Archive: 12/11/2015
Team identifies drug that could limit the spread of deadly brain tumors
In a significant breakthrough, the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has identified a drug, propentofylline or PPF, that could help treat patients with deadly brain cancer.
Nov 12, 2015
Medicaid coverage improves access to health care and chronic disease control
Low-income Americans with Medicaid insurance have more awareness and better treatment of chronic diseases, such as high blood pressure, than their uninsured counterparts, a group of Harvard researchers said today. People ...
Nov 12, 2015
Despite health law's bow to prevention, US public health funding is dropping
Although the language of the Affordable Care Act places considerable emphasis on disease prevention - for example, mandating insurance coverage of clinical preventive services such as mammograms - funding for public health ...
Nov 12, 2015