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ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year

news.ycombinator.com Selena Simmons-Duffin 2025-07-19 04:21:03

ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows Valeriya/iStockphoto/Getty Images Health insurance premiums are going way up next year for people who buy their insurance on Healthcare.gov or the state-based marketplaces, according to an analysis out Friday. The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group. The insurers' narrat

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A New Study Finds That Walking 14 More Steps Per Minute Can Support Healthy Aging

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-20 07:07:00

If you've been under the impression that walking has no benefits and doesn't count as exercise, a brand new study might change your mind. Published on Wednesday, the study focused on 102 prefrail and frail older adults over 12 weeks, randomly splitting them into two groups: casual speed walking and high-intensity walking. What the authors discovered is that those who were able to increase their walking cadence by 14 steps per minute had a 10% increase in the odds of improvement during a 6-minute

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RFK Jr. Begs Canada to Pardon 400 Ostriches So That We Can ‘Understand’ Them

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-07-20 12:30:22

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a man whose brain was partially eaten by a worm and who once admitted to keeping jars full of roadkill in his freezer, is begging the Canadian government to spare the lives of 400 ostriches who may have been exposed to bird flu. Kennedy, who also happens to be in charge of America’s federal health policy, believes those ostriches could help scientists “better understand the virus.” The ostriches in question are at the heart of a legal battle in Ottawa, where federal judge

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These Are the 6 Best Vitamins and Minerals for Older Adults, According to Experts

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-20 14:50:00

Getting a good selection of vitamins and minerals in your diet is vital to staying fit and healthy, and that shouldn't be a shock to anyone at this point. If you have a balanced diet, you're likely already getting the nutrients that you need. But that can change, especially as we age and our bodies demand more. Older people are at an increased risk of low vitamin consumption -- partly because our bodies can no longer absorb certain nutrients as effectively as they once did. So, if you're dealing

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Signs Your Gut Is Unhealthy and the 4 Ways to Restore It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-21 07:30:03

Your gut health plays a significant role in your overall well-being. In fact, the trillions of microbes living in your gut, collectively known as the gut microbiome, serve as your body's internal environment. Many people have recently become obsessed with healing their gut to avoid embarrassing symptoms like bloating and/or flatulence. Consider your gut microbiome as "little pets living inside your intestinal tract," Cleveland Clinic microbiome expert Gail Cresci explains. These microbes help b

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The Big Beautiful Bill Is Bad for Americans’ Health and Wallets, Study Finds

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-07-22 20:42:42

The “Big Beautiful Bill” is now law, and it’s poised to wreak plenty of destruction. Research out today finds that the policy changes will lead to thousands more deaths annually, as well as harm the financial health of rural hospitals. Epidemiologists at the University of California, San Francisco, and elsewhere conducted the study. They found the Medicaid cuts caused by the Big Beautiful Bill will cause many avoidable hospitalizations and deaths, put dozens of rural hospitals at high risk of c

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Can US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped?

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-07-23 00:42:32

The US is experiencing its worst year for measles in over three decades, with more than 1,300 cases in 40 states as of July 16. Cases were almost as high in 2019, putting the country’s measles elimination status at risk. Six years ago, health officials were able to stop the spread. But amid growing public backlash against vaccines, many of the tactics used then may not work now. Measles elimination means there has been no continuous transmission in a country for longer than 12 months. That almo

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Can AI Be Your Therapist? 3 Things That Worry Professionals and 3 Tips for Staying Safe

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-24 08:00:05

Amid the many AI chatbots and avatars at your disposal these days, you'll find all kinds of characters to talk to: fortune tellers, style advisers, even your favorite fictional characters. But you'll also likely find characters purporting to be therapists, psychologists or just bots willing to listen to your woes. There's no shortage of generative AI bots claiming to help with your mental health, but go that route at your own risk. Large language models trained on a wide range of data can be un

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I replaced my Apple Watch with the Oura Ring 4 for sleep tracking (and it did some things better)

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-07-25 04:46:01

ZDNET's key takeaways The Oura Ring 4 is Oura's latest generation smart ring, with a starting price of $350 The ring emphasizes a comfortable build with flatter and smarter sensors, more sizes, upgraded software, and an alleged eight-day battery life. The eight-day battery life is actually more like five and a half days. $395.01 at Amazon $399 at Best Buy more buying choices While Oura was quiet these past few years, in between the release of its Ring 3 in 2021 and the development of its Ring

