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January, 2024

Hospitals and health providers spent nearly $83 billion - 50% more than last year - on functions such as prior authorization requests and other functions, according to the new CAQH Index.

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Half of recent US inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds | Inflation | The Guardian

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Trader Joe’s Argues The NLRB Is ‘Unconstitutional’ | HuffPost UK Politics

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Texas has had an estimated 26,000 rape-related pregnancies since the state enacted its abortion bans, which don’t include exceptions for rape or incest.

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Reflexology May Alleviate Pain and Fatigue, Improve QOL in Patients With Cancer

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Illinois bill seeks to ban food additives linked to health issues - The five additives, including red dye No. 3, would be banned from retail sales of foods and beverages in Illinois by 2027.

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New research suggests amyloid-reducing monoclonal antibodies in patients with Alzheimer dementia may cause more serious harm than benefits.

Myloid-reducing monoclonal antibodies for patients with Alzheimer have harmful risks, such as cerebral edema, hemorrhage, serious adverse events, and death, according to a new study.

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There’s no link between marijuana use and opioid addiction, an evidence review shows; pot isn’t a gateway drug leading to opioid addiction but also hasn’t been proven to be an effective way to help wean people off opioids

Cannabis has no clear effect on treatment of opioid addiction, US study finds. Finding has significant implications for treatment programs.

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At Northwestern Medicine in IL, patients can record their legal sex as 'X', just ahead of a state bill allowing the gender category of 'X' on driver's licenses and other forms of state ID.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked a Georgia telehealth clinic to share information about gender-affirming care as part of his wider probe.

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OpenAI Quietly Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for “Military and Warfare”

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Violent video games decrease stress hormones, study finds

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Uncontrolled asthma was associated with weekly use of household disinfectants and cleaning products in a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Health practitioners should consider how their patients use these products in their plans for achieving asthma control, Emilie Pacheco Da Silva, MS, doctoral student at Université Paris-Saclay and the French

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‘At the private hospital, the disrespect was just more subtle’: a tale of America’s two healthcare systems | Well actually | The Guardian

I can count on one hand the number of times anyone broke the silence about the existing segregated system of healthcare. When someone did, it was usually a Black person or person of color

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President Joe Biden forgave another $5 billion in student loans on Jan. 19, absolving 74,000 Americans of their debt.

"President Biden forgives $5 billion in student loans, providing relief to 74,000 Americans. Supreme Court struck down previous plan, but administration continu

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Families with employer-sponsored health insurance lost out on an average of more than $125,000 in earnings over the past 30 years as growing premiums cut into their wages

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Oklahoma lawmaker proposes constitutional amendment to say life begins at conception - Oklahoma Voice

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According to a study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, Black children and teens who experience racial discrimination online may develop symptoms related to post-traumatic stress disorder.

Mounting evidence shows the devastating toll online racism takes on Black youth.

Those PTSD symptoms, the researchers found, were also potentially linked to suicidal thoughts.

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Researchers Estimate 5,000 Tennessee Women Became Pregnant From Rape Since Ban On Abortion

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ACLU mounting legal challenge against Ohio gender-affirming care ban

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Far-Right Congressman Complains There Aren’t Enough White People Joining the Army

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City targets native lawn with revised ordinance: ‘No nature allowed in the Natural State’

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Transgender veterans sue to have gender-affirming surgery covered by Department of Veteran Affairs

A group of transgender veterans filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay for and provide them gender-affirming surgeries.

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Minority communities face higher environmental risks for cancer: Report

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Individuals using nicotine e-cigarettes have a higher likelihood of quitting smoking compared with nicotine replacement therapy users, according to data published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.“Vaping (using e-cigarettes) is not risk free but is considerably less harmful than smoking,” Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, MA, DPhil, assistant professor of health policy and promotion in

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Oklahoma lawmaker State Rep. Jacob Rosecrants (D) is proposing a bill that would allow mental health appointments to be considered an excused absence from school." Oklahoma "House Bill 1035 would allow a student to have an excused absence from school if they have a mental health counseling appointment.

KOKH Fox 25 provides, news, sports, weather and local event coverage in Oklahoma City and surrounding areas, including McLoud, Shawnee, Tecumseh, Seminole, Wewoka, Maud, Asher, Wanetted, Goldsby, Norman, Blanchard, Chickasha, Pauls Valley, Purcell, Andarko, Bridgeport, Lawton, Duncan, Okarche, Kingfisher, Guthrie Stillwater and Cushing, Oklahoma.

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Marijuana has a lower potential for abuse than other drugs that are subjected to the same restrictions, with some scientific support for its use as a medical treatment, researchers from the US Food and Drug Administration say in documents supporting its reclassification as a Schedule III substance.

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