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How patients navigate losing insurance coverage
“It was definitely not a willpower thing,” he said. “It was chemical. [Zepbound] gave my body the biological help it needed to overcome the weight gain.” Like Tierno, more than 40,000 customers of the state’s two biggest insurers, Blue Cross and Point32Health, have lost coverage of GLP-1s for obesity this year, according to the latest data provided by the companies.…
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AI system spots Parkinson’s signs in voice, walking and drawings
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: By merging voice instability, gait asymmetry, and tremor-driven handwriting changes into a single explainable AI framework, researchers show how digital biomarkers can move Parkinson’s detection closer to reliable real-world screening. Study: Explainable multimodal feature fusion networks…
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Legislators want to restore perinatal group funds
by Jennifer Fernandez, North Carolina Health news March 3, 2026 By Jennifer Fernandez RALEIGH — A statewide group that has focused on improving the health of mothers and babies since 2009 has been winding down its work since it lost state funding last October. Work has been going on behind the scenes, however, to get that funding restored, legislators said…
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New method isolates true transcription factor targets in tuberculosis bacteria
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Inside every cell, thousands of molecular signals collide, overlap, and compensate, obscuring the true drivers of gene expression. Scientists have now developed a way to silence that cellular noise, revealing transcription drivers by reconstructing transcription outside…
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Licensed Texas counselors can’t give trans care to kids
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Mental health providers licensed by the state cannot provide gender-transitioning care to minors, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton clarified in his legal opinion Friday that Senate Bill 14, a 2023 state law that bans health care providers…
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Telehealth ketamine companies put users at risk
Telehealth companies are mailing a Schedule III narcotic to tens of thousands of depressed patients, hailing it as the democratization of mental health. They call it access. I call it abandonment. Inside the ketamine box, the most important component is missing: a doctor. Because these platforms provide no real-time monitoring during treatment, they have turned patients into their own safety…
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Seeing the unseen in bladder cancer surgery
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Ten years ago, a discussion in Milan set a demanding project in motion. In a meeting between a biologist and a urologist, one question kept returning: why do so many bladder cancer patients face recurrence even…
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Eastern coastal Chinese diet associated with reduced obesity and improved cardiometabolic health
Study population This study used the WELL-China cohort as the discovery cohort. WELL-China is a population-based prospective cohort that recruited 10,268 participants aged 18–80 years from three districts in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, between the years 2016 and 201945. After excluding participants with incomplete or illogical FFQ, implausible energy intake (<800 or >4,000 kcal day−1 for males, <500 or >3,500 kcal day−1 for females) and…
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Accelerating rare disease diagnosis with Mondo
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Coryssa Barnes, of Henderson, N.C., welcomed her first child, Ezra, in 2020. At four months old, he was unable to sit without support. As time went on, he failed to reach other developmental milestones, prompting his…
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The relationship between physical activity and mental health in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a moderated mediation and cross-lagged model
Abstract Background: Chronic psychological issues significantly exacerbate the risk of various diseases among middle-aged and older adults. Although prior research has indicated an association between physical activity and mental health, studies exploring the specific processes underlying this relationship remain insufficient. Therefore, this study aims to systematically investigate the relationship between physical activity and mental health in middle-aged and older populations,…
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