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WEBThe stock slid more than 10% as the health insurer warned that a steep drop in the federal government’s quality ratings of its Medicare plans could hit its 2026 results.

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WEBBack-to-back years of increases in premiums have added to the average cost of family coverage, reaching roughly $25,500 this year for employers and workers.

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How Health Insurance Costs Outpace Inflation, in Charts

WEBBack-to-back years of increases in premiums have added to the average cost of family coverage, reaching roughly $25,500 this year for employers and workers

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Health Inflation’s Big Hike This Year, in Charts

WEBNext year is looking to be just as bad. The cost of employer health insurance rose this year at the fastest clip since 2011, according to an annual survey from KFF, a …

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Can We Prevent Cancer With a Shot

WEBResearchers are making progress toward vaccines that train healthy people’s immune systems to eliminate signs of cancer before it develops. Vaccines are in early …

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That Covid Infection Years Ago Could Still Be Making You Sick, …

WEBThe link between new health problems and your past health history appears to be particularly prevalent with Covid. A new Nature Medicine study found that health …

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Are You ‘Inflammaging’

WEB“Inflammaging” sounds like just another marketing buzzword wellness companies are throwing around. You would be wise to take the condition seriously. A …

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Pfizer’s Hympavzi Approved for Treatment of Certain Types of …

WEBThe Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer’sPFE-1.04%decrease; red down pointing triangle Hympavzi to prevent or reduce bleeding episodes in patients …

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The Future of Dental Health: Microrobots Cleaning Your Teeth, Gel …

WEBListen. (53 sec) Imagine a world where you could regenerate a missing tooth with a single drug, and microrobots clean your teeth every night. That future is getting …

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Feeling Suddenly Older

WEBScientists See Aging ‘Waves’ at 44 and 60. New research suggests age-related changes aren’t as gradual and linear as we thought. By Alex Janin. Sept. 2, 2024 9:00 pm ET. Text. The oldest

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What AI Can Do in Healthcare—and What It Should Never Do

WEBDr. Daniel Yang, a top executive overseeing artificial intelligence at Kaiser Permanente, is driving new uses for AI in healthcare.He is also learning what it shouldn’t …

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What Middle-Aged People Can Do Now to Help Prevent Dementia …

WEBIntervening earlier to improve brain health might help you stay sharper as you age. The fight against dementia actually starts in your 40s. Midlife, not your 70s or 80s, is when brain changes

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Wellness and Health

WEBHyperbaric oxygen therapy is a growing trend in wellness clinics, medical facilities and even individual homes. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains how it works …

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These Working-Age Cancer Patients Are Fighting For Their Lives – …

WEBCancer is affecting the finances, relationships and futures of more young people. Victoria Seamon at her home in White Bear Lake, Minn.. Annie Tritt for WSJ. By …

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Is Your Weight Healthy

WEBBMI is a ratio of height to weight that is used to classify whether you’re at a healthy weight, overweight or obese. Gareth Fuller/Zuma Press. It’s the main calculation used to assess healthy

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Humana Shares Plunge After Changes in Medicare Star Ratings

WEBHumana HUM -0.72% shares slid more than 10% Wednesday after the health insurer warned that a steep drop in the federal government’s quality ratings of its …

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‘If Anything Happens to Me’ Inside One of America's Worst-Hit

WEBNearly 100 people died during the height of the coronavirus outbreak at the Menlo Park Veterans Memorial Home in April, more than 10 times the number in a …

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Americans Clicked Ads to Get Free Cash. Their Health Insurance …

WEBTheir Health Insurance Changed Instead. Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans were unknowingly signed up for government-subsidized health insurance, often lured by social-media ads falsely

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