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Health & Wellness May 22, 2025

This News Might Ruin Your Appetite — And Summer

This article by David Hilzenrath first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. David Hilzenrath May 20, 2025 It’s a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting….

Health & Wellness May 22, 2025

Too much sitting increases risk of future health problems in chest pain patients – new research

by Keith Diaz, Columbia University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] For patients hospitalized with chest pain, the amount of time they spend sedentary afterward is…

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Health & Wellness May 21, 2025

How Trump Aims To Slash Federal Support for Research, Public Health, and Medicaid

This article by Elisabeth Rosenthal first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Elisabeth Rosenthal May 20, 2025 Health care has proved a vulnerable target for the firehose of…

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Health & Wellness May 20, 2025

The roots of dementia can start in childhood – prevention should be a lifelong goal

by Scott Chiesa, UCL; Francesca Farina, University of Chicago, and Laura Booi, Leeds Beckett University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] More than 60 million people…

Health & Wellness May 19, 2025

Senior Citizens Council of Cobb to host “Taking care of your own health”

Senior Citizens Council of Cobb County distributed the following announcement: PATIENT ADVOCACY:Taking Care of Your Own Health Learn about patients’ rights and managing one’s own health care. Is your doctor…

Health & Wellness May 19, 2025

Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs

This article by Jackie Fortiér and Arthur Allen first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Jackie Fortiér and Arthur Allen May 16, 2025 In the dim basement of…

Health & Wellness May 19, 2025

Why we fall for fake health information – and how it spreads faster than facts

by Angshuman K. Kashyap, University of Maryland, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In today’s digital world, people routinely turn to the internet for health or…

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Business & Economy June 3, 2025

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This News Might Ruin Your Appetite — And Summer

Too much sitting increases risk of future health problems in chest pain patients – new research

How Trump Aims To Slash Federal Support for Research, Public Health, and Medicaid

The roots of dementia can start in childhood – prevention should be a lifelong goal

Senior Citizens Council of Cobb to host “Taking care of your own health”

Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs

Why we fall for fake health information – and how it spreads faster than facts