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Cigna is expanding its telehealth footprint as it suits up for expansion. The company announced that it is expanding its telehealth partnership with MDLive to virtual primary care. This expansion gives greater usage of telehealth and virtual access to doctors already in behavioral health and urgent care services.  This resource […]

Telehealth Gets Expansion Through MDLive & Cigna Partnership

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Collagen Supplements
Anti-aging Collagen Supplements: bogus or legit Have you seen Collagen supplements in your local health food stores and thought “what’s this all about?” Collagen comes in the form of powders, pills, and creams. Countless manufacturers of collagen supplements claim anti-aging benefits. Everything from reducing wrinkles, joint pain relief, wound healing […]

Anti-aging Collagen Supplements: bogus or legit

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fda recall antacid
FDA Recalls More Antacids After Carcinogen Detected The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced more recalls for Antacids after a cancer-causing carcinogen was detected. Zantac and other generic heartburn medications have been found to contain trace amounts of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). The World Health Organization classifies NDMA as a “probable human […]

FDA Recalls More Antacids After Carcinogen Detected

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Medicare PACE program
Medicare PACE program helps older adults The Medicaid and Medicare PACE program (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) provides a wide range of social and medical services at adult day health centers, inpatient facilities and at home. PACE participants are community-dwelling elderly individuals and are typically eligible for both […]

Medicare PACE program helps older adults

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Gum Disease and Alzheimer
Gum Disease Bacteria Found in Alzheimer’s Brains A new study published in Science Advances suggests a possible link between gum disease and Alzheimer’s. Scientists studied dead and living patients with diagnosed and suspected Alzheimer’s. What they found was a molecule called gingipain (produced by gum bacteria) in nerve cells in […]

Gum Disease Bacteria Found in Alzheimer’s Brains

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