Health and Fitness

A half-dozen organizations on Monday were approved by the Department of Health and Human Services as the inaugural batch of candidates to participate as qualified health information networks as part of ONC’s Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. During a Feb. 13 event at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, six healthcare organizations …

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CommonSpirit Health and AdventHealth will unwind their longtime Centura Health joint venture, with CommonSpirit taking control of most of the 20 hospitals. Then-Catholic Health Initiatives, which became Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health following its 2019 merger with Dignity Health, and AdventHealth formed Centura in 1996. The joint venture has reached its “natural maturity,” the health systems said in a …

CommonSpirit Health, AdventHealth break up Centura Health JV Read More »

As the global monkeypox outbreak lingers on, health officials are warning that the virus is mutating at a pace that may soon allow it to become resistant to an antiviral drug used to treat patients at risk of serious illness. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging that providers be “judicious” in prescribing the …

Monkeypox Has the Potential to Mutate and Resist Antiviral Treatment, FDA Warns Read More »

Individuals who prefer to stay up late and sleep late in the morning may be at a higher risk for chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease, according to a new study published in the journal Experimental Physiology. The study, which dubs such individuals ‘night owls,’ found that people who fall into …

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The U.S. has seen major attempts to reduce the stigma of mental health in recent years, and a new recommendation from an expert panel may help normalize screening for anxiety disorders. A draft recommendation released Tuesday from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), is urging that all adults under the age of 65 be …

Panel Recommends Routine Anxiety Screening for Adults Under 65—Here’s What That Could Look Like Read More »

The following story contains spoilers for You Season 4, Part 1. The first half of Season 4 of You—the show that began as a little-seen Lifetime original only to be saved by Netflix and turned into a juicy, funny, self-aware Dexter meets Fatal Attraction style thriller—is now available to stream. Is there a better sentence …

When Is You Coming Back? Season 4 Will Resume Sooner Than You Probably Think. Read More »

Feb. 13, 2023 – It’s not often that a high school brawl with gang members sets you down a path to becoming a Harvard-trained doctor. But that’s exactly how Alister Martin’s life unfolded. Alister Martin, MD, had initially planned to follow in his stepfather’s footsteps, managing the drug store in Neptune, NJ, township where he was …

Expelled From High School, Alister Martin Became a Harvard Doc Read More »

In November of 1901, a young German psychiatrist and neuroanatomist, Alois Alzheimer, found what appeared to be misfolded proteins forming sticky clumps, or plaques, between the neurons in the brain tissue of a patient who had died from dementia. Inside the neurons he found threadlike twists, called neurofibrillary tangles, of another protein. Eventually these plaques and …

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By Amy Norton  HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, COVID-19 vaccines have been added to the list of routine immunizations recommended for adults — a further sign the virus is here to stay. The addition is being made to the 2023 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, released Thursday by …

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When Jennifer Merritt’s tween daughter, Lila, needed treatment for severe depression and anxiety, she turned to her insurance. It was a struggle and took many appeals, but she succeeded in getting her plan to cover one of the biggest costs — about 6 months of Lila’s care at $12,000 per month in an out-of-state residential …

Crowdfunding Health Care Costs: What to Do Read More »