A new federal initiative aims to curb “overprescribing” of psychiatric medications while emphasizing holistic care.

Starting in July, Medicare beneficiaries may be able to get a GLP-1 prescription for weight loss for $50 a month. It’s a notable shift for Medicare, which has long been barred from covering weight loss treatments.

Across Medicare beneficiaries, primary care visit rates and access decreased from 2017 to 2023, and telemedicine accounted for a small proportion of visits, according to a study published online in JAMA Health Forum.

If you scroll through social media for long enough, you’ll probably find videos claiming that listening to songs tuned to “A 432 Hz” can provide an amazing sense of calmness or healing.

Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), in collaboration with colleagues across the country, found that more than one in four pediatric patients treated for malaria in the United States had a delay in their initial diagnosis, increasing the risk of more severe infection.