CVS Health Wednesday reported a $4 billion third-quarter loss related to the reduced value of its Oak Street Health primary care facilities, but the company is getting a handle on health costs that have hit its Aetna health insurance business.
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Category: 5. Health
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Listening To Music Linked To 39% Lower Dementia Risk, New Study Says
A new study showed that regularly listening to music, whether its’ from Sir Mix A Lot (pictured here) or someone else, is associated with lower likelihoods of cognitive decline and dementia. (Photo by Anthony Pidgeon/Redferns via Getty Images)
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Inner Cosmos Psychiatric Implant Completes Early Feasibility Trial
The two parts of the Inner Cosmos Digital Pill device
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I’ve covered the XR and wearable technology spaces for a long time as a technology industry analyst, including healthcare wearables and brain-computer interface products that…
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20 Million Americans Face Health Insurance Sticker Shock On Saturday
Healthcare premiums: two fifty dollar paper money bill notes on pile of broken glass shards, blue background.
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Too many people are unaware that healthcare premiums for over 20 million Americans will increase significantly on Saturday unless…
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Why women live longer than men, explained by evolution
- Mammals vs. birds: Of the 1,176 species analyzed, female mammals lived an average of 13 percent longer than males. In contrast, among birds, males lived about five percent longer than females.
- Mating strategies matter: In species where…
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A revolutionary DNA search engine is speeding up genetic discovery
Rare genetic diseases can now be detected in patients, and tumor-specific mutations identified — a milestone made possible by DNA sequencing, which transformed biomedical research decades ago. In recent years, the introduction of new sequencing…
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Surprising study finds processed fats may not harm heart health
Two types of processed hard fats commonly found in foods like baked goods, margarines, and spreads appear to have little impact on heart health when eaten in realistic amounts.
Researchers from King’s College London and Maastricht University…
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Two tiny genetic shifts helped early humans walk upright
Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.
One genetic change flipped the ilium — the bone your hands rest on when you put them on your hips —…
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Why Paying For Cures Is The Next Great Challenge
In recent years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved more than a dozen gene-editing and cell-based therapies.
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We are now in the second great wave of the genetic revolution, not defined by reading the human code of…
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Scientists discover COVID mRNA vaccines boost cancer survival
Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of beginning immunotherapy treatment lived considerably longer than those who were not vaccinated, according to new research.
Scientists from the…
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