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Advocates condemn psych techniques used to keep kids online | Associate Press

Using principles that have long driven marketing and advertising, tech companies are figuring out how to keep people—including kids—glued to screens. "Families don't understand why their kids are so strongly attracted and pulled to these devices," said a psychologist who signed a letter to the American Psychological Association asking the group to intervene.

Beyoncé, Serena Williams open up about potentially fatal childbirths, a problem especially for black mothers | The Washington Post

Beyoncé and Serena Williams are bringing visibility to the risks of pregnancy, which disproportionately affect black women in the U.S. Black women in the country are 242% more likely to die of pregnancy or childbirth-related problems than white woman are.

Technology

More than 600 developers sign up for Blue Button 2.0 | Health Data Management

The Blue Button 2.0 API uses the FHIR standard for letting Medicare beneficiaries give their data to third-party apps, which goes hand in hand with the CMS' MyHealthEData initiative to give patients more control over their health data.

For doctors, telemedicine consultations come with unique challenges | Mobihealthnews

One challenge is the isolation of providing telemedicine. Another is the volume of requests providers receive.

In other news

We use sports terms all the time. But where do they come from? | The New York Times

Before throwing in the towel became the way to give up a boxing match, cornermen threw sponges, and the phrase was "chuck up the sponge."