If you’ve ever struggled to fall asleep, your diet could be playing a bigger role than you think. Research suggests that certain nutrients — including tryptophan, magnesium and melatonin — are involved in regulating the body’s sleep-wake cycle, although experts emphasize that overall dietary patterns matter more than any single food. “You may have heard before ...

At the end of a seemingly ubiquitous commercial for telehealth company Ro, a characteristically flabbergasted Charles Barkley speaks for us all when he remarks, “Wait, you’re telling me they have a GLP-1 pill for weight loss now?” They do – and it turns out to be as wildly popular as its injectable predecessors. Just about 10 weeks after it ...

Patient advocacy groups are warning the Trump administration that proposed changes to Obamacare’s essential health benefits could undercut patient access to things such as fertility treatments, hearing aids, substance abuse care, and critical disease screenings. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in February proposed significant changes to the Affordable Care Act marketplace, including a measure that ...

House Republicans announced Monday that Congress will mount an investigation into “rampant hospice fraud,” alleging that potentially tens of millions in taxpayer funds may have been lost in improper payments to Southern California companies. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee, which has the authority to investigate, has sent a letter to California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, ...

A group operating out of a Friar Street office building in Van Nuys that advertises “virtual offices” incorporated 22 hospices and home care agencies in one year, including 15 hospices registered in one day to a single suite, according to an investigation by the Southern California News Group. The 15 hospices, all formed in “Suite 205” ...

The platform offers discounts on more than 50 brand-name prescription drugs, though many of them have cheaper generic equivalents available.