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Affordable health clinic in Sevier County seeing new patients with expanded access
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WVLT) – Affordable healthcare services expanded to Gatlinburg a year ago, and since then, the clinic has seen strong growth in patients needing their services. The Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic expanded to a second location in Gatlinburg last year. They said the need for healthcare and the support from the community had…
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Daily weight loss pill helps patients lose 12% of body weight
Trials of a daily obesity pill have shown it can help patients lose around 12% of their body weight over 72 weeks. The manufacturer, Eli Lilly, says the drug, which is not yet licensed, could be available next year. The daily pill, called orforglipron, works by suppressing appetite and making you feel more full. Preliminary…
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United Healthcare takes over as student health insurance provider
United Healthcare will be the University’s student health insurance provider for the 2025-2026 school year, taking over from Aetna, which has been the provider since 2007. All University students are required to be medically insured, but the University student plan is only required for students who do not have other, valid health insurance. Other insurance…
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Why a dockside health clinic could be the future of NHS care
BBC Tom Parker, 37, broke his leg in a fishing accident three miles off the Devon coast Tom Parker was working alone three miles (4.8km) off the Devon coast when his fishing boat hit a wave and lurched to one side. “I was pulling one of the ropes and I slipped and fell,” he says….
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A Brief But Spectacular take on revolutionizing women’s health care
Joanna Strober, Founder, Midi Health: When I was in my 40s, I had a big job, and things actually started falling apart in my life. I was angry a lot. I wasn’t sleeping. I was having hot flashes. And, honestly, I didn’t know what was going on in my body, and I didn’t really have…
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Gloucestershire support network helped us to breastfeed, say mums
Clara Bullock & Nicky Price BBC News, Gloucestershire Manpreet Pinder Manpreet Pinder volunteers as a breastfeeding peer supporter Two mums who struggled to breastfed their babies have said they would have struggled without the help of a peer support group. Manpreet Pinder, who has since trained as a volunteer breastfeeding peer supporter, and her sister,…
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