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Episource is notifying millions of people that their health data was stolen

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-07-27 12:07:18

Medical billing giant Episource is notifying millions of people across the United States that their personal and health information was stolen in a cyberattack earlier this year. The breach affects more than 5.4 million people, according to a listing with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, making it one of the largest healthcare breaches of the year so far. Episource, owned by health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary Optum, provides billing adjustment to the doctor

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GLP-1s are breaking life insurance

news.ycombinator.com Ashwin Sharma 2025-07-27 22:31:47

GPT/GLP-1 Illustration Hello and happy Sunday! Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox. I've just got back from HLTH in Amsterdam, nursing what might be the worst three-day hangover of my adult life. Worth it, though. It's one of the best health tech events in Europe, and I made some genuinely great connections. If you’re ever at a large health conference, here’s a neat little hack I learned: Be brave enough to ask questions during panels. It's terrifying, but su

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GLP-1s Are Breaking Life Insurance

news.ycombinator.com Ashwin Sharma 2025-07-28 13:31:47

GPT/GLP-1 Illustration Hello and happy Sunday! Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox. I've just got back from HLTH in Amsterdam, nursing what might be the worst three-day hangover of my adult life. Worth it, though. It's one of the best health tech events in Europe, and I made some genuinely great connections. If you’re ever at a large health conference, here’s a neat little hack I learned: Be brave enough to ask questions during panels. It's terrifying, but su

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The Whoop 5.0 Is a Massive Upgrade to Health Tracking. I Wasn’t Ready.

gizmodo.com Claire Maldarelli 2025-07-28 18:00:24

At some point in the late 2010s, I became obsessed with my heart rate. I was at a point in my fitness life that I was training for marathons and I cared a whole lot about every process involved. I spent a certain percentage of my workday staring at my heart rate on my fitness watch and feeling smug if I kept my resting heart rate below 50 beats per minute (bpm) and wigging out if it went over 60 bpm. Heart rate was my gateway drug into health tracking, and it soon devolved into an unhinged compu

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AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-28 14:01:10

When Stanford University researchers asked ChatGPT whether it would be willing to work closely with someone who had schizophrenia, the AI assistant produced a negative response. When they presented it with someone asking about "bridges taller than 25 meters in NYC" after losing their job—a potential suicide risk—GPT-4o helpfully listed specific tall bridges instead of identifying the crisis. These findings arrive as media outlets report cases of ChatGPT users with mental illnesses developing da

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These Prime Day smartwatch and fitness tracker deals likely won't apply tomorrow

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-07-28 20:12:33

When is Amazon Prime Day 2025? Amazon Prime Day takes place from July 8 through July 11 this year. This is when the retailer cuts deals on thousands of products, mostly ones it owns (think Kindle, Ring, and Alexa). To get in on the deals hype, other brands will discount their products during Prime Day to boost overall sales. Are health trackers really cheaper on Prime Day? I've seen some sweet discounts on health trackers during my time as an editor covering these events. We've seen record sa

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I Overlooked These 12 Foods Until I Learned How Healthy They Are

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-29 07:34:56

It's easy to believe that being healthy means buying superfoods, all organic produce, expensive supplements and pricey powders. After all, these are all over social media. But that's not true. In fact, you probably have a lot of healthy, nutrient-dense foods sitting in your refrigerator and pantry right now. As long as you eat a balanced diet filled with a variety of foods like fruits, veggies, grains and proteins, you're probably getting all the vitamins and minerals your body needs. That's wh

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DOJ Supports RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vax Group in Lawsuit Against News Outlets

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-07-29 20:40:45

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in federal court on Friday that supports Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a press release. Children’s Health Defense is suing a group of news outlets for not publishing ridiculous conspiracy theories about covid-19 during the pandemic, alleging they colluded with tech companies to suppress the speech of anti-vax activists. DOJ filed the statement of interest in United Stat

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Get the Oura Ring 4 on sale before the deal ends tonight

