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Investing more in primary care is linked to lower health care costs, according to a new report

A simple waist measurement may identify obesity nearly as well as more complicated methods — and catch cases that body mass index alone can miss, according to a new Rutgers Health study

N95 respiratory masks are now available for free in communities in the Interior Health region to help people protect themselves from impacts of wildfire smoke

Lindsay Clancy is charged with murdering her children. Her defense argues she was suffering from severe postpartum mental illness. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe/hide caption

Body Mass Index, better known as BMI, has been the go to health measurement for decades. Doctors, insurance companies, researchers, and fitness professionals have all used it to classify people as underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese. It is quick, simple, and requires nothing more than height and weight. The problem is that health is…

You probably think you know which breakfast items are the “bad” ones. A donut is obviously a treat. A cup of yogurt is obviously fine. But sugar doesn’t care about your assumptions, and a lot of foods sold on health claims are packing more of it than a standard glazed donut, which runs about 10…

SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY was more effective than GLP-1 medications at achieving and maintaining weight loss over one year, a new study has found. 

American employers are approaching an uncomfortable choice: absorb another large increase in healthcare costs or pass more of it on to workers. Mercer projects that employer health-benefit costs will rise 6.7% in 2026, the steepest increase in 15 years, pushing the average cost above $18,500 per employee. Nearly half of large employers expect medical plan…

Tiverton residents whose wells have been contaminated with forever chemicals raised a litany of fears about exposure to the tainted water at a recent community forum with state and town officials

Of course, the list of GLP-1 weight loss injectables and the public’s ability to rattle them off has vastly expanded since news of oh-oh-oh Ozempic shot to the top of public consciousness in 2023