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Federal and postal workers to see double-digit health care premium increases again next year  Government Executive Federal health insurance premiums to see another large spike in 2026  Federal News Network Massive ACA price hikes revealed as Georgia Access window shopping opens early  AJC.com You could face higher health insurance premiums next year  NBC News Employer health insurance prices expected to rise as federal assistance …

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Microsoft says it “understand[s] price increases are never fun for anybody” following its decision to raise the prices of Xbox Game Pass tiers. Speaking to The Verge, Microsoft director of gaming and platform communications Dustin Blackwell said that it is “trying to reinforce” its offerings by “adding more value to these plans” alongside the price increases. “It’s something we don’t …

A new study has found that puffing on e-cigarettes may put you at increased risk for prediabetes. And people who smoke traditional cigarettes as well as the electronic kind may be adding to that risk by engaging in dual use. Prediabetes is a condition where the level of sugar in your blood is higher than average, and it tends to …

Getty Images The study suggests alcohol use, even at moderate levels, may have no safe threshold when it comes to brain health Any amount of alcohol consumption may increase the risk of dementia, a new large-scale study has found. The University of Oxford, Yale University, and the University of Cambridge have described their research into alcohol consumption and dementia risk …

We have heard this claim for years: having one or two drinks of alcohol every day might actually help the brain and keep dementia at bay. It sounded neat and tidy – and pleasantly convenient. But appealing stories are not always true, including this one, especially when they come from snapshots of messy human lives. Here is the …

People are far more likely to lie and cheat when they use AI for tasks, according to an eyebrow-raising new study in the journal Nature. “Using AI creates a convenient moral distance between people and their actions — it can induce them to request behaviors they wouldn’t necessarily engage in themselves, nor potentially request from other humans,” said behavioral scientist …

A groundbreaking 15-year study has confirmed what many nutritionists have long suspected: diet plays a critical role in how the brain and body age, especially when it comes to the onset of dementia and other chronic illnesses. “Our results show how important diet is in influencing the development of multimorbidity in ageing populations,” said Adrián Carballo-Casla, co-author of the study …

Those AFC teams that weren’t interested in Micah Parsons should be kicking themselves. Only two weeks after being traded to Green Bay, Parsons has quickly become a force for the Packers, helping his new team to a pair of wins only four days apart against 2024 playoff franchises. On Sunday against the Lions, Parsons participated in 30 total defensive snaps, …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The Powerball jackpot is closing in on a new record, as the third-highest jackpot will be on the line in Saturday’s drawing. The jackpot rose to $1.7 billion on Thursday after no winner in Wednesday’s drawing. Three tickets in South Carolina, however, each won $50,000 from the drawing: Ticket sold in Fort Mill at the Publix …