Tag: Scams

Experts share tips for savings and safety during holiday shopping season

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Ahead of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and the rest of the holiday shopping season, West Virginia University experts are offering advice to shoppers with gifts to buy. Members of the WVU Extension Financial Literacy Education Team —…

As election approaches, national poll shows which health topics concern older adults most

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A new study shows what issues top older adults’ lists of health-related concerns going into this November’s election. Five of the top six issues that the highest percentage of older adults reported being very concerned about have to do with the cost of different kinds of health care.

UC Irvine study exposes risks of direct-to-consumer stem cell, exosome COVID-19 therapy ads

sarah JonasResearch Results

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 26, 2023 — A study from the University of California, Irvine has revealed that in 2022, 38 North American businesses used direct-to-consumer advertising to promote unproven stem cell interventions and exosome products as purported treatments and preventatives for COVID-19. Collectively, these organizations operated or facilitated access to 60 clinics – with 24 in the U.