In the first three years of Medicaid expansion due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the number of patients with end-stage kidney disease who died within a year of starting dialysis decreased in states that expanded Medicaid ...
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In recent years, a mass spectrometry process that can detect the amounts of drugs in a biological sample, such as blood, has become a powerful diagnostic tool for helping medical professionals identify and monitor levels ...
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Keep this in mind: Scientists say they've learned how your brain plucks information out of working memory when you decide to act.
Feb 19, 2014
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Syringe services programs—sites where people who use drugs can access sterile syringes and dispose of injection equipment—often face political backlash. But a new study shows the effectiveness of these programs in both ...
Feb 28, 2022
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For individuals with gender dysphoria, the conflict between experienced gender identity and sex observed at birth produces significant emotional distress.
Aug 22, 2018
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In an effort to improve treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder, a team of researchers has for the first time recorded electrical signals in the human brain associated with ebbs and flows in OCD symptoms over an extended ...
Dec 9, 2021
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Beta oscillations are tightly linked to Parkinson's disease and the ability to process sensory information, such as touch. Two neuroscientists have brought their collaboration to Brown University and won funding from the ...
Nov 28, 2011
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A new study in Science Translational Medicine describes three software innovations that substantially improved the user experience and performance of the BrainGate brain computer interface (BCI). Researchers said the gains ...
Nov 11, 2015
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A team of researchers led by Brown University infectious disease experts and engineers has identified a new class of antibiotics that could one day help combat the alarming emergence of drug-resistant "superbugs."
Mar 29, 2018
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A treatment program for opioid addiction launched by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections was associated with a significant drop in post-incarceration drug overdose deaths and contributed to an overall drop in overdose ...
Feb 14, 2018
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