Why one mother urges parents to become health care proxies for their adult children

Why one mother urges parents to become health care proxies for their adult children

If you have a child over 18, have they appointed a health care proxy? Should it…

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Adult social care picking up tab for NHS continuing healthcare squeeze, report directors

Adult social care picking up tab for NHS continuing healthcare squeeze, report directors

Photo: fizkes/Adobe Stock Overspending on adult social care budgets hit a 10-year high last year, in…

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Urgent adult mental health crisis referrals in England double in a year | Mental health

Urgent adult mental health crisis referrals in England double in a year | Mental health

Urgent adult referrals to mental health crisis teams in England more than doubled between 2023 and…

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Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs

Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs

This brief was updated on July 11, 2025 to include the latest KFF polling data. For…

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Rethinking Masculinity in Men’s Health

Rethinking Masculinity in Men’s Health

When I first came to the United States from Santiago, Chile at age 16, I brought…

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Assessing healthcare cost changes associated with transitioning away from cigarette smoking using healthcare claims data: an exploratory study among adult male patients with COPD | Harm Reduction Journal

Assessing healthcare cost changes associated with transitioning away from cigarette smoking using healthcare claims data: an exploratory study among adult male patients with COPD | Harm Reduction Journal

To our knowledge this is the first study that identified individuals who switched from smoking cigarettes…

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