Those with a vested interest in the status quo, are resisting transparency regulations. After all, maintaining opaque pricing in healthcare has been profitable to them.
Category: 5. Health
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Keeping Prices Secret In Healthcare Is Apparently Good For Business
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Do GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic prevent cancer?
Several studies have served up tantalizing hints about the drugs’ potential cancer prevention benefits, but other results land all over the map.
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In rural Appalachia, abortion pill offers reproductive choice and privacy − but police may see a crime
A 35-year-old Kentucky woman was arrested in late 2025, accused of taking abortion pills that she ordered online.
The gestational age and status of the pregnancy is unknown. But Kentucky, like the majority of Southern states that contain Appalachian counties, has a complete abortion…
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Financial strain, lockdowns and fear of infection during disease outbreaks magnify violence against women and girls − new research
When the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, another crisis quietly grew behind closed doors. Reports from around the globe suggested that violence against women and girls was increasing. Governments, nongovernmental organizations and advocates began referring to the…
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How workplace stress hijacks the nervous system to cause headaches − and a neurologist’s guide to managing them
Many people finish the workday not just tired but wired. Their mind keeps racing, their body feels tense, and even in moments that should be restful they feel a lingering sense of urgency. Conversations replay in their mind, unfinished tasks resurface, and their nervous system seems…
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Pollen allergies are brutal this year – a doctor explains why, and how to find relief
Spring means beautiful flowers, fragrant lilacs – and lots of tree pollen coating cars and setting off sneezing, wheezing and headaches.
As an allergist and immunologist at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, I help patients with seasonal allergies and associated allergic…
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The AI Revolution In Coding Offers A Preview Of Medicine’s Future
What happens when AI takes over routine work? Lessons from software developers suggest how medicine and the role of doctors may soon change.
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U.S. Courts Are Once Again Litigating Abortion Pill’s Distribution By Mail
Despite more than two decades of safe and effective use, the abortion pill is once more in the crosshairs of American politics and the judicial system.
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Scientists say travel could slow aging and boost your health
Retinol creams may get most of the attention in the fight against visible aging, but researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU) have pointed to a much bigger and more adventurous possibility: travel.
In a 2024 interdisciplinary study published in the Journal of Travel Research, ECU researchers…
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Is Hantavirus An Emerging Threat? What You Need To Know
The recent outbreak of hantavirus aboard a cruise ship serves as a reminder that while hantavirus infections are rare, they can be rapidly progressing and deadly
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