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Dentist shares symptoms of 'chemo mouth' Dr. Rajiv Saini, a dentist and periodontal specialist from Katy, Texas, discusses one of those lesser-known side effects of chemotherapy and radiation for cancer patients. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Some may assume that losing teeth is just part of growing older. Around 11% of adults between the ages of 65 and 74 have lost all of their teeth, according to 2020 data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — and that number rises to one in five at age 75 and older.But according to experts, this isn’t inevitable. Dental professionals shared the following tips to prevent tooth loss and boost overall health.1. Protect gum healthAbout two in three adults over age 65 are dealing with some form of gum disease...

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is urging Americans to dispose of their prescription medications properly. He addressed the issue in a video posted on X, marking National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, which is April 26.The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has set up free, anonymous drop-off sites across the country where Americans can leave their unused prescription medications.  U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks during a press conference announcing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., April 22, 2025.  (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz)RFK JR ...

The "Make America Healthy Again" commission held an inaugural meeting on Monday with USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.The USDA and HHS announced they are conducting a "line-by-line" review of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans released by the Biden Administration last year.In a joint press release, the agencies announced they will be releasing the 2025-2030 report ahead of the end-of-year deadline.  FOOD SAFETY IN FOCUS AT RFK JR. MEETING AS MAHA INFLUENCERS URGE 'SAFEGUARDING' OF AMERICAOver the past 100 years, the federal government has provided advice on what Americans should eat and drink based off nutrition and health advances in science.  USDA and HHS announced they will be releasing the 2025-2030 report ahead of the Dec. 31, 2025 deadl...

A father from Maine who was mortified at the thought of having his picture taken at his son's graduation has lost 180 pounds — and he says his new diet saves him $2,000 a month on groceries, as SWNS reported.Justin Dudley, 48, tipped the scales at 343 pounds and a size XXXXL at his heaviest after years of carb-loading took a toll.The self-confessed "fast-food addict" says he followed every meal with dessert — and that he spent anywhere from $1,600 to $2,400 per month on ice cream, chips and candy.MAN BUYS SWEET TREAT FOR ONE CHILD BUT NOT FOR HIS OTHER TWO: 'ASKING FOR TROUBLE'In April 2024, Dudley decided enough was enough. The single dad’s only son, Ethan, was set to graduate high school that spring, according to the SWNS report. Justin Dudley is pictured at his son Ethan's graduati...

Dr. Marc Siegel, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health and Fox News senior medical analyst, will interview Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday morning on the Fox News Channel.RFK, who was sworn in as secretary of Health and Human Services on Feb. 13, leads the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) campaign.The main focus of the Tuesday interview will be the current measles outbreak, which has caused more than 160 cases in the U.S. — a vast majority of those in Texas — and one death.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP      "I plan to ask about the coordination of services between the Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC and the state of Texas," Siegel told Fox News Digital.  Dr. Marc Siegel, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health and Fox News senior med...

The Food and Drug Administration was allowed to participate in the World Health Organization's meeting this week on updating influenza shots, officials for the U.N. agency said, despite an order by President Trump last month banning government employees from working with the WHO. The administration has granted some exemptions to the order."FDA, the same as CDC, participated in the vaccine composition consultation that just finished. They contributed again with the data package. So they participated as in the past," Dr. Wenqing Zhang, head of the WHO's global influenza program, told reporters on Friday.A source familiar with the exemption told CBS News that the FDA is able to work with the WHO on "public health outbreak and emergency response."The Trump administration has g...

Forty years ago, the public was outraged.  It seemed there was a wave of teenage girls, particularly Black teenage girls, getting pregnant. "This was a new idea, this new deviant class of people, and it was portrayed in these terms that were really not accurate: babies having babies," said Arline Geronimus.Geronimus was at the time a graduate student.  The prevailing wisdom was that high rates of infant mortality in the Black community were because women were having children when they were too young. "I had worked in a school for pregnant teens. And none of what I was hearing, and had taken as common sense myself, was what I was seeing," she said. Geronimus looked at the numbers and found that, actually, younger mothers were having more successful pregnancies. She said, "For the Black w...

As bird flu outbreaks affect poultry farms in multiple states, and with several recent cases emerging in humans, experts are weighing in on best practices for egg preparation.Professor Tim Spector, a genetic epidemiology expert at King's College London, took to Instagram to tell his audience that eggs are safe to eat when taking proper precautions. Eggs provide nearly every essential vitamin and mineral, including vitamin A, B12 and selenium, along with high-quality protein, according to the doctor. MINNESOTA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AS DISEASES CRIPPLE MIDWESTERN FARMS"The yolk is especially rich in choline, a crucial nutrient for brain health, and eggs are one of the few natural sources of vitamin D," he wrote in the Instagram post. Professor Tim Spector, a genetic epidemiology e...

Minnesota has declared a state of emergency as multiple strains of bird flu have ravaged farms.The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) stated in a press release that the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Rural Finance Authority (RFA) Board established the emergency following three outbreaks.Those included avian metapneumovirus (aMPV), highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), and the H5N1 flu virus.NEW BIRD FLU STRAIN DETECTED IN NEVADA DAIRY WORKER, CDC SAYSThe state of emergency allows Minnesota farmers who have experienced livestock losses to access funds through zero-interest disaster recovery loans, according to the above source. Fran Miron feeds his cows at his farm on Sept. 5, 2019, in Hugo, Minnesota. Minnesota has declared a state of emergency as multiple strains of...

Feelings of isolation and loneliness, as well as associated anxiety and depression, are growing everywhere — and most disturbingly, among our youth. Shocking data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2023 indicated that close to 60% of teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021.The problem is hardly confined to the United States or to North America. STEM CELL THERAPY TO CORRECT HEART FAILURE IN CHILDREN COULD ‘TRANSFORM LIVES’The profoundly important Child to Adolescent Transition Study, recently published in Lancet Psychiatry — the first long-term study of its kind — revealed depression and anxiety in close to two thirds of those studied in Melbourne, Australia, the most ever found anywhere. In this study, which is from the Murdoch Research Chi...