Federal health officials are proposing an extensive set of tougher rules governing private Medicare Advantage health plans, in response to wide-scale complaints that too many patients’ medical claims have been wrongly denied and that marketing of the plans is deceptive. Medicare Advantage is the private-sector alternative to the federal program covering those 65 and over…
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If there were such a thing as rage nostalgia, it would be the longing for a time when people fought out loud — even in a setting as formal as the office. They vented. They cursed. They rolled their eyes theatrically. Now workplace anger is quieter, often contained to the clack-clacking of a hastily typed…
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Amarilli, mia bella, Non credi, o del mio cor dolce desio D’esser tu l’amor mio? And even after my soul-lifting, world-altering technologies flopped and the kitchens in my glass offices were no longer stocked with kombuchas and microgreens and microbrews, and none of my 15 remaining yes men had the energy for micromanaging or microblogging…
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When forest fires made our summer air toxic in Portland, Ore., I drove to a hardware store far across town to gather materials to make a homemade air purifier. My partner, Nick, lugged a heavy AC unit up from the basement which we hoped would cool and clean the air coming into our 90-degree home.…
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In theory, Kendra Matthies’s TikTok posts should be nothing but joy. Ms. Matthies, 24, is a bridal makeup artist. Think soft, smoky eyes, perfectly airbrushed skin and rosy cheeks topped off with a gentle mist of setting spray. She has more than 760,000 followers on the platform. But if you follow her, or even just…
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If your chill was nowhere to be found this year, you’re not alone. Public life and personal hardships provided ample fodder for flare-ups, which, in addition to costing your cool, can also take a more serious toll: According to scientists, prolonged and extreme anger can also exacerbate existing health problems, as well as affect the…
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Mistletoe fans speculate that the reason we kiss under the plant — a hemiparasitic shrub that has been used to treat cancer — can be traced back millenniums: maybe to Celtic druids, maybe to a Norse myth. But according to Judith Flanders, a senior research fellow at the University of Buckingham and the author of…
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Updated booster shots have bolstered Americans’ defenses against serious Covid, reducing the risk of hospitalization by roughly 50 percent compared with certain groups inoculated with the original vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in a pair of studies published on Friday. The research represents the agency’s first look at how the reformulated…
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That laxity comes when skin loses collagen and elastin, two proteins in the skin that allow it to “snap back,” Dr. Devgan said. Older skin doesn’t snap back as well as younger skin. “When I’m doing buccal fat pad excision on, let’s say, a patient who is in their fifties or sixties, that’s usually in…
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From a trompe l’oeil paint can to a handbag with wheels, the standout accessories of the holiday season are imbued with no shortage of whimsy. The Italian designer Alessandro Michele, who stepped down from his role as creative director of Gucci last month, has long embodied that mood with his maximalist aesthetic, employing clashing prints…
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