heat-related deaths in 2025 despite warmest summer

Fewer heat-related deaths in 2025 despite warmest ...

3 weeks ago 18

Diabetes advocates cross their fingers as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs

Diabetes advocates cross their fingers as a bipart...

3 weeks ago 22

Post-mortem indicates New Zealand rugby player who died by suspected suicide had CTE

Post-mortem indicates New Zealand rugby player who...

3 weeks ago 17

A rare school in Kenya is empowering teenage mothers with education and child care

A rare school in Kenya is empowering teenage mothe...

3 weeks ago 23

Sewing group helping women in period poverty

Sewing group helping women in period poverty

3 weeks ago 19

F.D.A. Approves New Eli Lilly Weight-Loss Pill, Foundayo

F.D.A. Approves New Eli Lilly Weight-Loss Pill, Fo...

3 weeks ago 13

C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses

C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses

3 weeks ago 20

Newly qualified paramedics told to apply for jobs abroad due to hire freeze

Newly qualified paramedics told to apply for jobs ...

3 weeks ago 20

The FDA approved Eli Lilly’s new weight-loss pill, setting up a fight with rival Novo Nordisk over the next front in the booming market

The FDA approved Eli Lilly’s new weight-loss pill,...

3 weeks ago 18

How dads are bonding over learning to braid hair

How dads are bonding over learning to braid hair

3 weeks ago 20

'Would I have made it to 60 if my cancer symptoms weren't detected?'

'Would I have made it to 60 if my cancer symptoms ...

3 weeks ago 18

Warning to patients ahead of next doctors' strike

Warning to patients ahead of next doctors' strike

3 weeks ago 16

Judge rules that HUD effort to change criteria for homeless funding is unlawful

Judge rules that HUD effort to change criteria for...

3 weeks ago 16

Want to renew healthy eating habits? Greek monks have a spring playbook

Want to renew healthy eating habits? Greek monks h...

3 weeks ago 23

My daughter has childhood dementia and may not live past 16

My daughter has childhood dementia and may not liv...

3 weeks ago 13

Weight-loss jabs will be offered on NHS for people at risk of further heart attacks

Weight-loss jabs will be offered on NHS for people...

3 weeks ago 13

Big drugmakers aren’t doing as big deals as they had, mostly doing less risky bolt-ons under $10 billion

Big drugmakers aren’t doing as big deals as they h...

3 weeks ago 16

Supreme Court Rejects Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors

Supreme Court Rejects Colorado Law Banning ‘Conver...

3 weeks ago 23

FDA Says Amgen’s Tavneos Linked to Liver Injuries, Deaths

FDA Says Amgen’s Tavneos Linked to Liver Injuries,...

3 weeks ago 22

Novo Nordisk Launches Discounted Subscription Program for Wegovy

Novo Nordisk Launches Discounted Subscription Prog...

3 weeks ago 22

Evacuated from Gaza as newborns, a group of Palestinian toddlers returns to an uncertain future

Evacuated from Gaza as newborns, a group of Palest...

3 weeks ago 22

AstraZeneca Confident Rare-Disease Drug Can Hit Target After Mixed Study Results

AstraZeneca Confident Rare-Disease Drug Can Hit Ta...

3 weeks ago 15

Eli Lilly will buy Centessa Pharmaceuticals for an initial $6.3 billion in a deal that expands the drugmaker’s neuroscience portfolio and capabilities into sleep medicine

Eli Lilly will buy Centessa Pharmaceuticals for an...

3 weeks ago 16

A leading group of doctors and other heart specialists issued diet guidance that clash with recommendations from RFK Jr.’s Health department

A leading group of doctors and other heart special...

3 weeks ago 18

The man who wants to bring human composting to the UK

The man who wants to bring human composting to the...

3 weeks ago 19

PM gives BMA 48 hours to call-off strike or lose 1,000 training posts

PM gives BMA 48 hours to call-off strike or lose 1...

3 weeks ago 22

EPA watchdog finds nation’s most contaminated sites vulnerable to flooding, wildfires

EPA watchdog finds nation’s most contaminated site...

3 weeks ago 25

Should you take a statin? A 10-minute scan can help you decide

Should you take a statin? A 10-minute scan can hel...

3 weeks ago 22

New hope for children with severe epilepsy

New hope for children with severe epilepsy

3 weeks ago 26

Corn tortillas in California now must contain folic acid. More states are looking at it

Corn tortillas in California now must contain foli...

3 weeks ago 24

Man fears stroke or heart attack due to aspirin shortage

Man fears stroke or heart attack due to aspirin sh...

3 weeks ago 20

Eli Lilly, InSilico Strike AI Drug Discovery Deal

Eli Lilly, InSilico Strike AI Drug Discovery Deal

3 weeks ago 26

'I nearly broke trying to help my partner with addiction issues'

'I nearly broke trying to help my partner with add...

3 weeks ago 18

I started by counting my steps. Soon, I was counting everything else. Was that a good thing?

I started by counting my steps. Soon, I was counti...

3 weeks ago 22

Our skin is falling off and no-one can tell us why

Our skin is falling off and no-one can tell us why...

3 weeks ago 28

Pupil art sessions 'bring joy' to hospice

Pupil art sessions 'bring joy' to hospice

3 weeks ago 25

Drinking Raw Milk Is Risky. Should People Be Able to Buy It Anyway?

Drinking Raw Milk Is Risky. Should People Be Able ...

4 weeks ago 28

Once a luxury for moms, doula care is going mainstream

Once a luxury for moms, doula care is going mainst...

4 weeks ago 29

Ultrasound delays putting pregnant women and cancer patients at risk, sonographers say

Ultrasound delays putting pregnant women and cance...

4 weeks ago 23