Adopt a rescue dog? Here’s what you need to know about pet insurance

Adopt a rescue dog?  Here's what you need to know about pet insurance

Adopting a rescue or shelter dog not only gives a home to an animal in need. It can be a playmate for your kids, a jogging buddy for you, and a loyal companion for everyone to snuggle up with on the couch. But a new pet can also come with unexpected vet bills, which is …

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LifeWave controversies raise questions about company’s holistic fixes

LifeWave controversies raise questions about company's holistic fixes

LifeWave sells holistic patches that stimulate stem cells and healing, but lawsuits and marketing techniques raise questions of legitimacy. Source: Getty Images The essential: LifeWave uses a multi-tiered marketing structure to sell holistic patches that purport to stimulate stem cells. Patches are not FDA approved medical devices. The company experienced financial and legal problems. Some …

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Michigan Small Business Health Plans Will Cost 7.1% More on Average for 2024

Michigan Small Business Health Plans Will Cost 7.1% More on Average for 2024

Michigan small businesses will pay an average of 7.1% more for their employees’ health coverage in 2024, under rate proposals approved by state regulators. The statewide average increase affects 12 insurance companies that participate in Michigan’s small group market for employers with 50 or fewer employees. The rate increases approved by the Michigan Department of …

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States sue Meta, claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children’s mental health

States sue Meta, claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health

Dozens of U.S. states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming youth mental health and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features on Instagram and Facebook that get children addicted to its platforms. A trial filed by 33 states in federal court in California, …

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CVS to Remove Some Cold Medicines Containing Decongestant Phenylephrine From Store Shelves

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CVS is voluntarily removing some of the most common cough and cold medications from its store shelves and will no longer sell them, a company spokesperson told CNBC Thursday. The company’s decision comes a month after a panel of FDA advisers unanimously determined that the main ingredient used in many over-the-counter cold and allergy medications …

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GoLocalProv | News | You Can’t Stop Fentanyl – Froma Harrop

GoLocalProv |  News |  You Can't Stop Fentanyl - Froma Harrop

Tuesday October 17, 2023 Froma Harrop, columnist Enlarge + Froma Harrop, columnist PHOTO: File Fentanyl has killed more Americans than the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined. And behind that are even more vicious illicit drugs. The Justice Department may charge Chinese companies producing fentanyl and the precursor chemicals used to make it. The …

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Two Northwell executives elected to National Academy of Medicine | Long Island Business News

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Listen to this article Two Northwell Health leaders have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of three organizations that make up the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in the United States. The election of Karina Davidson, Northwells senior vice president of research, and Dr. Said Ibrahim, vice president of …

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Brownie Points selling kosher treats at Cleveland Browns Stadium

Brownie Points selling kosher treats at Cleveland Browns Stadium

For Cleveland Browns fans, the catchphrase “Here we go Brownies” now takes on a double meaning. Starting this season, Columbus-based Brownie Points will sell its products at every game at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Owned by sister-in-law and Ohio residents Lisa Berliner and Lisa King, the partnership came together quickly after a pop-up session at TENSPACE …

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