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Does exercise without dietary changes prevent diabetes?

Does exercise without dietary changes prevent d...

A 10-year randomized trial found brisk walking alone cut diabetes risk by about half in adults with obesity—no diet change or weight loss required.

Does exercise without dietary changes prevent d...

A 10-year randomized trial found brisk walking alone cut diabetes risk by about half in adults with obesity—no diet change or weight loss required.

Who can afford some of these new medications?

Who can afford some of these new medications?

Cancer drugs like Kymriah ($475,000) and Zolgensma ($2.1 million) show how unaffordable new medications have become—and what providers can do about rising drug costs.

Who can afford some of these new medications?

Cancer drugs like Kymriah ($475,000) and Zolgensma ($2.1 million) show how unaffordable new medications have become—and what providers can do about rising drug costs.

Opiod Deaths Keep Rising Even Though Prescriptions Are Falling

Opiod Deaths Keep Rising Even Though Prescripti...

Opioid prescriptions dropped 43% between 2012 and 2017, yet overdose deaths kept climbing—driven largely by fentanyl. Here's why prescribing less hasn't been enough.

Opiod Deaths Keep Rising Even Though Prescripti...

Opioid prescriptions dropped 43% between 2012 and 2017, yet overdose deaths kept climbing—driven largely by fentanyl. Here's why prescribing less hasn't been enough.

Life Expectancy Keeps Falling

Life Expectancy Keeps Falling

US life expectancy dropped 2.4 years between 2019 and 2021, driven by COVID, heart disease, unintentional injuries, and rising overdose deaths. Here's what the data shows.

Life Expectancy Keeps Falling

US life expectancy dropped 2.4 years between 2019 and 2021, driven by COVID, heart disease, unintentional injuries, and rising overdose deaths. Here's what the data shows.

71 blood draws per hospitalization?

71 blood draws per hospitalization?

A Yale study found hospitalized patients had blood drawn an average of 71.5 times per stay, with 28 draws before 7 a.m. Is that necessary?

71 blood draws per hospitalization?

A Yale study found hospitalized patients had blood drawn an average of 71.5 times per stay, with 28 draws before 7 a.m. Is that necessary?