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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>
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    <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>
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    <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[Serious risks from Type 2 diabetes can be reduced or avoided]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don't freak out: Two new studies reveal additional health risks that
accompany a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes (T2D). First, a study released
at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of
Diabetes found that the incidence of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/youdocs/s-4323198</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Grandpa Lives Closer But Still Keeps To Himself]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR ABBY: My parents divorced when I was 5 years old, and my father
moved out of state shortly afterward. For many years, I rarely saw him
in person. However, he stayed in touch through phone calls and letters,
and he always called on my birthday...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearabby/s-4322735</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Patient With Bph Needs Biopsy To Be Performed On Prostate]]></title>
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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 68 years old and have an enlarged prostate and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). I've been taking tamsulosin for about seven years. My PSA level has slowly creeped up and was recently measured at 4.5 ng/mL. My doctor did a...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/keithroach/s-4322672</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[My Answer]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham Q: I heard a podcast declaring that in our digital world with people so focused on their devices that our society is becoming deaf to God’s voice. What does it mean to say that people are spiritually ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <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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		<title><![CDATA[People say these peptides hurt them. Their stories are muffled in MAHA's push for medical freedom]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the third day of squirting an experimental drug up his nose,
Dylan Meetze felt horrible.

“It was like I was underwater, like it took the most to do
anything,” he said.

Meetze stopped taking the drug but endured fatigue and anxiety for
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Maryland medical school study trains clinicians on keto diet for mental illness]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE -- Studies have shown that converting the body’s
metabolism from burning sugars and starches to proteins and fats can
relieve certain neurological and mental illnesses that have not
responded well to standard therapies, but most ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4325368</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dreaming of better health]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[REM (rapid eye movement) is a sleep stage that happens four to six times
a night. During REM, your body is immobilized, you have rapid eye
movement (hence REM) and you dream. If you're sleeping well, it accounts
for 20% to 25% of your sleep time.
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/youdocs/s-4323197</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/19/2026</pubDate>
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