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  • As ranks of uninsured grow, charity care can be hard to come by at many hospitals : NPR

    As ranks of uninsured grow, charity care can be hard to come by at many hospitals : NPR0

    Cori Roberts of St. Cloud, Minnesota, incurred more than $8,000 in medical bills after she was diagnosed at CentraCare with early-stage cervical cancer. She says the health system told her she made too much — about $41,000 a year — to qualify for financial aid. Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune hide caption toggle caption Anthony

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  • 7 sciatica stretches and exercises for pain relief

    7 sciatica stretches and exercises for pain relief0

    Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Sciatica afflicts millions of people each year—though not as many people as think they have it. A growing catchall term among the undiagnosed for all manner of back problems, sciatica is a specific lower-back nerve condition that requires specific action to address. “Early detection matters,” John Gallucci Jr. MS,

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  • Greeting a stranger can be a boon for you : NPR

    Greeting a stranger can be a boon for you : NPR0

    Hello, stranger! That’s a good thing to say, as we reported in a story we published three years ago: Why a stranger’s hello can do more than just brighten your day. Correspondent Rhitu Chatterjee reported on studies showing that simply chatting with strangers has a lasting impact: It can make the participants happy. Even smiling

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