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The annual report “analyzes health care spending, quality, and equity performance, and includes updated recommendations to improve system oversight and affordability,“ officials said. The increasing demand was a key driver of an overall 7.8 percent increase in the state’s health care spending in 2023 – growth that exceeded the state’s own 6 percent cost growth target, according to the 2025 “Health Care Spending and Quality in Rhode Island” report, published Monday by the state Health Insurance Commissioner Cory King. PROVIDENCE – Spending on GLP-1s , the pricey drugs used to...

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Many people know that obesity carries certain health risks, as it makes you more likely to develop diabetes, heart disease, stroke and certain cancers. But fresh research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity has experts concerned about the impact excess fat might have on the brain — especially in adolescents. The study found that obesity in teenagers is linked to significant changes in brain structure, particularly in areas responsible for memory, learning and emotional regulation. “This is particularly alarming, given that the teenage years are such an...

If you’re someone who regularly gets the ick from someone you’re dating — you might be a narcissist. The term that refers to the feeling of disgust from something a romantic partner does, says or even wears has gone viral on social media in recent years. And according to a study published in Personality and Individual Differences, those who experience this feeling often might possess personality traits that indicate narcissism. For the study, researchers analyzed 74 men and 51 women, ranging in age from 24 to 72. They asked the...

Boys who enter puberty later than average are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes as adults, irrespective of their weight or socio-economic factors, according to research presented at the first Joint Congress between the European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE). The findings may uncover a potential new risk factor for boys developing type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes that results from the body’s inability to make enough insulin or properly use insulin. Over 90% of...

A new study suggests that a “relatively simple” dieting approach can help people lose a “significant” amount of weight in just three months — and actually keep it off. Even better, it doesn’t involve counting every calorie, so you can stop obsessing over every bite and start enjoying your meals again. CDC data shows that in the US, 2 in 5 adults are obese, along with 1 in 5 children and adolescents — and that’s not even counting the millions more who fall into the overweight category. Although restricting daily...

Using AI can be a double-edged sword, according to new research from Duke University. While generative AI tools may boost productivity for some, they might also secretly damage your professional reputation. On Thursday, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published a study showing that employees who use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini at work face negative judgments about their competence and motivation from colleagues and managers.

Turns out, telling an AI chatbot to be concise could make it hallucinate more than it otherwise would have. That’s according to a new study from Giskard, a Paris-based AI testing company developing a holistic benchmark for AI models. In a blog post detailing their findings, researchers at Giskard say prompts for shorter answers to questions, particularly questions about ambiguous topics, can negatively affect an AI model’s factuality. “Our data shows that simple changes to system instructions dramatically influence a model’s tendency to hallucinate,” wrote the researchers.