Disagree with that medical bill? Research shows it’s worth calling your hospital billing office – 74% of people who did that saw a bill correction that brought the balance down.
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Got an unaffordable or incorrect medical bill? Calling your hospital billing office will usually get you a discount
Researchers found that nearly 74% of patients who reached out about a billing mistake received bill corrections. For those who negotiated their bil...
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Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost didn’t air − and why it endures
Charles Schulz’s TV special survived the skepticism of network executives to become a holiday classic.
 In FastCompany, our look at the state of the arctic (not good) https://www.fastcompany.com/91244202/arctic-report-card-2024-climate-change-carbon-emissions-wildlife-wildfires-sea-ice On DefenseOne, our analysis of post-Assad #syria:
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Can Syria's triumphant rebel coalition unite the country?
And what should the U.S. do about this potentially "catastrophic success"?
 The Space Review published our fascinating story on astrobiology 
The Space Review: How astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve
 The Indian nonprofit news site:Scroll.in published one of our health articles on the cognitive benefits of exercis:
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The cognitive benefits of physical activity
Short-term effects of even some amount of exercise were evident with improved cognitive processing speed, according to a study.
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Your "normal" blood test results may not actually be normal for you. A mathematician explains how #MachineLearning can find healthy blood count ranges for individual patients and improve predictions of their risk of future disease.
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Blood tests are currently one-size-fits-all − machine learning can pinpoint what’s truly ‘normal’ for each patient
A narrower, more personalized ‘normal range’ could help doctors better diagnose and treat disease in individual patients.
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To prepare for an ever hotter future, architects and city designers could learn from the past. The Sumerians who lived in southern Iraq 6,000 years ago used thick walls and small windows to keep indoor temperatures cool. Ancient Egyptians harnessed the wind and funneled it downward into buildings. Ancient Puebloans understood the importance of solar orientation.
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5 lessons from ancient civilizations for keeping homes cool in hot, dry climates
Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It’s time to get that knowledge back.
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As human #population increases, humans and animals share increasingly crowded landscapes. Which means everyone needs to be more informed in how to safely interact with #wildlife.
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As human population grows, people and wildlife will share more living spaces around the world
As the world’s population grows, contact between humans and wildlife will increase in more than half of Earth’s land areas. A new study shows w...
As human #population increases, humans and animals share increasingly crowded landscapes. Which means everyone needs to be more informed in how to safely interact with #wildlife.
The Conversation
As human population grows, people and wildlife will share more living spaces around the world
As the world’s population grows, contact between humans and wildlife will increase in more than half of Earth’s land areas. A new study shows w...
The DEA is considering reclassifying marijuana as a schedule III drug, on a par with Tylenol 3. We had a drug policy expert weigh the pros and cons:
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DEA could reclassify marijuana to a less restrictive category – a drug policy expert weighs the pros and cons
Moving marijuana to a less restrictive category under the Controlled Substances Act poses benefits and potential risks. But no effective medicine i...
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Tommy John surgery, once reserved for saving the careers of #MLB pitchers, is now commonplace among teenage athletes. More than half of these procedures are performed on 15-19 year olds as youth sports intensify.
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50 years after the first procedure, Tommy John surgery is more common than ever − especially for young athletes
It’s saved the careers of hundreds of MLB pitchers. But teenage athletes dreaming of fame and fortune are now having the surgery in record numbers.
Loving is a practice, and it’s something we can improve on, according to a philosopher 🥰🥰🥰 This is because love is made up of other skills such as listening carefully and being present. If you get better at these skills, you get better at loving.
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What is love? A philosopher explains it’s not a choice or a feeling − it’s a practice
What makes a relationship last when feelings fade or circumstances change? Can you force yourself to love someone you hate or don’t care about?
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#Syria now faces a huge challenge: putting back together a country divided by 13 years of civil war and a half-century of brutal dictatorship. The rebels are themselves significantly divided. Here's the background you need on the key players in the transition: buff.ly/4g1TnYY #News