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How to negotiate with aging parents who resist support? Borrow these tips from business

Negotiation techniques can help health care providers and family caregivers find common ground.

Fortune

Behind the scenes on Illinois Democrats’ budget plan

First, they blew past a self-imposed deadline. Then there was scrambling behind the scenes, and grumbling over the exploding costs of health care for undocumented immigrants.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mental health care assistant groomed underage patients on Snapchat

Daniel Knight sent sexualised messages to his underage victims and offered to buy one cocaine and alcohol.

The Independent UK

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South Carolina’s 6-week abortion ban now law after Gov. McMaster signs bill. Up next? A lawsuit

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday signed a six-week abortion ban into law, triggering a court challenge filed by Planned Parenthood and its partners.

Tribune News Service

Are we ignoring gun violence survivors?

Even as gun violence increases in America, our health care system is not doing enough to address survivors' trauma

Salon

Commentary: Ending masking requirements in hospitals and clinics is a step backward for health care

Recently, many of the hospitals and clinics in and around Chicago, including my own, have elected to discontinue universal masking requirements, noting the lowest rates of COVID-19 in the last three years. This is being hailed as a sign of moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic. But is it really…

Chicago Tribune

Public hospitals should give abortions, committee says

A parliamentary committee is calling for all public hospitals to be able to perform abortions among a suite of recommendations on reproductive health care.

AAP

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Sudanese doctors should not have to risk their own lives to save lives

The conflict has devastated health care: attacks on hospitals, threats against medical staff. Three Sudanese-American doctors share stories from their colleagues — and map out a plan for the future.

WEKU

Companies like CVS and UnitedHealth are now some of the world’s biggest businesses. Is that healthy for the rest of us?

The companies and their rivals say their enormous size and scope makes them the best candidates to fix America’s health care system. After a new wave of mergers, they're under pressure to prove it.

Fortune

With Holistic Estate Planning, Everything’s Under Control

A plan for all your stuff during your lifetime and then at death requires a group of five – yes, five – experts to oversee each at-risk area.

Kiplinger

As India's electrical grid strains, rural hospitals and clinics find reliable power in rooftop solar

In the searing heat that often envelops southern India, a ceiling fan brings sweet relief for the newborn babies and their mothers at the Government Maternity Hospital in the ancient town of Raichur

The Independent UK

Texas Senate votes to extend Medicaid for new moms after adding anti-abortion language

AUSTIN – The GOP-led Senate agreed to give a full year of health care coverage to low-income women who’ve just given birth, but tacked on anti-abortion language that could complicate the bill’s passage.

Tribune News Service

A.I.-fueled biotech startups are having a moment

ReNAgade Therapeutics and other early stage startups are raking in cash as science is moving at a pace that’s “unprecedented.”

Fortune

Kansas faces OB-GYN shortage. Providers warn new laws could further strain maternity care

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jessica Babler, a nursing student at Research College of Nursing in Kansas City, Missouri, is tired of being vilified for wanting to provide abortions, which she views as health care, to her patients.

Tribune News Service

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The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: From birth to death, Black Americans struggle with health care system

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The Conversation

Around half of kids getting neurodevelopmental assessment show signs of mental distress. We can support them better

Neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), affect one in ten people. While the primary focus is often on these diagnoses, worrying research shows people with neurodevelopmental conditions are at a much higher risk of experiencing serious mental health concerns. They may also find it particularly challenging…

Tribune News Service

Florida is purging its Medicaid rolls. Here’s 5 things to know

TAMPA, Fla. — Roughly 250,000 Floridians have lost their Medicaid health coverage since mid-April when the state began reviewing the eligibility of more than 5 million people on its rolls, a figure that swelled in the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Georgia’s mental health hotline is a national leader. Some worry about its expansion.

Georgia’s new 988 mental health hotline service, which launched last summer, was recognized on Friday as a model for other states. But some Democratic lawmakers in the Legislature say last-minute budget cuts made by the governor’s office could hamper the planned expansion of 988.

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How the FBI prevented $130 million in crypto ransomware attacks by hacking the hackers behind Hive

The group had extorted $100 million in ransoms from schools, financial firms, and health care facilities since June 2021.

Tribune News Service

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

StockNews.com

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.

Roll Call

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.

The Independent UK

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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