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  • A New Era Of Hope

    A New Era Of Hope

    As a venture investor in healthcare, I am privileged to witness the remarkable advances being made in the treatment and management of diabetes, a condition that affects over 537 million people globally. The prevalence of type 1 diabetes is expected to increase from 8.4 million to between 15 and 17 million by 2040. The urgency to find effective…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net

    A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net

    The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for more than 72 million people, including low-income Americans and their children and people with disabilities. It also helps foot the bill for long-term care for older people.

    In late February 2025, House Republicans advanced a budget proposal that would potentially cut US$880 billion from…

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  • Israel resumes its war on Gaza, killing over 400 people in one night – Mondoweiss

    Israel resumes its war on Gaza, killing over 400 people in one night – Mondoweiss

    Israel resumed heavy airstrikes across the Gaza Strip after two weeks of systematic Israeli violations of the terms of the ceasefire and the stalling of negotiations over the agreement’s second phase. The Israeli army began bombing numerous targets in the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday past midnight, including civilian homes and tents for the displaced. As of the time of writing, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reports that over 404 people have been killed in Gaza and 562 were injured…

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    News Source: mondoweiss.net

  • How GLP-1 Policy Fits Into Trump’s Greenland Strategy, And 5 Other Health Tech Developments

    How GLP-1 Policy Fits Into Trump’s Greenland Strategy, And 5 Other Health Tech Developments

    What does a pharmaceutical company have to do with U.S. national security? Perhaps more than meets the eye, based on President Trump’s negotiating style, which often involves utilizing leverage to weaken the other side’s bargaining position. In the case at hand, President Trump has repeatedly expressed an interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark for reasons involving national security.

    Without knowing what those reasons are nor other special…

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  • The NP And PA Will See You Now

    The NP And PA Will See You Now

    Physicians dominated 20th-century American medicine, but not from the start. In his landmark book, Paul Starr explained how a ragtag, “weak traditional profession of minor economic importance” transformed into a sovereign profession controlling healthcare delivery.

    By the end of the century, fearing a surplus, doctors successfully lobbied to prevent growth in medical schools and residency…

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  • Hospital-At-Home Startups Medically Home And DispatchHealth To Merge

    Hospital-At-Home Startups Medically Home And DispatchHealth To Merge

    DispatchHealth and Medically Home – companies that work with health systems to provide hospital-level care at home – have agreed to merge, the firms announced Tuesday.

    Financial terms of the definitive agreement weren’t disclosed though those involved said Boston-based Medically Home will become part of DispatchHealth,…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • Tulkarm: Israel continues the aggression for 51st consecutive day

    Tulkarm: Israel continues the aggression for 51st consecutive day

    TULKARM / PNN/

    The Israeli occupation forces continue the aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 51st consecutive day, and on the Nur Shams camp for the 38th day, amid military reinforcements, home demolitions, and the forced displacement of residents.

    Media Sources reported that last night, the occupation forces continued to send military reinforcements, including heavy machinery and bulldozers, toward the city and its two camps.

    Meanwhile, infantry units…

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  • Israel resumes the genocide in Gaza: Over 330 civilians killed, including children, in a series of airstrikes

    Israel resumes the genocide in Gaza: Over 330 civilians killed, including children, in a series of airstrikes

    GAZA / PNN /

    Israeli occupation forces launched a fresh wave of aerial attacks on the Gaza Strip after midnight, resuming the ongoing genocide after a two-month hiatus with widespread airstrikes that so far claimed the lives of at least 254 Palestinian civilians, including children and women.

    The ongoing bombardment has resulted in at least 300 fatalities, with over 440 others injured, including women and children. Additionally, numerous people remain trapped under the…

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  • Postpartum Depression Linked to Emotional Overeating in Kids

    Postpartum Depression Linked to Emotional Overeating in Kids

    Maternal postpartum depression at six weeks is linked to reduced inhibition and emotional control in children alongside increased emotional overeating. The findings were published in Eating Behaviors. 

    Around 25% of women experience postpartum depression within the first year of giving birth. Symptoms of the condition may influence parenting behaviors and the environment, resulting in less responsive, more stressed, or inconsistent care, which may in…

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  • What Israel couldn’t destroy in Jenin refugee camp – Mondoweiss

    What Israel couldn’t destroy in Jenin refugee camp – Mondoweiss

    From the outside, the al-Kafif Association’s school in the city of Jenin looks like any ordinary school on a normal day. The long building, with its rows of windows and a Palestinian flag on its front wall overlooking the courtyard, gives the impression of a regular day of class, especially with a group of children playing in the corner of a sandy playground, until we approach them.

    Bearfoot and wearing pajamas instead of uniforms, the children invite us to explore their game….

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    News Source: mondoweiss.net