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Herbie J Pilato

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

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As state Medicaid programs eased or eliminated restrictions on access to antiviral treatment for hepatitis C, the number of prescriptions significantly increased every quarter from 2015 through 2019, according to study findings published in JAMA Health Forum. “The results of this study suggest that Medicaid coverage restrictions were associated with...

Hepatitis C Treatment Increased as State Medicaid Programs Eased Restrictions

A large part of patient care in the modern corporate setting is working within your restrictions. Most corporate health care settings will limit how wide your scope can be, and this often determines how you treat patients. As a family physician working within a huge corporate setting, this oftentimes leads to alternate outcomes, such as referring a patient to another office where a procedure can be done safely or having to be docile towards insurance requirements and administrators. In America, insurance plans dominate the treatment of the primary care patient, so the selection of medications and treatment will often be up to the insurance provider rather than the medical provider. The insurance the client picks will change their life trajectory.

How corporate health care is failing physicians and patients alike

Verywell Health

A recent survey showed that many Americans trust convenient care clinics or urgent care to provide routine healthcare services that primary care providers typically perform. Convenient care clinics are easily accessible to individuals with or without an established primary care provider. While convenient care clinics fill gaps in primary care,...

Is Urgent Care Replacing Primary Care Physicians?

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Republicans have reportedly been pleading with Trump to stay on message — but his campaign just can't seem to help itself.

The Trump Campaign Just Tweeted Something Really Racist

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

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The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

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A WOMAN who disappeared in South Carolina has been found days after authorities located her abandoned car. Jessica Rapsys, 27, was found safe in Allendale County, about 80 miles from Columbia, on Friday, August 16. Jessica went missing on Tuesday, August 13, while she was traveling through South Carolina from Jacksonville, Florida, to visit her aunt. Around 9:15 that night, police found […]

Missing Jessica Rapsys is found three days after she vanished & left keys and phone inside abandoned car on side of road

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A federal investigation found at least 973 kids died at US-run Native American boarding schools. It suggests several measures, including an apology.

'Crying for their parents': More than 900 children died at Indian boarding schools, U.S. report finds

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It's been four decades since Emmy-nominated actor Lloyd Haynes died of lung cancer at only 52 years old. Best known for his compassionate performance as history teacher Pete Dixon on television's groundbreaking, academic-geared dramedy, Room 222 (ABC, 1969-1974), Haynes was beloved by his fans, family, friends and colleagues alike. This is his story.

In Memory of 'Room 222' TV Actor Lloyd Haynes: 4 Decades After His Tragic Death From Lung Cancer

(Stock photo by Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images) A federal judge ordered Hanover County Public Schools late Friday to temporarily cease blocking a transgender middle school student from trying out for and, if selected, playing on a sports team this school year. In February, the student, represented by the American Civil Liberties...

Federal court allows transgender student to try out for Virginia school sports team

The majority of Black people are aging faster due to stress-related stressors such as racism and discrimination, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open. The researchers discovered that racism harms the brain and causes advanced aging following a cellular-level observation. Since Black women are exposed...

Racism and discrimination make black people age faster, according to a new study

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The Idaho Council on Indian Affairs meets Aug. 19, 2024, at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise. (Clark Corbin/Idaho Capital Sun) The five Native American tribes in Idaho have a combined economic impact of $1.45 billion, according to a study by a University of Idaho economist. The tribes contribute heavily...

Study shows Idaho’s Native American tribes have nearly $1.5B economic impact

In 2016, Medicare expenses for traumatic brain injuries totaled more than $16 billion and car crashes were the third-leading cause of hospitalizations, emergency room visits and deaths. A viewpoint by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston made an argument for Medicare coverage of driving assessments for older, at-risk...

A Call for Medicare Coverage of Senior Citizen Driving Assessments

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Denny's was once a staple of the American diner landscape. In recent years, it has had its ups and downs, especially post-pandemic. The dining habits of people also change. Some customers have a more discerning taste.

Denny's: a legacy of serving customers for over 65 years including 27 locations in Missouri

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Earlier puberty in girls and varied contraceptive availability post-Roe has only increased unintended teen pregnancy.

Dobbs-Era Policy Has Irrevocably Changed Teenage Pregnancy

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A Pacific Islander and his family left the Marshall Islands more than a decade ago in search of better education, health care and job opportunities in the United States. Editor’s note: Sources are not named in this story because they fear harassment and retaliation. Some interviews conducted in Spanish were translated into English for this story.

Immigrants in Arkansas struggle to achieve better life they came to the U.S. to find

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Darrell Dixon’s father was just 25 when he had a major heart attack in the rural Mississippi Delta. By his early 40s, a series of additional attacks had left his heart muscle too weak to pump enough blood to his body. He died in 2013 at the age of 49.

Heart disease is rampant in parts of the rural South. Researchers are hitting the road to learn why

Arkansas Department of Education Chief of Staff Courtney Salas-Ford (left) and Chief Fiscal Officer Greg Rogers explain to the Arkansas Legislative Council's Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review subcommittee why the department requested $7 million to provide lockers and pouches for students' cell phones in roughly 180 school districts statewide. (Screenshot/Arkansas Legislature)

Panel OKs $7 million for Arkansas school districts to lock up students’ phones during class time

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Report lays bare stark disparities in health care outcomes for Native Americans in Washington

A citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation waits for her COVID-19 vaccination in this 2021 photo at Colville Tribes Indian Health in Nespelem,...

Report lays bare stark disparities in health care outcomes for Native Americans in Washington

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