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An AI chatbot may be your next therapist. Will it actually help your mental health?

In the past few years, 10,000 to 20,000 apps have stampeded into the mental health space, offering to “disrupt” traditional therapy. With the frenzy around AI innovations like ChatGPT, the claim that chatbots can provide mental health care is on the horizon.

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Consumer Health: What is mental health?

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about mental health and mental illness.

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Immigrants, advocates push for expansion of state’s affordable health care program

Illinois legislators hammering out the state budget could expand affordable health care access to noncitizens ages 19 to 41.

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3 Medical Stocks to Add to Your Portfolio

Healthcare costs have been rising over the years, and the need for health insurance is paramount. Given the long-term growth prospects of the medical-health insurance industry, it could be wise to buy fundamentally strong medical stocks UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Cigna (CI), and Molina Healthcare (MOH). Keep reading.

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VA renegotiates health record modernization contract - Roll Call

The VA says its electronic health care record system will now be governed by a modified contract in order to boost accountability.

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US offers $10 mn reward for Russian ransomware mastermind

Washington (AFP) - The United States announced Tuesday a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a Russian hacker who allegedly carried out ransomware attacks on US law enforcement agencies and health care providers.

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Prominent foe of female circumcision wins prestigious $1.4 million Templeton Prize

The Templeton Prize — one of the world's largest annual individual awards — is being awarded this year to a nurse-midwife who for decades has strived to improve women’s health care in East Africa

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Program is ‘one stop shop’ for navigating life after prison

The Supportive Reentry Network Collaborative connects returning citizens to whatever they need, from completing parole mandates to finding health care and a job. Leaders say they’ve had a successful first year, but need to grow.

Chicago Sun-Times

The 5 worst mistakes near-retirees make—and how to avoid them

The final years before retirement can be a crucial window to shore up your nest egg. Here are 5 mistakes you must avoid as you enter retirement.

Fortune

To prevent burnout, health care workers need more self-care — and a life outside work

Self-care benefits us, our patients and the communities we serve. We owe it to ourselves to find hobbies and joyful activities, and to set boundaries with work, social worker Padraic Stanley writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hospitals create police forces to stem growing violence against staff

Georgia is the latest state to enact a law that allows hospitals to create independent police forces. Critics worry the law enforcement focus could have unintended consequences.

WEKU

What Medicare beneficiaries need to know about the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency rules

Whether Medicare will or won’t cover certain health care costs may now depend on whether you are in Traditional Medicare or a private insurer’s Medicare Advantage plan.

Fortune

The real cost of the ‘supermom’ myth. Here’s the toll motherhood takes on your mental health

Many women with postpartum health conditions fear their conflicting feelings about motherhood make them less fit to be a good mother.

Fortune

When California Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Overworked Nurses, Better Patient Outcomes Followed

Safe staffing laws have worked in California — and can’t pass anywhere else.

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LOCALIZE IT: Federal funding at risk for health care worker recruitment program

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Federal government's $1 billion effort to recruit next generation of doctors at risk

Thousands of doctors and nurses signed on to work in the country’s most desperate regions during the COVID-19 pandemic in exchange for forgiveness of medical school debt

WEKU

As conservative states target trans rights, a Florida teen flees for a better life

High school sophomore Josie felt Florida officials were threatening her health care and ability to be feel safe at school. So she left. Other families of trans youth are plotting their exits as well.

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Greg Abbott says to stop mass shootings, Texas must improve mental health care. A $25 billion investment hasn’t been enough.

Texas still lags nationally when it comes to mental health services and there have been seven mass shootings since Abbott took office in 2015.

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Florida governor signs law toughening conditions for undocumented migrants

Miami (AFP) - Florida's Republican governor and likely presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed into law a sweeping bill that significantly toughens conditions for undocumented migrants seeking work and health care in the southern US state.

The Independent UK

Ban on trans health care for kids heads to Missouri governor

Transgender minors won't have access to puberty blockers, hormones or surgery under legislation passed in Missouri

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‘Fantastic’: Experts back bulk-billing boost to Medicare

Millions of Australians will have better access to free GP visits under a generational investment in Medicare unveiled in the 2023 budget.

ABC News

Queensland health care workers to receive thousands under new incentive

Queensland is losing health care professionals to interstate job vacancies, so the government is offering them more money to stay local.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois must make sure women get accurate information about abortion care

Crisis pregnancy centers lure patients with free services, but give women misinformation with the goal of stopping them from having abortions, the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood of Illinois writes. SB1909 will hold the centers accountable.

The Conversation

Health budget has big changes – reviving our worn-out Medicare fee-for-service system and boosting bulk billing

There were four major changes for health care in the 2023-24 budget: prioritising primary care, funding to strengthen Medicare, cheaper access to common medicines, and new funding to keep the digital health system going. Many of these changes were foreshadowed in recent weeks.

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Woman discharged from mental health care months before she cut off her mum's head

Odessa Carey has been detained at a secure hospital after her mum's death.

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