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In chronic pain, this teenager 'could barely do anything:' Insurer wouldn't cover surgery
When Preston Nafz was 12, he asked his dad for permission to play lacrosse. "First practice, he came back, he said, 'Dad, I love it,'" recalled his father, Lothar Nafz, of Hoover, Alabama. "He lives for lacrosse."
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What's at stake for health care reform in the US election?
While abortion and reproductive health care are in the spotlight during the 2024 United States presidential campaign, other health policy issues, including Medicare and Medicaid, have drawn less attention. Despite this low ...
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A few rural towns are bucking the trend and building new hospitals
There's a new morning ritual in Pinedale, Wyoming, a town of about 2,000 nestled against the Wind River Mountains.
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Analysis calculates $725M in economic potential from expanded cancer treatment access
A recent analysis, published in The Lancet Oncology, calculates that increasing access to [¹⁷⁷Lu]PSMA therapy for eligible patients could generate $725 million in economic potential. This impact is projected across nine ...
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Female representation improves in high-paying medical specialties, finds study
Despite continuing overall inequities, the number of female residents matriculating to high-paying medical specialties has increased, with a notable rise in women entering high compensation surgical fields.
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Companies keep selling harmful products, but history shows consumers can win in the end
In 2023, 42 state attorneys general sued Meta to remove Instagram features that Meta's own studies had shown—and independent research had confirmed—are harmful to teenage girls.
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Sociologists estimate impact of Alaska's universal cash payments on birth outcomes
A sociological investigation has estimated the effects of Alaska's universal cash transfer program on newborn health outcomes using data spanning 28 years. The study revealed that while a cash payment during pregnancy had ...
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Single parents and people with long-term health conditions disproportionately vulnerable to food insecurity: Study
Single parents and people with long-term health conditions are more likely to be experiencing severe forms of food insecurity, according to a new study by the University of Sheffield.
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Medicaid could bolster or reshape US homeless policy
Medicaid and health systems are playing a growing role in providing housing and other services to people experiencing homelessness, investments that could bolster—or eventually overtake—existing governance structures, ...
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Study identifies cost-effective solutions to prevent and treat postpartum hemorrhage
A new study has found that care bundles and medication used to treat or prevent excessive blood loss are cost-effective ways of addressing postpartum hemorrhage—the leading cause of maternal deaths in limited-resource settings.
Sep 30, 2024
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Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after 'nightmare' COVID conditions, with little help
One evening in May, nursing assistant Debra Ragoonanan's vision blurred during her shift at a state-run Massachusetts veterans' home. As her head spun, she said, she called her husband. He picked her up and drove her to the ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Access to a GP can make all the difference in surviving lung cancer—and that is a problem for Māori
Surviving lung cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand could depend on whether you can access a GP—raising questions about equity in the country's health system.
Sep 29, 2024
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Clinical cancer research in the US is increasingly dominated by pharmaceutical industry sponsors, study finds
Researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center identified a substantial increase over the past decade in the proportion of patients with cancer in the U.S. who participate in pharmaceutical industry sponsored clinical trials compared ...
Sep 27, 2024
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Firearm injuries lead to more complications, greater risk of death and higher inpatient costs than other injuries
Children who are injured by firearms require significantly more inpatient care, have higher medical complication rates and face a greater risk of death than children with other forms of trauma, according to research presented ...
Sep 27, 2024
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On campaign trail, Vance lays out 'concept of a plan' for health care
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance's plan to rework President Barack Obama's signature health care law is vague on details, but many conservative health care experts say it would take the Republican Party back ...
Sep 27, 2024
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Researcher: Drug prices improved under Biden-Harris and Trump, but not for everyone, and not enough
When it comes to drug pricing, the Trump and Biden-Harris administrations both have some very modest wins to tout.
Sep 26, 2024
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School-based clinics have improved health equity—but they reach only a small number of students, research finds
School-based health centers (SBHCs) are clinics located in or near public schools to provide students with convenient health care. What began as three clinics in three states a half-century ago has grown into a network of ...
Sep 26, 2024
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Sending home COVID-positive nursing home staff means worse outcomes for patients, study says
Sending nursing staff home who are mildly ill with COVID-19 could lead to unnecessary patient hospitalizations, deaths, and costs, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Sep 25, 2024
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Questions over safety and effectiveness of new Alzheimer's drug
The safety and effectiveness of donanemab—an Alzheimer's drug recently approved by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)—is called into question in an investigation published by The BMJ.
Sep 25, 2024
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Study finds cost benefits to system ownership of hospitals—but at a possible risk to quality
Large hospital systems control eight out of 10 hospital beds in the United States—and they continue to grow—but little has been known until now about how system ownership affects hospital operations.
Sep 25, 2024
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America is increasingly dependent on foreign doctors, but their path to immigration is getting harder
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a pressing issue: The U.S. health care system is increasingly dependent on immigrant physicians, but it's becoming harder for aspiring ones to work and settle in the U.S.
Sep 25, 2024
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How North Carolina made its hospitals do something about medical debt
North Carolina officials had been quietly laboring for months on an ambitious plan to tackle the state's mammoth medical debt problem when Gov. Roy Cooper stepped before cameras in July to announce the initiative.
Sep 25, 2024
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Additional GP funding has been squeezed this year, finds UK investigation
Budgetary decisions by commissioners across England are affecting GPs' ability to offer their patients what most people regard as essential services and forcing some practices to close, an investigation by The BMJhas found.
Sep 25, 2024
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California may regulate and restrict pharmaceutical brokers
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon decide whether the most populous U.S. state will join 25 others in regulating the middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, whom many policymakers blame for the soaring ...
Sep 25, 2024
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Some Alabama workers were swamped by medical debt: Then their employer stepped in
Like most medical offices, the small suite of exam rooms at the PhiferCares Clinic fills daily with patients seeking help with bumps and bruises, sore throats, and stuffy noses.
Sep 25, 2024
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