• Ultra-processed foods are a common component of many people’s diets.
• Although the definition varies, they are generally industrially produced foods that contain ingredients not found in the typical home kitchen.
• Recently, research has raised concerns about the health effects of a diet high in ultra-processed foods.
• Now, a large Australian study has found that high consumption of ultra-processed foods is linked to depressive symptoms.

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• Your health insurance premium will depend on factors like the size of your deductible, how narrow your network is and whether you get insurance on the job or buy a plan on your own.
• On average, a single person pays about $111 a month for employer-sponsored coverage and $456 a month for a plan on the health insurance marketplace, before any subsidies.
• Besides monthly premiums, health insurance expenses include copayments, coinsurance and spending to meet your deductible.

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“New laws and mandates effective in 2023 can help you manage medical debt. These consumer-friendly changes may help you save on prescriptions or plan better for the cost of your care upfront.

Here’s what’s new in 2023 that can help you make the most economical healthcare choices for yourself and your family.”

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While it’s not exactly news that eating overly-processed foods is linked to myriad health issues, results from a recent study are shedding new light on its relation to cognitive decline as we age. 

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“I’ve been pleased that healthcare has been paying attention, probably sooner than it acknowledged the Internet. Every day, it seems, there are new developments about how various kinds of AI are showing usefulness/potential usefulness in healthcare, in a wide variety of ways.  There’s lots of informed discussions about how it will be best used and where the limits will be, but as a long-time observer of our healthcare system, I think we’re not talking enough about two crucial questions.”

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