The Justice Department and four Democratic state attorneys general on Tuesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against the giant UnitedHealth Group in an attempt to block its $3.3 billion deal to take over Amedisys, a large home health company. “Unless this $3.3 billion transaction is stopped, UnitedHealth Group will further extendContinue Reading
Diwali is just around the corner. Time to clean up your homes, light them up, buy new clothes and be prepared to devour the sweet treats of Diwali. Sweet treats, did we say? But what about those suffering from diabetes? For diabetic patients, enjoying these delights can be impossible asContinue Reading
Practicing yoga from home with online instruction proved beneficial to a group of people with chronic low back pain. AndreyPopov/iStockphoto/Getty Images AndreyPopov/iStockphoto/Getty Images Online yoga classes relieved chronic low back pain and slashed the need for pain-relief medications, a new study shows. Back pain sufferers who took 12 weeks ofContinue Reading
Follow live updates as Trump makes his cabinet picks and Republican senators choose a party leader. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been unflinching in his attacks on the Food and Drug Administration in recent weeks, saying he wants to fire agency experts who have taken action against treatments that haveContinue Reading
After decades of unrelenting increases, rates of sexually transmitted infections in the United States are showing hints of a downturn. Diagnoses of gonorrhea dipped in nearly all age groups last year, compared with 2022, and new cases of syphilis and chlamydia remained about the same, according to data released onContinue Reading
Q: I love taking hot showers, but I’ve heard they can damage your skin and hair. Is that true? It’s no secret that a hot shower can be relaxing: It can soothe sore muscles and joints, improve your mood, and help you sleep better. “There are benefits to warmer showersContinue Reading
Gummies, chocolate and even jelly beans: Melatonin supplements marketed for children are popular among parents struggling to get kids to sleep, and are often recommended by doctors for this purpose. But the amount of melatonin in these products can vary enormously, with some products containing none at all and othersContinue Reading
Americans started drinking more as the Covid-19 pandemic got underway. They were stressed, isolated, uncertain — the world as they had known it had changed overnight. Two years into the disaster, the trend had not abated, researchers reported on Monday. The percentage of Americans who consumed alcohol, which had alreadyContinue Reading
After a full Saturday shuttling her two kids to soccer and play-dates across Manhattan, Neha Ruch, 39, finally carved out a few precious minutes to exercise at 6:15 p.m. She didn’t even bother to change clothes before hopping onto her elliptical machine in a closet-turned-home-gym. After 15 minutes, the interruptionsContinue Reading
Lydia Birk, 56, has held on to her favorite copy of “The Velveteen Rabbit” since her three children — now in their 20s and 30s — were young. She loved being a stay-at-home mother, and filled her family’s home with books. (All of her children could read before they startedContinue Reading
