HEALTH

As of today, masking is no longer necessary in clinical areas in health care facilities for visitors, support people, clients and patients pending they meet the self-screening requirements. NL Health Services says if a facility experiences an outbreak, additional masking protocols may be implemented.
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2 years ago Read more at VOCM

NC State Health Plan ends coverage for popular weight-loss drugs. Board members voted in January to exclude all coverage of obesity medications, such as Wegovy. This will end coverage for plan members who are grandfather in and already taking the medications.
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2 years ago Read more at WTVD-TV

Carlton McPherson, 24, was arrested and charged with murder last week. Before the fatal encounter, he had stayed at specialized homeless shelters. In total, the city has around 5,500 beds.
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

Attendees of the Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba, taking place from Thursday, 4 to Saturday, 6 April, will benefit from complimentary blood sugar, cholesterol, and BMI tests conducted by professional nurses. Incon Health will be situated within the exhibition area at the indaba. Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to sample some of B-well’s finest heart-healthy products.
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2 years ago Read more at Food For Mzansi

Brooke Traver began her Public Health AmeriCorps service with the Rural Health Network in September 2023. Through this experience, they gain valuable professional skills. Bolanle Olatunji began a one-year term at Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
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2 years ago Read more at Binghamton University

Michael J. Orlich, MD, PhD, a preventive medicine specialist, sheds light on the common reasons behind these lifestyle shifts. He emphasizes the importance of having a strong underlying motivator and setting long-term health-centered goals linked to realistic short-term objectives. Instead, he advocates for gradual, sustainable changes that individuals can build upon over time.
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2 years ago Read more at Loma Linda University

How patients are seeing their doctor is changing, and that could shape access to and quality of care for decades to come. More than 100 million Americans don’t have regular access to primary care, a number that has nearly doubled since 2014. Yet demand for primary care is up, spurred partly by record enrollment in Affordable Care Act plans. KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby breaks down what is happening — and what it means for patients.
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2 years ago Read more at Kaiser Health News

mice Mice gain weight after exercising vigorously Mary Swift/iStockphoto/Getty Images Mice that exercise vigorously put on weight in the next 24 hours, whereas those that exert themselves moderately or not at all don’t, a study has found. This adds to the growing evidence that animals compensate for extra energy used during exercise by cutting energy expenditure in other ways.
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2 years ago Read more at New Scientist

Foreign Minister Penny Wong defends Labor's decision to resume aid for UNRWA. "The allegations are serious," Mr Sharma tells Sky News host Danica De Giorgio.
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2 years ago Read more at Sky News Australia

Doug Nordman's father had arrived at a hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., incoherent and in pain. At first, the staff thought he was suffering a heart attack, but a CT scan found that part of his small intestine had been perforated. A surgical team repaired the hole, saving his life, but the surgeon had some questions.
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times