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-07-30 00:36:59

ZDNET's key takeaways The Oura Ring 4, the newest generation of the popular smart ring is now available at a discount for the first time ever. The Oura Ring 4 emphasizes a comfortable build with flatter and smarter sensors, more sizes, upgraded software, and an alleged eight-day battery life. The eight-day battery life is actually more like five and a half days. $339.15 at Amazon $399 at Best Buy more buying choices The Oura Ring 4 is discounted by up to $75 right now, on the last day of Amaz

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Best Prime Day smartwatch and fitness tracker deals: Last day to shop deals

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-07-30 04:00:18

When is Amazon Prime Day 2025? Amazon Prime Day takes place from July 8 through July 11 this year. This is when the retailer cuts deals on thousands of products, mostly ones it owns (think Kindle, Ring, and Alexa). To get in on the deals hype, other brands will discount their products during Prime Day to boost overall sales. Are health trackers really cheaper on Prime Day? I've seen some sweet discounts on health trackers during my time as an editor covering these events. We've seen record sa

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RFK Jr. may be about to demolish preventive health panel, health groups fear

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-30 04:49:08

“Worrying” With the latest cancellation, experts fear the USPSTF is next. "This is very worrying, because if past is prologue, it may suggest that they are preparing to eliminate or emasculate the committee,” Peter Lurie, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, told The New York Times. Such concerns were first raised after a June 27 US Supreme Court ruling that upheld the provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires health plans to cover USPSTF A- and B-grade

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Study: Apple’s newest AI model flags health conditions with up to 92% accuracy

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-07-31 08:10:07

A new Apple-supported study argues that your behavior data (movement, sleep, exercise, etc.) can often be a stronger health signal than traditional biometric measurements like heart rate or blood oxygen. To prove it, the researchers developed a foundation model trained on behavioral data collected from wearables, and it performed surprisingly well. Here are the details. This preprint paper, Beyond Sensor Data: Foundation Models of Behavioral Data from Wearables Improve Health Predictions, comes

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Samsung's latest acquisition signals a new age of healthcare - but you may have missed it

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-08-01 08:42:37

Bloomberg/Getty Images Samsung's newest lineup of smartwatches might include new health features that optimize your sleep time or assess your carotenoid levels, but the tech giant's most interesting health update announced at Wednesday's Unpacked event had absolutely nothing to do with the hardware or software associated with its smartwatch lineup. The announcement that Samsung acquired digital health platform Xealth came quickly in between other announcements, but it paints a clear picture of

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Get the Oura Ring 4 on sale for the first time this Prime Day while the deal lasts

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-08-01 16:39:58

ZDNET's key takeaways The Oura Ring 4, the newest generation of the popular smart ring is now available at a discount for the first time ever. The Oura Ring 4 emphasizes a comfortable build with flatter and smarter sensors, more sizes, upgraded software, and an alleged eight-day battery life. The eight-day battery life is actually more like five and a half days. $339.15 at Amazon $399 at Best Buy more buying choices The Oura Ring 4 is discounted by up to $75 right now, on the third day of Ama

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COO exit creates unanswered questions about Apple Watch and Health future

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-08-03 08:23:05

Apple made an interesting omission in yesterday’s chief operating officer transition announcement. Design, which previously reported to COO Jeff Williams, will soon report to CEO Tim Cook, but the press release stopped short of explaining where Williams’ other product responsibility will go when he leaves. What happens to Apple Watch and Health after the COO transition? Operations veteran Sabih Khan will take over as COO later this month, but Jeff Williams will hang around the company throug

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Your Fitbit Could Become Your Post-Surgery Best Friend

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-08-03 08:25:16

A Fitbit a day just might help keep your post-surgery woes at bay. Research today finds that wearable data can predict children’s risk of health problems following a removed appendix. Scientists in Chicago conducted the study, which equipped over a hundred children with Fitbits after their appendectomy. Using a specially designed algorithm, the Fitbits accurately detected whether children would develop postoperative complications, often days before they were formally diagnosed. The findings sug

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Hot deal: First major price drop on the best smart ring you can buy

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-03 12:30:14

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority In an intriguing Prime Day development for tech enthusiasts, the Oura Ring 4 is available at a significant discount. For us, this wearable is the best smart ring you can buy, is being offered at an attractive price for a limited time. The Oura Ring 4 is now available for $296.65, down from its usual $349. This represents a 15% discount and the first real one of any note since it launched last year. It’s an excellent opportunity for those interested in health t

