Your doctor's new prescription might be for a fishing rod, or other goods or services you won't find at a pharmacy. The big picture: With the rise of "social prescribing," physicians are sending patients to choirs, art studios, walking clubs and lakesides. Overstretched health systems and a worsening loneliness epidemic are forcing a hard look at how social interventions can improve mental and physical health. - "The hope is that the care might not merely help address crises such as hospital waitlists and overreliance on prescription medications, but also tackle broader problems including social isolation," Andrew Dickson writes for Bloomberg (gift link ). - The term can encompass anything from programs that connect people with access to…
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On Wednesday's "The Daily Take": NewsNation's Connell McShane and Geraldo Rivera discuss the blockade at the Strait of Hormuz. Rivera thinks the blockade is working. Despite that, McShane looks at an Ipsos Poll that shows most people think the conflict was not worth U.S. military action. "The president has a very narrow window of opportunity," Rivera says. He believes if the war persists and gas prices increase, President Trump and Republicans will pay a high political cost. #StraitofHormuz #Trump #Iran Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Connell McShane. Weekdays starting at 3p/2C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Vice President JD Vance was heckled during a Turning Point USA college event in Georgia on Tuesday by people criticizing either the war in Iran or American support for Israel's ongoing war in Gaza.
A woman armed with a kitchen knife was fatally shot by police officers Tuesday after slashing a 3-year-old boy in a shopping cart outside a Walmart store in Nebraska, authorities said.
