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smh.com.au - Colin Kruger - Mental health becomes a financial battleground as insurance premiums soar
Mental health becomes a financial battleground as insurance premiums soar
The Sydney Morning Herald

Personal risk insurance is adding more pain to the cost of living crisis with premiums for life, total and permanent disability (TPD), and income protection soaring in response to a massive rise in mental health claims on these policies.

fool.com - Maurie Backman - Worried About Healthcare Costs in Retirement? This Strategy Could Come to Your Rescue.
Worried About Healthcare Costs in Retirement? This Strategy Could Come to Your Rescue.
The Motley Fool

Healthcare costs are one of the biggest wild cards in retirement. They can also be extremely difficult to plan for. Sure, you can read up on what the average retiree spends on healthcare expenses (hint: it's $172,500, according to Fidelity). But…

fortune.com - Orianna Rosa Royle - Meet the founder who started over at 50 and worked 20-hour days to build a multimillion dollar cookie dough empire-and still won't take a day off
Meet the founder who started over at 50 and worked 20-hour days to build a multimillion dollar cookie dough empire-and still won't take a day off
Fortune

At 50, most people are thinking about winding down; Kathryn Bricken decided to start again. The Miami-born founder turned a side project—balling cookie dough with an ice-cream scoop in her garage—into Doughlicious, a…

washingtonexaminer.com - Emily Hallas - Will AI destroy or boost healthcare? Medical professionals weigh in
Will AI destroy or boost healthcare? Medical professionals weigh in
Washington Examiner

Major medical professional organizations see promise, too. The head of the American Academy of Family Physicians, which boasts around 124,000 members, said AI could be seen as a capacity enhancer, giving doctors more space to see more patients on a…

thehindubusinessline.com - Eye-opener
Eye-opener
BusinessLine

Health insurance can be a useful tool, but sometimes it can miss the most basic things. Critical diseases, hospitalisation, transplants and even expensive diagnostics can be covered by health insurance. That said, there are aspects where health…

newsweek.com - Jasmine Laws - Hospitals are deploying AI chatbots. Doctors are divided
Hospitals are deploying AI chatbots. Doctors are divided
Newsweek

Healthcare systems across the U.S. are launching new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to help patients ask medical questions and access appointments faster amid growing demand for quick health guidance, even as doctors remain divided over the…

thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - KCSSH surgeons use custom 3D-printed titanium implant torepair chest wall
KCSSH surgeons use custom 3D-printed titanium implant torepair chest wall
The Hindu

Doctors of the Kalaignar Centenary Super Specialty Hospital (KCSSH) reconstructed a large chest wall defect in a 59-year-old man diagnosed with chondrosarcoma — a rare malignant bone tumour — using a custom-designed, 3D-printed…

buzzfeed.com - Jake Farrington - People Are Sharing The Basic Things They've Stopped Buying In 2026 Because The Prices Are Just Astronomical
People Are Sharing The Basic Things They've Stopped Buying In 2026 Because The Prices Are Just Astronomical
BuzzFeed

'I was in a Von's in SoCal last week and literally took a photo of blueberries that were $11.99, I was stunned.' 'Berries are $13.99 at my local grocery store.' 'Lindt Excellence is now two for $11 where I live. It used to be two for $6 in 2021.

slate.com - Alex Olgin - There's an Expense in America That Can Feel Particularly Maddening. I Know an Easy Way to Lower It.
There's an Expense in America That Can Feel Particularly Maddening. I Know an Easy Way to Lower It.
Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It was shaping up to be an expensive year for me: My then-2-year-old had already had an emergency room visit. And there was…

theguardian.com - Nick Visser - A federal program has helped Native Hawaiian medical students for 35 years. It's now being sued for discrimination
A federal program has helped Native Hawaiian medical students for 35 years. It's now being sued for discrimination
The Guardian

Doctors and health experts in Hawaii say a decades-old federal program meant to support Native Hawaiians through medical school and better serve some of the islands' most underserved communities is under attack after a conservative group filed…

taipeitimes.com - 台北時報 - Labor ministry defends plan for Indian workers
Labor ministry defends plan for Indian workers
Taipei Times

By Lee Ching-hui / Staff reporter Amid public concern over the government's plan to bring Indian workers to Taiwan, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) pointed to past intake and said that public safety remained stable. Minister of Labor Hung Sun-han…

dnalounge.com - 25-Apr-2026 (Sat): Wherein we have a gallery of dick pix
25-Apr-2026 (Sat): Wherein we have a gallery of dick pix
DNA Lounge

25-Apr-2026 (Sat) Wherein we have a gallery of dick pix When people sign their names on the point-of-sale tablet at the bar, at least half of those signatures are 'wavy horizontal line'. Most of the rest are an attempt at an actual signature, but…

thehill.com - Jessica Mackler, opinion contributor - Nebraska should support the Democrat whose win won't erase its 'blue dot'
Nebraska should support the Democrat whose win won't erase its 'blue dot'
The Hill

Democrats are in a strong position to retake the U.S. House this November and reclaim the presidency in 2028. But one congressional race could complicate that path. For decades, Nebraska Republicans have had their sights set on overturning the…

washingtonexaminer.com - Saul Anuzis - Trump's insurance reforms are ambitious. He should aim even higher
Trump's insurance reforms are ambitious. He should aim even higher
Washington Examiner

But if Trump and Republicans want to deliver lasting, structural change for patients, especially seniors, they need to stand firm on these efforts. They should explore antitrust violations and abuses that the insurance conglomerates themselves may…

thejournal.ie - Dr Suzanne Crowe - Blood donation: Ireland's stocks are a lifeline for patients, but the system is under strain
Blood donation: Ireland's stocks are a lifeline for patients, but the system is under strain
TheJournal.ie

MOST OF US will never need the kindness of strangers, thankfully. But newborn babies having surgery depend on it. The entire blood volume of a newborn is no bigger than a double espresso, so surgery in the early weeks of life almost always means a…

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