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Your doctor might ask to have an AI tool listen during your next appointment. If you opt in, you will likely get more of your doctorâs attention. But the technology is not perfect. Hereâs what to know.
So youâve decided to go on a GLP-1 to lose weight. These medicines might seem like an easy way to drop unwanted pounds, but youâll likely need to do a few other things to be successful long-term.
Costs keep many Americans, even those with insurance, from getting dental care. Understanding how dental insurance works and leaning into preventive care can help keep dental problems â and bills â manageable.
If you have a high-deductible health insurance plan, youâre probably eligible to use a health savings account. It can be an administrative headache, but it can save you money in the long run. Hereâs what you need to know.
Prenatal care can make a huge difference to the long-term health of both the parent and baby. Every state offers health coverage to lower-income pregnant women who might otherwise go uninsured.
An estimated 4.8 million people are expected to go without health coverage because Congress did not extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans. But even without a health plan, people will need medical care in 2026. Many of them have been thinking through their plan B to maintain their health.
Public health officials see lice as a nuisance, not a health threat, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended for years that students with live lice be allowed to remain in class. But as âno-nitâ policies have been dropped in favor of ânonexclusionâ rules, some school districts have seen parents and teachers push back.
Tennessee posts the names and photos of people arrested for alleged Medicaid fraud on a government website and social media. Some people even wind up on a "most wanted" list.
As a money-saving strategy, emergency rooms are turning to nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other staffers who earn far less than physicians.
Private equity groups are cashing in on rising rates of alcohol and drug addiction in the U.S. But they arenât necessarily investing in centers with the best treatment standards, and they often cut extra services.
With a dearth of evidence on effective treatments for long covid, patients and doctors in 400 clinics around the country still rely on trial and error.
Even some medical experts who are skeptical of gender-affirming care say the White House is not promoting breast removal and genital surgery for teens. But thatâs not what an ad, funded by a group led by a former adviser to President Donald Trump, would have you believe.
The nationâs largest private health system, HCA Healthcare, has faced years of scrutiny over its share of emergency room patients who are admitted to the hospital. And now U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, a Democrat from New Jersey, is calling for a federal investigation, prompting an escalating defense by the hospital system, based in Nashville, Tennessee.
A two-year congressional investigation has identified troubling lapses in the nationâs organ transplant system. Blood types mismatched, diseased organs transplanted anyway, and â most often â organs lost or damaged before they can save a life.
Coming out of the pandemic, many rural hospitals are in even rougher shape than before. So rough that some are now practically being handed to investors for little more than a pledge to keep them open.
Music festival promoters are allowing distribution of overdose reversal medication as fentanyl deaths continue to surge. But nonprofits and volunteers are often left to do the work, and more controversial forms of harm reduction arenât openly allowed.
A network of organizations help women use medication to end early pregnancies safely. But itâs a legal gray area in Tennessee and other states that restrict abortion.
For many women, abortion access has also meant better economic opportunities. But that could change in states that plan to ban most abortion access if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. And those constraints could have a big impact on Black women. In Tennessee, Black women have abortions at more than four times the rate of white women.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse many families up to $9,000 in funeral expenses for loved ones who died of covid-19. But fewer than half of eligible families have applied, while others have run into application problems.
Dying malls have turned out to be good places to care for the living. During the pandemic, mall-to-medicine transitions accelerated, with at least 10 health systems moving in where retail has moved out.
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