by News Feed Editor | Jun 25, 2026 | Health
WHITESBURG, Ky. — Drugs and the consequences of addiction are woven into the fabric of Jamie Madden’s life. Her earliest memory is of standing on the passenger seat of her dad’s car as a toddler, wearing a peach-colored blouse, while he drove from their Kentucky home...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 24, 2026 | Health
Getty ImagesNick TriggleHealth correspondent6 hours agoNew cases of obesity are rising fastest in younger adults in England, a study suggests.Rates of new diagnoses for people in their 30s were nearly 20% higher in 2024-25 than they were in 2019-20, according to the...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 24, 2026 | Health
One afternoon in late 2024, a sixth-grader nicknamed Bug came home from school with an announcement to make. Bug, who was assigned female at birth, told his parents he was a boy — and would be using he/him pronouns. “OK, cool,” his mother, J, remembered saying. (J...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 23, 2026 | Health
Getty Images/SolStockMichelle RobertsDigital health editor6 hours agoWhether it’s responding to emails or taking video calls, so much of office life revolves around being planted on a chair.But the habit is damaging our health. Prolonged sitting can increase the...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 23, 2026 | Health
Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City for an epidural in his spine to treat his back pain. But this year,...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 23, 2026 | Health
Copy Cara Anthony tries to convince her HealthQ co-host Blake Farmer that there are benefits to embracing the caregiver identity when helping an aging parent. (Candice Evers for WPLN and KFF Health News) When his father was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer in 2025,...
