Health News
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23UnitedHealth Group reportedly scoops up digital pharmacy DivvyDose
Mega insurer UnitedHealth Group is now looking into the digital pharmacy space with reports that it has acquired DivvyDose. The acquisition, which was...
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34NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman On COVID-19, Hockey’s Future
On Sept. 28, the National Hockey League became the first of the so-called “Big Four” North American professional team sports leagues—the NHL,...
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26The Underused Weight Loss Option: Bariatric Surgery
Although guidelines set in 1991 limit recommendations for bariatric surgery to those most severely affected by obesity, current evidence indicates that young...
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49COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Shows Promise for Elderly
“These findings could have profound significance if the protection afforded by vaccination among older adults is stronger than that of young...
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21Internet CBT for pediatric OCD maintains, or even increases, effectiveness over 12 months
New data suggest that an Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) intervention not only remained effective after 12 months among adolescents with obsessive-compulsive...
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40How to Reopen Colleges Safely During COVID-19
Despite dire warnings this summer from public health experts, over a third of U.S. colleges and universities went full steam ahead with...
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29Trump Announces Plan to Ship 150 Million Rapid Coronavirus Tests
Governors of some states, including New Jersey and Connecticut, announced on Twitter just before Mr. Trump’s news conference that they expected to...
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34Pandemic Has More Americans Turning to Alcohol
“People sheltering at home might also just be bored, and drinking was an activity they could still do,” he added. “In...
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36Coronavirus Tracers Beg Residents: Please Answer Your Phones
A wariness of spam calls and phishing scams has stymied coronavirus contact-tracing efforts around the country to the extent that elected leaders...
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27Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack
TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Young women who suffer a particularly deadly condition after a heart attack are 11%...
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36Covid-19 news: UK government criticised for confusion over new rules
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool People sit and...
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32Study Confirms Minorities at Higher Odds of COVID
TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Black and Hispanic Americans are twice as likely to test positive for COVID-19 as...
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43Raccoon.World closes €900k seed funding for digital physiotherapy platform
EU-based startup, Raccoon.World, has recently raised an additional €625k from private investment fund Quarter Partners in the second phase of its seed funding round,...
