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Amazon is expanding its wellness program with two recently announced partnerships focused on nutritional therapy and sleep care. The retail giant launched its Health Benefits Connector program in January 2024, aimed at connecting customers with virtual health benefits. Organizations involved in the program include Teladoc, Rula Health, Talkspace, Omada Health, and Hinge Health. The most recent addition is the virtual sleep clinic Dreem Health. Eligible customers can enroll in their care provider’s sleep services, including sleep diagnostics using Sunrise Group’s FDA-approved home sleep tests. According to an April 9 announcement, Dream Health will become the platform’s first sleep healthcare provider.…
In 2026, health system IT leaders are focused on scaling artificial intelligence, moving from pilots and proofs of concept to operationalizing AI, but these efforts face significant barriers. A new study from Qventus found that 74% of health system leaders cite dependence on electronic health record (EHR) vendors as a barrier to implementing their AI strategy. More than 60 chief information officers, chief AI officers, chief medical information officers and other senior IT leadership members from health systems across the country were surveyed for the April 9 report. Leaders from these organizations, including HonorHealth and Rochester Regional Health, were asked…
Get the health information and medications you need every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Today’s First Opinion essay argues that “you don’t overeat just because it tastes good.” However, I may wish to express a different opinion. Same goes for a friend of mine who recently received a nasty reprimand after convincing her to order Pad Thai for the table in addition to her meal. Trump administration cancels legal battle over indirect costs More than a year after the Trump administration first announced a controversial policy that would sharply lower reimbursement rates for “indirect costs”…
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Recent research published in sexual roles This suggests that society often underestimates the dangers of controlling behavior in relationships when the victim is male. This study provides evidence that people tend to take emotional and psychological abuse more seriously when it is directed at women, and that men and LGBTQ+ individuals are at higher risk of being overlooked. These findings demonstrate that societal stereotypes continue to shape how people perceive and respond to unhealthy relationship dynamics. Coercive control is an ongoing pattern of behavior in which a person attempts to control, isolate, or intimidate their partner. This concept goes beyond…
A new study from Vanderbilt Health shows that both modern weight loss drugs and bariatric surgery (weight loss) can improve body composition in obese patients. These treatments lead to significant fat loss, but also slightly less loss of lean mass (including lean muscle). This balance is important because body composition plays a huge role in long-term health. The higher the percentage of fat mass (FM), the higher the risk of death from obesity-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease. In contrast, the higher the percentage of fat-free mass (FFM), the lower the risk of death. Why fat loss and muscle maintenance…
Replacing passive screen time with mentally engaging activities may help protect the brain for decades and provides new insights into how daily habits shape dementia risk. Study: Mentally active versus passive sedentary behavior and risk of dementia: a 19-year cohort study. Image credit: Pressmaster/Shutterstock.com Adults who are sedentary have an increased risk of depression, but the association with dementia is less clear. Recent research published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine reported that even among sedentary adults, mentally active sedentary behavior was associated with a lower risk of developing dementia during follow-up. Sedentary lifestyles are increasingly linked to cognitive decline…
Robin Carlton pays about $650 a month on the Missouri Health Insurance Exchange for a plan that covers him and his two teenage children. That monthly total is $200 more than what he paid last year, in part because a pandemic-era premium tax credit expires in December. But the self-employed St. Louis property manager is in no rush to investigate a new type of insurance that could be cheaper than plans on the market: Farm Bureau health plans. “I don’t like rising costs, but I’m not going to sacrifice my kids’ insurance to save money,” Carlton said. Carleton noticed that…
A large U.S. cohort study reveals how smoking during pregnancy affects children’s mental health, increasing overall symptom burden while potentially leading to externalizing patterns of behavior from childhood to adolescence. Study: Association between prenatal smoking and child psychopathology by age and gender in the ECHO cohort. Image credit: Bernardo Emanuelle/Shutterstock.com Research published in Development and psychopathology We investigate how maternal smoking during pregnancy (MSDP) relates to children’s mental health, focusing on both overall symptom severity and the balance of internalizing and externalizing problems across development. MSDP and mental health Mothers share common genetic and environmental influences with their offspring. This…
Recent research published in journals personality and individual differences We provide evidence that a person’s willingness to engage in casual sex is associated with different psychological characteristics depending on gender. For men, this trait has little to do with how they view themselves or their morals, but for women, it tends to be associated with low self-esteem and weak moral orientation. Sociosexuality is a psychological concept that describes a person’s willingness to engage in sexual activity outside of a committed romantic relationship. People with an open-ended sociosexual orientation are comfortable with casual sex and don’t need love or emotional intimacy…