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		<title><![CDATA[Medigap vs Medicare open enrollment: What’s the difference?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medicare provides health insurance to over 70 million Americans. During Medicare open enrollment, which runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 this year, people can enroll in the program or change plans. You can also switch from original Medicare to a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Environmental Nutrition: ‘Med up’ your breakfast!]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Start the day with the delicious flavors of the Mediterranean — fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, lean proteins, healthy fats — and you’re doing it right. Eating a Mediterranean style breakfast is not only nourishing and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What is a longevity specialist, and should I see one?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I’ve been hearing more about doctors who specialize in helping people live longer. What’s involved, and what should I look for? A: A longevity (or healthspan) specialist focuses on preventing age-related disease and extending healthy years ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mayo Clinic Q&A: Why do I keep getting UTIs?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m suffering from another urinary tract infection, which seems to be happening a lot. Why do I keep getting UTIs, and what can I do about them? ANSWER: Recurrent urinary tract infections, or UTIs, can be frustrating and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mayo Clinic Q&A: When to consider preventive breast cancer surgery]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother was recently diagnosed
with breast cancer. Given my family history, when should I consider
preventive surgical options, and what do those look like? Are there
other risk factors I should be aware of?

ANSWER: Given your...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Inflammatory breast cancer: Fast-moving form often lacks lump as warning sign]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ROCHESTER, Minnesota — You probably know that a lump in the breast
may be a symptom of breast
cancer. But what about breast cancer that develops without that
warning sign? Inflammatory
breast cancer is a fast-moving cancer that doesn't usually ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4326962</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I’m a Philly forensic psychologist who has conducted dozens of psychopathic evaluations – here’s why an evaluation of R.C. Horsch in the ‘80s didn’t identify him as a possible psychopath]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seven missing women have been linked to the house that was shared by
44-year-old Eugene Horsch and his late father, Raymond “R.C.”
Horsch, in the Olney section of Philadelphia.

With five of the seven women feared dead, Philadelphia police and...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Legalizing sports betting linked to increased demand for mental health services, study shows]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Legalizing sports betting is associated with an increase in the
number of workers in a state receiving treatment for anxiety or
depression, according to a recent Johns Hopkins study.

Johns Hopkins researchers looked at anonymized insurance claims...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4326671</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Christina Applegate was misdiagnosed with MS. That doesn't give her much relief, she says]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Emmy winner Christina Applegate's health journey has
taken an unexpected turn, years into her public battle with a condition
she thought was multiple sclerosis.

Applegate, 54, is "back at square one" after learning she
was ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4326584</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Youth mental health emergency requires sustained commitment and meaningful action]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago, youth mental health was at a tipping point.
Pediatricians, child and adolescent psychiatrists and children’s
hospitals saw this crisis playing out on the frontlines and our
organizations took the step together to declare
a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4326353</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Four red flags and one truth amid the peptide hype]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Experimental peptides have become darlings among influencers,
chiropractors, and doctors focused on longevity, antiaging, or “body
optimization,” even though the FDA hasn’t approved them for safety
or effectiveness. Health secretary Robert F...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4326173</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Colorado medical groups, fundraising stack up against proposed ban on gender-affirming surgeries for teens]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — Over the next few weeks, Coloradans will decide whether to
ban gender-affirming surgeries for minors, though available data
suggests few teens receive such procedures in this state.

Proposition
135 would outlaw surgeries to change a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4326160</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Safeguarding your health: Smart, simple ways to stay well this respiratory illness season]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the fall and winter respiratory
virus season arrives, simple but important hand hygiene remains a
core line of defense.

Hand-washing is a simple habit that helps prevent the spread of germs
and keeps seasonal illness at bay.

After coughing, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4326110</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Many vapes and e-cigarettes are now banned in Pennsylvania – here’s what Philly consumers and businesses need to know]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many popular nicotine vapes are now banned in Pennsylvania, with only
six companies approved to sell their products in the state after a legal
ban went into effect on Oct. 19, 2026.

I am a health law professor at Villanova University outside
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    <pubDate>Oct/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GOP focuses on fraud, seeking to redirect voters' ire over healthcare costs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heading into the midterm elections, high healthcare costs rank among
voters’ biggest concerns. But lately, there’s a twist giving the
issue new momentum on campaign agendas: a focus
on fraud in government health programs.

The administration ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4325841</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Next governor to face thorny choices after California's rapid Medicaid expansion]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In March 2025, when California ran out of Medicaid funds to pay
doctors and hospitals, the state
borrowed $3.4 billion to keep the program afloat. It was, as a
spokesperson for Gov. Gavin Newsom insisted, nothing new. Indeed, a
handful of times ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4325838</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[After booting 760K people from ACA plans, Trump administration has added some back]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Late last month, the Trump administration announced that it had cut
760,000 people from the Affordable Care Act rolls, claiming
fraud and improper enrollments and touting billions
in potential taxpayer savings.

Not all of those kicked off were ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4325799</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The science and politics behind the panic over ultraprocessed foods]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ultraprocessed foods have a terrible reputation.

Studies have linked them with multiple chronic diseases. Journalists and
health influencers characterize them as poison. Some public health
experts call for a global halt to producing and consuming...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fears about kids' online safety unite Democrats and Republicans]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate candidates in Texas could hardly be more different:
James Talarico, a former seminarian turned Democratic state lawmaker who
speaks in calm cadences about love and empathy, and Ken Paxton, the
pugnacious Republican state attorney ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask the Pediatrician: What is a medical home?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medical health professions use the term “medical home” to
describe the partnership between you, your child and your child’s
medical team. It is not a house, an office or a hospital, but a plan to
care for a child, keeping in mind all aspects...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4325382</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/19/2026</pubDate>
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