UnitedHealth, CVS Push Back on Medicare Plan to Curb Remote Patient Monitoring
UnitedHealth, CVS, and Kaiser push back on Medicare's plan to require remote patient monitoring be done only by direct employees.
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Category: Life
Health, money, habits and the ordinary business of getting through a week.
Weird Spikes Poking Through a Teen’s Eyelid Turned Out to Be a Wayward Tooth
A teen's eyelid grew strange white spikes that turned out to be a tooth. A case report documents this rare ectopic tooth in the eye socket.
Drugmakers and Biotech VCs Reinvigorate Interest in Osteoporosis Treatments
Big drugmakers and hungry VCs are turning fresh eyes toward osteoporosis, after years of safety fears and regulatory pressure.
Social Media Bans Are Passing Around the World. How Will We Know If They Help Teens?
Social media bans for teens are passing around the world. How will we know if they help young people's mental health?
STAT Questions Whether Trump Administration Cut Novo Nordisk a Huge Financial Win
STAT wonders if the Trump administration's MFN exemption for Lilly's GLP-1s gave Novo a hidden financial win. The answer hangs in the administration's files.
New Zealand Man’s Brother Tattooed ‘DEVAST8’ Across His Face In Prison — And He Kept It
A young man's face tattoo follows him out of prison, then a new job changes his odd plans and his decision to keep it.
Inside Epic’s mortality model and Omada’s plans for devices
Epic's mortality model and Omada's future products lead STAT's Health Tech newsletter this week, exclusive to STAT+ subscribers.
Feds appoint autism committee leader who holds stock in company backing leucovorin
New autism research funding chair has ties to a drug promoted by Trump despite sparse evidence. Ethics checks not adequate.
These Are The 74 Absurd Little Problems That Apparently Come With Living A Middle-Class Life
From misplaced Rolex watches to pasta sauce made from a pricey bottle of wine, here are 74 petty middle-class disasters confessed by real people.
Roman Baths of Slovenia (Rimski Terma) in Slovenia
A valley of Roman baths, a sequoia gift from royalty, and mineral water that fills your bottle — a quiet, enduring spot in the shadow of Slovenia's mountains.
The Words That Fail to Capture the Suffering of Chronic Pain
A guest of pain cannot be named, and so it returns again and again, a lesson in the failure of language itself.
Merriam-Webster Updates Dictionary With 1,400 New Words, From ‘Looksmaxxing’ to ‘Cuffing Season’
Merriam-Webster adds 1,400 new words to its dictionary, from 'looksmaxxing' to 'cuffing season.'