Health and Fitness

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is revisiting California’s phase-in of a nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers in the face of a projected $38 billion deficit, less than three months after he approved the measure. But renegotiating wages could threaten a delicate compromise between unions and the health industry. Newsom, whose administration initially …

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Montana health organizations say a state government backlog in paying its contractors has hindered their ability to provide care, and they worry the bottleneck’s ripple effects will be felt long after the money comes through. Several organizations waiting for contracts to be approved and funding to arrive said that more than 200 private and public …

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The instant Tammy Brady felt the lump in her breast in February 2022, she knew it was cancer. With no known genetic predisposition for breast cancer, she suspects 38 years of working in smoky Atlantic City casinos played a role. “I was just trying to make a living,” said Brady, 56, a dealer and supervisor …

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Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger this week announced that it has received a $948,741 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, which it will use to build out its virtual inpatient nursing program. WHY IT MATTERS With the grant, disbursed as part of the USDA’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine program, will be used to outfit …

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How to Use a Rowing Machine RichLegg//Getty Images You can’t expect to have an effective rowing machine workout if you don’t understand the proper form. From strapping your feet in to nailing the pull, here’s how you can row the right way. The Start Sit with your torso leaned forward at a one-o’clock angle, knees …

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NETFLIX MAY BE a content juggernaut these days, but there was a time when its streaming platform was more of an experiment than a staple in most consumers’s homes. What took Netflix from a TV experiment to a major stakeholder in the future of filmmaking were its original shows, counting shows like Orange Is The …

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“YOU GUYS JUST always pull out all the stops,” Jennifer Coolidge, as her unforgettable character Tanya, says in one of the opening scenes of The White Lotus‘s second season. “Whenever I stay at a White Lotus, I always have a memorable time.” Jennifer Coolidge, as usual, is not wrong. The anthology series, created, written, and …

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Hailed for opening a new chapter in food allergy management, oral immunotherapy (OIT) is nevertheless going through growing pains in accessibility and acceptance in clinical practice. In 2020, the FDA approved peanut allergen powder (Palforzia), an OIT developed to combat allergic reactions to peanuts — a departure from traditional allergen avoidance and anaphylaxis treatment. The …

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The incidence of alopecia areata significantly increased after COVID-19, a nationwide study involving more than half a million South Koreans found. In a propensity score-matched analysis, incidence of the autoimmune form of hair loss was 82% higher for individuals with versus those without a prior COVID infection (43.19 vs 23.61 per 10,000 person-years; adjusted HR …

Alopecia on the Rise After COVID, Study Suggests Read More »

Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Deadly VA Clinic Lapses Poor mental healthcare at one Veterans Affairs clinic in Chico, California played a role in violence that shattered two veterans’ families, ProPublica reported. These incidents are just a few examples of what …

Deadly VA Clinic Lapses; Asthma Drug Risky in Kids; Invisible HHS Secretary? Read More »