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The legislation to reopen the government also included strict new rules for hemp products that critics say threaten to outlaw mainstream drinks, creams, gummies, oils and vapes.The provision closes a loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill that allowed hemp-derived products containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC to be sold.THC is the substance that is primarily responsible for marijuana’s trademark psychological effects. Hemp is a plant related to marijuana that produces THC at a much lower level.The 2018 law spawned a whole industry, with some products marketed for health reasons (often with terms like “hemp” or “CBD” in their descriptions) and others marketed as…

Robert Hays, an industrial electronics salesman in Arkansas, thought he’d purchased conventional medical insurance. So did Essie Nath, 67, a retired cafeteria worker in Wyoming. So did Martin Liz, 47, a Key West chef.Each enrolled in the kind of private health insurance that Trump administration officials have promoted as an alternative to plans sold under Obamacare.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. The difference between the two options became all too clear after Hays, Nath and Liz required surgery: Their cheaper policies left them facing bills of tens of thousands…

When we think about harm, we typically think of physical or psychological suffering. But ethicists point out that we can also suffer “moral injury” when forced to do something at odds with our deeply held values.Moral injury is often associated with military veterans. It can also occur in health care, however, when providers are coerced to offer care that violates their conscience. In fact, moral injury plays an important role in a case now before the Supreme Court, in which doctors opposed to abortion argue that the availability of mifepristone, a drug used to induce abortion, could force them to…

Should you add colostrum to your daily diet?On social media, influencers add scoops of the powder to drinks. On podcasts, ads for the supplement tout it for a number of benefits: better immunity, improved gut health, weight loss, exercise recovery.“Colostrum has been one of the highest interest supplements over the past year,” a spokesperson for GNC wrote in an email. In GNC’s upcoming “Anti Trend Report,” colostrum supplements were highlighted as one of the biggest supplement trends of the year.Sometimes referred to as “liquid gold” because of its honeylike appearance, or the “starter kit” for infants, colostrum is a crucial…

Some medical centers are taking a dramatic step to save mothers and babies after studies have shown too many doctors fail to follow guidelines for preventing pre-eclampsia, a potentially deadly pregnancy complication.These hospitals now recommend that all of their pregnant patients take low-dose aspirin. Studies show the drug is safe and can help prevent pre-eclampsia, a condition characterized by high blood pressure, and other pregnancy dangers.Last week, the March of Dimes, a nonprofit research and advocacy group focused on maternal and infant health, essentially blessed this approach, saying it may be “medically reasonable” for some medical practices to offer all…

Even Silicon Valley CEOs can get tired of technology.Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev told the hosts of the “Access” podcast that he stopped tracking his blood pressure while recalling the many storms his company has weathered.”I was wearing my Apple watch, and I was thinking about all this health stuff, and now I’ve gone very mechanical. I’m like, ‘I don’t want to see it,'” Tenev said in an episode posted Thursday. “I kind of know when I haven’t slept well, so I don’t need the device. I’m becoming more of a Luddite as we keep rolling out more business lines.”While the…

It’s not too late to break into AI — and it doesn’t really matter where you’re coming from.That’s what Business Insider learned while speaking to dozens of people working in AI, from recent college graduates to mid-career job switchers to those on the cusp of building their own AI companies.Their stories took us from India and Singapore to Silicon Valley and Sydney, and demonstrate that there are myriad paths into this booming space.We broke the routes of entry into four categories — graduating, transitioning, pivoting, and DIYing your way into AI — and asked people to share candid advice, fears,…

Kamila Staryga’s husband asked her to marry him years after their chance meeting in Golden Gate Park. She said yes. Later, he popped another question: Would she get a prenup?Staryga, the founder of a reproductive health startup, Rita Health, didn’t take offense. “I’m a super-high risk profile,” she says matter-of-factly, and legal contracts are part of her daily reality. “You don’t write a contract for good times,” she says. “You write them for when stuff goes south.”For Staryga and her husband, cash isn’t the only asset at stake. He works at a leading artificial intelligence company. Both receive part of…

Google’s next big AI rollout is imminent. It could cement a turnaround that’s been three years in the making.Gemini 3.0, the company’s next large language model, is expected to drop very soon. Company employees are teasing it. CEO Sundar Pichai has said it will be out by the end of the year. Brace for impact.Anticipation has reached fever pitch on X and in various Discord channels, where AI truthers are convinced Gemini 3 is already out in the wild. Google has a history of testing its models semi-secretly, so this might not be a total conspiracy.But it’s not just them.…

A judge said Friday that he planned to approve a deal for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family who own the company to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids, allowing money to start flowing to victims as soon as next spring.U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Sean Lane said he would spell out his reasoning in a hearing next week.Here’s what to know.The Sackler family members will pay billions and can’t put their names on any more museumsMembers of the Sackler family have been cast as villains in an overdose epidemic that has been linked…