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The American Counseling Association is fighting a multi-front battle in Washington. The organization is lobbying against policies that threaten its core constituency: counselors and the patients who depend on them. Recent federal actions, from Medicaid cuts to enforcement freezes on mental health parity rules, have created an urgent landscape where the association sees its members’…

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Although American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) adults make up 5% of California’s adult population, they shoulder a disproportionate weight of chronic disease and substance use, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR). 

The American Nutrition Association (ANA) calls for the wider use of evidence-based biomarkers in personalized nutrition care to manage chronic diseases. It highlights the potential of a new real-time biomarker test for metabolic health based on a blood sample drawn from a finger prick. However, the organization tells us policy changes and medical nutrition training…

Marshall Bloom, an associate director at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, speaks to the Ravalli County Board of Health in July in Hamilton, Montana. Local apprehensions about the National Institutes of Health facility intensified after the recent arrest of two of its scientists for allegedly bringing biological specimens into the US without proper documents. Katheryn Houghton/KFF Health…

Trauma has long been thought of as an individual occurrence, with various degrees of adverse experiences sadly impinging on many separate people in recent times. But more individuals have been diagnosed with PTSD, with some estimates up to 6,000 a day in the U.S. The National Center for PTSD says that about 5 out of…

Quote of the Day by Ringo Starr:’I feel the older I get, the more I’m learning to…’- Inspiring lessons on self-discovery, ageing with wisdom, and embracing life’s journey by the legendary Beatles drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame icon

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Family medicine physician Dr. Jessica Gray explains that new data shows Americans are living longer, reversing a COVID-era trend. She highlights factors like declining drug overdoses, especially fentanyl, and improved cancer survival rates due to immunotherapy advancements and decreased tobacco use. Gray notes 2025 preliminary data looks even better for U.S. life expectancy

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