HFS seeks members for new Medicaid beneficiary advisory council
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is seeking members to serve on a new advisory council to help “shape future policy decisions” for the Medicaid program.
Transgender Veterans Sue to Have Gender-Affirming Surgery Covered by VA
A group of transgender veterans filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to begin providing and paying for gender-affirming surgeries. The lawsuit from the Transgender American Veterans Association seeks to compel the VA to codify in its regulations verbal assurances the department has made that it would begin providing those […]
Therapists Say These 6 Common Habits Are Fueling Your Anxiety
Kathrin Ziegler via Getty Images People pleasing, catastrophizing and seeking external reassurance are all contributing to your feelings of anxiety. Anxiety is a very normal but a very unwelcome feeling. Most of us would choose not to experience it if we could. In some ways, it’s like a smoke alarm, said Natasha Reynolds, a psychotherapist […]
Study finds dieters may overestimate the healthiness of their eating habits
In a small study, most adults seeking to lose weight overestimated the healthiness of their diet, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2022. The meeting, held in person in Chicago and virtually, Nov. 5-7, 2022, is a premier global exchange of the latest scientific advancements, research and […]