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So Many Days Lost at the Doctor’s Office

"The understanding that medical care can become a wearying treadmill for older patients has led researchers to look more closely at the consequences of so-called burdens of treatment."

Drugmakers hiked prices for hundreds of drugs in early January

Heard on All Things Considered – Drugmakers raised the list prices on 575 name-brand drugs in just the first two days of the new year, according to drug price research firm 46brooklyn. Drugs for diabetes, HIV, cancer saw price hikes, among others. For years a 10% annual price hike was fairly normal, but they've started coming down in recent years. This year's median price hike so far is only 4%, says Antonio Ciaccia, CEO of 46brooklyn. "While...

Your job may be affecting the quality of your sleep, new study finds

"The way job design has changed work endangers sleep health.”

New AI tool for fighting health insurance denials could save hospitals billions, and help patients

More than 450 million claims are denied each year, and denial rates are rising.

These have all been called ‘nature’s Viagra’ — but do they work?

THE NEW YORK POST – For men suffering from erectile dysfunction, the solution may be one of these natural remedies. Red grape juice A new study published in the Aging Male has revealed that men who regularly drink grape juice could significantly lower their odds of erectile dysfunction. Researchers at Tianjin Medical University General Hospital in Northern China found that, compared to those who consumed no grape juice at all, men who drank grape juice five times...

Dementia Cases in the U.S. Will Surge in the Coming Decades, Researchers Say

More than six million Americans currently have dementia and the number could double by 2060, researchers said.

Ricky Skaggs Reveals the Whites Founder Buck White Has Died

Buck White was a talented pianist who often performed with Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb and more.

Simple Health Tips Experts Swear By

THE NEW YORK TIMES – Our reporters went to leading specialists they’ve interviewed over the years and asked them: What is the one health tip you learned in your work that you swear by? These tricks, life hacks, rules and reminders span nutrition, sleep, mental health, fitness, sex, productivity and more. "When I find myself stuck in a pattern of negative thinking, I try not to complain for seven days. It retrains your brain to stop going...

MAGA GOP Aims To Rein in Medicaid Handouts, Prevent “Fiscal Collapse”

“Medicaid is an obvious target for huge cuts .... ”

Texas Has a Point About Online Pornography

THE NEW YORK TIMES – When does freedom for adults become cruelty to children? The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case, Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, that raises exactly that question. The Free Speech Coalition (a pornography industry trade association) is challenging a 2023 Texas law that requires sites offering pornographic material to “use reasonable age verification methods” to check whether a user is at least 18. According to the law, “reasonable”...

Anita Bryant, ‘Canceled’ for Her Christian Faith, Dies at 84

The former beauty queen and spokeswoman for Florida orange juice was an all-American entertainer before she began crusading against L.G.B.T.Q. rights.

Official Confirms Chronic Wasting Disease In Wild Deer In Chippewa County

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2025-01-08 Contact: Terry Shaurette, DNR Chippewa County Wildlife Biologist MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Chippewa County. The deer was a hunter-harvested 1-year-old buck and is the first confirmed wild CWD-positive deer detected in Chippewa County. The deer was harvested within 10 miles of the Barron and Dunn County borders. This detection will cause the...

Health Care AI, Intended To Save Money, Turns Out To Require a Lot of Expensive Humans

"At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk about a patient’s treatment and end-of-life preferences by an artificially intelligent algorithm that predicts the chances of death."

My health care is under attack — but not from who you think

Chris Enget, THE HILL – I recently read an op-ed by Rep. Chris Deluzio warning fellow veterans “our health care is under attack.” My initial thought was that finally, more members of Congress are seeing the same problems at the VA that I am.” You can imagine my surprise when I read on to learn Rep. Deluzio believes the attacks are coming from his Republican colleagues and even my own organization, Concerned Veterans for America. We can...

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