Archive: 09/07/2018
Allow women in England to take abortion pills at home, healthcare leaders urge Jeremy Hunt
Women in England should be allowed to take both the pills required for an early medical abortion at home, just like their peers in Scotland and now Wales, argue healthcare leaders, in an editorial published online in BMJ ...
Jul 9, 2018
Study in transwomen shows link between hormone therapy and risk of vascular side effects
A recent study coordinated by researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and led by the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente ...
Jul 9, 2018
Candidate drug may be effective against broader class of brain cancers
A Ludwig Cancer Research study explains why a particular mutation in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a cell surface protein, results in more aggressive tumors and poorer overall survival of patients diagnosed ...
Jul 9, 2018
Medicare Advantage rankings penalize plans serving disadvantaged populations, study finds
New research from Brown University suggests that federal rankings of Medicare Advantage plans may unfairly penalize those that enroll a disproportionate number of non-white, poor and rural Americans.
Jul 9, 2018
New pediatric asthma yardstick has treatment guidance for children of every age
Although about 10 percent of school-aged children in the United States have asthma, there are few comprehensive U.S. guidelines for treating pediatric asthma. The Pediatric Asthma Yardstick, a new guideline from the American ...
Jul 9, 2018