AI app helps aging adults manage their prescriptions with one photo: ‘Your personal health assistant’

by Jul 20, 2023

As many as 55% of older adults fail to take their prescribed medications, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services. Now a new artificial intelligence app aims to change that.

“Together,” a free iPhone app built

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Healthy rattlesnake makes its way across West Kelowna yard – West Kelowna News

by asgatJul 19, 2023

Photo: Scott Sutton

A West Kelowna man had a rare encounter in his backyard on Sunday.

Scott Sutton has lived on Lakeview Cove Road in West Kelowna since 2013, but this is the first time he’s ever had a snake

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Health Tip for Savannah: Your gut could be influencing your heart health. Doctor Explains | Plus

by Jul 18, 2023

The Big Picture: Dr. Lindsay Boik-Price says, “We’re seeing more and more evidence that there’s a connection between your gut health & heart health.”

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Which Diet (way of eating) Is Best for Health and Longevity?

by asgatJul 17, 2023

Proper diet undoubtedly promotes healthier aging and longevity. But what’s the right diet? A meta-analysis of diet studies proposes an answer. or more accurately, answers, based on diet-related biomarkers linked to disease and aging. Half of the studies were

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Prisma Health laying off 265 in Greenville, says employees have a chance to work at a new company

by Jul 16, 2023

Prisma Health is laying off environmental services positions, but a press release from the healthcare provider says workers will have a chance to be hired by Compass One Healthcare, a new contract company.

A July 13 SC Department of Employment

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Nearly 100,000 Georgians kicked off Medicaid, PeachCare for Kids in June, state says

by Jul 14, 2023

Georgia’s June 1 deadline for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids redetermination deadlines came and went.

The Georgia Department of Community Health released data on the number of Georgians who lost coverage Wednesday, showing nearly 100,000 people lost their health coverage.

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Health care worker fatal shot inside clinic in the Memphis suburb of Collierville

by Jul 12, 2023

COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A health care worker was fatally shot inside a clinic Tuesday in a suburb of Memphis, and a man was arrested in connection with the killing, police said.

The shooting took place in an exam room

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China kindergarten attack kills six, sparks safety worries

by Jul 10, 2023

BEIJING (Reuters) – A 25-year-old man was suspected of attacking a kindergarten in China’s Guangdong province on Monday, killing six people and injuring one, triggering an outpouring of concern about violence against children at school.

Media reported the attack in

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