How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Most of America "springs forward" Sunday for daylight saving time. Losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day; it also could harm your health.
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Saturday, March 7, 2026, 6:21 pm / permalink 20336 / 8 stories in 3 days
Telehealth growth hasn’t increased rural behavioral healthcare access: Study / Beckers
Giles Bruce / beckershospitalreview - The rise in telemedicine over the past several years hasn’t translated to more behavioral healthcare access in rural areas, according to a March 5 study in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from Boston-based Harvard Medical School and Providence, R.I.-based …
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Saturday, March 7, 2026, 1:22 am / permalink 20316 / 5 stories in 4 days
GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people / Medical Express
medicalxpress - A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn't use a patch. He didn't set a quit date. He simply lost interest. It happen…
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Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:23 pm / permalink 20276 / 8 stories in 4 days
Parents of gravely ill child refused respite care / BBC
bbc - Birmingham Children's Trust refused respite help and suggested training grandparents to help.
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Monday, March 2, 2026, 2:22 am / permalink 19974 / 5 stories in 9 days
CFO Mark Kaye to take the helm at Carelon in leadership shake-up at Elevance Health / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - Elevance Health Chief Financial Officer Mark Kaye will grow his list of duties to include oversight of Carelon, the company announced Thursday.
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Saturday, February 28, 2026, 2:21 am / permalink 19934 / 6 stories in 11 days
UHS posts 11.5% operating margin in 2025 as net income jumps 30% / Beckers
Andrew Cass / beckershospitalreview - King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services recorded a net income of $1.5 billion in 2025, up from $1.1 billion in 2024, according to its Feb. 25 financial report. Eight things to know: 1. The for-profit system reported an operating income of $2 …
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Friday, February 27, 2026, 11:25 am / permalink 19887 / 10 stories in 11 days