Mental Health Startup Cerebral Admits Sharing Health Data With Facebook, Google, TikTok

Telehealth mental health startup Cerebral — after receiving a formal request from the federal government — admitted to sharing the private health information of more than 3.1 million patients in the United States with several advertisers and social media platforms. According to the company’s “Notice of HIPAA Privacy Breach,” the data disclosed “varied depending on what actions individuals took ...

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Watching Live Sports In Person May Be Good For You, Researchers Say

Feeling dissatisfied and lonely? You might want to snag tickets to a few of your favorite team’s games. New research connects viewing live sporting events with higher levels of life satisfaction and lower levels of loneliness – and researchers say live sporting events could be used to improve public health. The study, published in Frontiers ...

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Caffeine, The Wonder Drug? Study Suggests More Coffee Could Lower Body Fat And Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

That morning cup of coffee might provide more benefits than just a quick energy boost. New research suggests that consuming higher levels of caffeine could help curb body fat and reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Researchers at the University of Bristol, the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and Imperial College in London conducted the study, which was ...

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Losing Weight Is Good For The Heart, Even If You Regain Some Of It

Losing weight — even if some pounds are gained back — may help your heart over the long term, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. The findings may be welcome news to those who have found it difficult to keep weight off and feared the risks thought ...

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After ambitious single-payer healthcare plans sputter, a new California bill tries an incremental approach

Gov. Gavin Newsom would face new deadlines on his administration’s work to revamp the state’s health care system under a bill scheduled to be introduced Tuesday in the state Legislature.

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California Will Produce Its Own $30 Insulin. Next Up: A Drug To Reverse Fentanyl Overdoses

Four years after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order vowing to reduce prescription drug costs in California, the state is bringing $30 insulin to Californians — and working to create its own overdose-reversing drug.

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Employers Call On Congress To Focus On 4 Key Health Policy Priorities

As a divided Congress prepares to take up health care reform once again, a national organization that advocates for employer sponsored health plans has shared a lengthy and detailed wish list for elected officials to consider.

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Biden Signs Legislation To Declassify Certain Intelligence On Covid Pandemic Origins

President Joe Biden on Monday signed legislation requiring the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information on any possible links between a lab in China and the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. The House and the Senate unanimously passed the legislation earlier this month. The push to make public classified information on the origins ...

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Some Small Businesses Could Face Significantly Higher Taxes This Year

Taxes are one of the most significant expenses for many small businesses, so when the government changes tax laws, it can have a big impact. The good news for 2023 is that it seems unlikely that there will be any major tax legislation coming our way. However, thanks to some of the expiring provisions from ...

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Legal Challenges To No Surprises Act Regulations Leave Dispute Resolution Process In Flux

Enacted at the end of 2020, the federal No Surprises Act (NSA) prohibits certain health care providers and facilities that provide their services outside of health plan provider networks from “balance billing.” As a result, those providers and facilities cannot hold patients responsible for the difference between what the provider or facility charges and what ...

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