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PIII reported a 21% year-over-year increase in total revenue to $1.27 billion for the full year 2023. Adjusted EBITDA loss improved to $85.5 million from a loss of $127.9 million in the prior year. Membership Increase: At-risk membership grew by approximately 8%, demonstrating PIII's expanding market presence.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

NEATness counts NEAT as a light-intensity activity, but it’s something that could help your heart. Federal physical activity guidelines advise adults to get at least 150 minutes a week of moderate aerobic activity, or an equivalent combination of the two. Some people spend most of their work time sitting, but there’s no official level for how much sedentary time is too much.
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2 years ago Read more at KXAN.com

Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) hopes to use National Public Health Week to educate policymakers and public health professionals on issues that are important to improving the health of all Kansans. KDHE noted this year’s daily themes include: Monday – Civic Engagement Tuesday – Health Neighborhoods Wednesday – Climate Change Thursday – New Tools and Innovations Friday – Reproductive and Sexual Health Saturday.
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2 years ago Read more at WIBW

Merit Health Wesley made a charitable donation to The ARC of Southeast Mississippi to celebrate National Doctors’ Day. The $5,000 check was made through the United Way of Southeast Missouri. 100 percent will be designated for the The ACR to continue servicing those living with mental disabilities and their families.
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2 years ago Read more at WDAM

the draft 2024–2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan outlines a set of goals and objectives to improve health data access, deliver a more equitable healthcare experience and modernize the public health data infrastructure. The plan focuses on four key goals: promote health and wellness, enhance the delivery and experience of care, accelerate research and innovation, and connect the health system with health data.
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2 years ago Read more at Executive Gov

Parasynbiotics are a type of supplement containing live strains of bacteria that improve and diversify the gut microbiome population. A healthy gut plays an indispensable role in maintaining health, behavior, and ecology of animals. Researchers from Japan investigated the impact of combined administration of prebiotics and paraprobiotics to understand how they impact penguin health.
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2 years ago Read more at Phys.org

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies. The Lancet Public Health study used a microsimulation to project socioeconomic inequalities in multimorbidity in England among adults aged 30 years and over. It used primary care data between 2004-2019 of 1m individuals from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.
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2 years ago Read more at Medical Xpress

Silent brain infarction (SBI) and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) are more common among people with certain heart conditions. Subtle changes to blood vessels in the brain can increase the risk of stroke and dementia, a new study reports.
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2 years ago Read more at Medical News Today

Aubrey Rothery has Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) which affects 20 to 30 children in the UK each year. Parents Andrew Rothery, 54, and Samantha Hibbert, 51, noticed something was off with aubrey when he kept losing his balance and knocking into things. They initially put it down to a growth spurt, but when it kept happening they took him to hospital for an MRI. Sadly, on February 23 Aubre
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2 years ago Read more at The Irish Sun

900,000 falsified or illegal units medicines seized by the Health Products Regulatory Authority last year. The haul also included large amounts of fake weight-loss drugs and erectile dysfunction medication. More than a quarter of a million units of illegal anabolic steroids were seized.
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2 years ago Read more at Irish Examiner