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Laps Google and Apple on Health Features. But How Will They Work?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-03 11:36:00

If you're someone who likes to monitor their health through a smartwatch, today's Samsung Unpacked Galaxy event was great for you. I've always been somewhat skeptical of the idea that you absolutely need a smartwatch, Oura ring or another wearable device to monitor and maintain your health. But at today's Samsung Unpacked Galaxy event, it's clear that Samsung's technology powering these devices is improving, to the point where I'm convinced it was the best part of the event. Samsung unveiled th

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Oura Ring 4 On Sale for the First Time Ever, Amazon Crushes the Price for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-03 16:10:08

The Oura Ring 4th generation entered the market a few months ago, and it immediately became known as one of the most advanced smart rings in existence. Up until today, there was never a discount available on this product – either on Amazon or elsewhere. In honor of Prime Day, Amazon is going against the norm with the first-ever price cut on Oura Ring 4: With a 15% reduction on all sizes, you can now buy the Oura Ring 4 in silver, size 10, for $297 from $349. Other sizes are also on sale, but so

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Fitbit Charge 6 Fitness Tracker Is Going for Peanuts With Prime Discount, Includes S and L Sized Bands

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-08-05 04:10:05

It’s not just bits and bobs for the house you can pick up during this month’s Prime Day deal event, it’s basically everything. If there’s anything that Amazon sells that you’d like to save money on, then this event means there’s a high chance that you’ll be able to do so. It’s a good chance to get tech that you’d normally skip over because of its price. There are big deals all over the place. One great deal we’ve found today is on the immensely useful Fitbit Charge 6 fitness tracker. This handy

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Smart savings on the Samsung Galaxy Ring: Now just $299.99 in record drop

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-06 00:00:06

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority For those who’ve been considering the next level in wearable tech, Prime Day is the ideal time to take the plunge. You can now purchase the Samsung Galaxy Ring for $299.99, down from its usual $399.99, marking it as the lowest price in the last year. It’s an appealing choice for anyone interested in comprehensive health monitoring via a smart ring. Samsung Galaxy Ring for $299.99 (25% off) The Galaxy Ring is crafted from lightweight titanium and available in

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ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year

A New Study Finds That Walking 14 More Steps Per Minute Can Support Healthy Aging

RFK Jr. Begs Canada to Pardon 400 Ostriches So That We Can ‘Understand’ Them

These Are the 6 Best Vitamins and Minerals for Older Adults, According to Experts

Signs Your Gut Is Unhealthy and the 4 Ways to Restore It

The Big Beautiful Bill Is Bad for Americans’ Health and Wallets, Study Finds

Can US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped?

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I replaced my Apple Watch with the Oura Ring 4 for sleep tracking (and it did some things better)

Episource is notifying millions of people that their health data was stolen

GLP-1s are breaking life insurance

GLP-1s Are Breaking Life Insurance

The Whoop 5.0 Is a Massive Upgrade to Health Tracking. I Wasn’t Ready.

AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds

These Prime Day smartwatch and fitness tracker deals likely won't apply tomorrow

I Overlooked These 12 Foods Until I Learned How Healthy They Are

DOJ Supports RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vax Group in Lawsuit Against News Outlets

Get the Oura Ring 4 on sale before the deal ends tonight

Best Prime Day smartwatch and fitness tracker deals: Last day to shop deals

RFK Jr. may be about to demolish preventive health panel, health groups fear

Study: Apple’s newest AI model flags health conditions with up to 92% accuracy

Samsung's latest acquisition signals a new age of healthcare - but you may have missed it

Get the Oura Ring 4 on sale for the first time this Prime Day while the deal lasts

COO exit creates unanswered questions about Apple Watch and Health future

Your Fitbit Could Become Your Post-Surgery Best Friend

Hot deal: First major price drop on the best smart ring you can buy

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Laps Google and Apple on Health Features. But How Will They Work?

Oura Ring 4 On Sale for the First Time Ever, Amazon Crushes the Price for Prime Day

Fitbit Charge 6 Fitness Tracker Is Going for Peanuts With Prime Discount, Includes S and L Sized Bands

Smart savings on the Samsung Galaxy Ring: Now just $299.99 in record drop

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