For children hospitalized with maltreatment, the likelihood of being reported to child protection services (CPS) is influenced by health insurance coverage and maternal race, according to a study published online July 18 ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Risk for maternal illness (morbidity) and death is unevenly distributed in the U.S., with some populations bearing substantially greater risk, including Medicaid-insured individuals, rural residents and Black and Indigenous ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, and early detection and treatment are key to prolonging survival in patients. A recent study published by Wiley online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed ...
Jun 20, 2022
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For more than two years, Americans have been able to get COVID-19 tests, often with no costs to themselves.
Jun 13, 2022
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"Chronic conditions" and "disability" are not just words. They can determine the funding and supports we can access, how we're treated and how we feel about ourselves.
Jun 6, 2022
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Children with high-risk neuroblastoma had worse outcomes if they were from certain racial/ethnic groups, or were on public rather than private insurance, despite being treated in clinical trials with standardized protocols, ...
Jun 1, 2022
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Many of us are considering a long-delayed overseas trip. However, despite what our politicians are telling us, the pandemic is not over yet, and there is always the risk you could catch COVID on holiday or just before you ...
May 27, 2022
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Antibiotics inappropriately prescribed to nonhospitalized children resulted in at least $74 million in excess health-care costs in the U.S. in 2017, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in ...
May 26, 2022
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Prices paid to hospitals during 2020 by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services averaged 224% of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among states, according to a ...
May 17, 2022
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Two new large studies led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) show an increase in the use of proton beam therapy (PBT) for patients with cancer in the United States during the past decade. However, Black patients ...
Apr 27, 2022
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