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11/13/2025

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11/13/2025

Journalists who cover race, gender and inequality are often the first to go in layoffs, raising deeper questions about who gets to tell the news.

Journalists who cover race, gender and inequality are often the first to go, raising deeper questions about who gets to tell the news.

11/13/2025

New research looked at the efficacy of self-administered hypnosis as a means for managing hot flashes. The clinical trial enrolled 250 women with a mean age of 55 who had a history of breast cancer and were experiencing hot flashes.

Women in the self-hypnosis group were given educational materials instructing them on how to use hypnosis to treat their hot flashes and asked to listen to a daily, 20-minute, pre-recorded hypnosis session that focused on relaxation and visualizing cold things.

The control group was also given materials on hypnosis for hot flashes and listened to white noise.

All participants logged the daily frequency and severity of their hot flashes, as well as the degree to which their hot flashes interfered with various daily activities and quality of life. They were also asked to rate the change in hot flashes from the beginning to the end of the 12-week study.

The research, published in JAMA Network Open, was spurred by a recent Menopause Society recommendation of clinical hypnosis to treat vasomotor symptoms — aka hot flashes and night sweats — noting that hypnosis has been shown to help manage both irritable bowel syndrome and chronic pain conditions.

What the researchers found was that hot flashes improved overall for those in the self-hypnosis group, who reported a 53.4 percent decrease in symptoms, compared with those in the white noise group, who reported a 40.9 decrease in symptoms by week 6 of the 12-week trial.

The hypnosis group also reported a greater reduction in daily interference of hot flashes in their daily lives compared with the white noise group — 49.3 percent vs. 37.4 percent — and reported greater perceived benefits — 90.3 percent vs. 64.3 percent — compared with the white noise group.

✍️: Jennifer Gerson, reporter
📸: Charles Hewitt/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

11/13/2025

One thing that’s true for both kids going through puberty and their grown-ups going through perimenopause?

“Development is inherently challenging. Change equals stress.”

You and your kids are both going through big hormonal changes. Here's how to navigate that.

11/12/2025

The end of the government shutdown means SNAP will be funded again, but some Americans may not immediately get the benefits they’re owed.

The end of the government shutdown means the federal program will be funded again. But some Americans may not immediately get the benefits they’re owed.

11/12/2025

For those with disabilities who rely on the aid, uncertainty has threatened not just nutrition, but independence.

For those with disabilities who rely on the aid, its uncertainty threatens not just nutrition, but independence.

11/12/2025

The last necessary signature on a discharge petition came from the newest member of the House, Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona, who was sworn in on Wednesday.

11/12/2025

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11/12/2025

A bipartisan congressional effort to force the Justice Department to release all its files on the late disgraced financier and convicted s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein is set to get the final signature it needs to move forward today.

The key signature on a discharge petition is expected from the newest member of the House, Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona, who will be sworn in on Wednesday.

11/12/2025

Political rhetoric doesn’t capture the complexity of detransitioning — or what taking away health care means.

Many people who detransition are still gender non-conforming -- and their experiences are more complex than gender-affirming care bans suggest.

11/10/2025

With benefits suspended, college students — especially those with children — have been distracted by a battle over food they never expected to fight.

With benefits suspended, college students -- especially those with children -- have been distracted by a battle over food they never expected to fight.

11/10/2025

Lost in the legal battle over SNAP is something that won’t go away anytime soon: The exhausting worry for families over long-term access to food aid — and the mom guilt associated with it for parents who bear the burden.

The worry over long-term access to food collides with the reality that children and their families face detrimental health effects when they experience food insecurity.