Archive: 05/02/2015
Arkansas' 1st-in-the nation Medicaid expansion survives
(AP)—Arkansas' first-in-the-nation program using federal funds to purchase private insurance for the poor survived another year after the state House reauthorized the program on Thursday, despite an influx of new Republican ...
Feb 5, 2015
Signaling pathway helps protect healthy tissue from overly active immune responses
Researchers have uncovered a pathway that's key for protecting healthy tissue from overly active immune responses. The findings, which are described in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ...
Feb 5, 2015
Simple test detects increased risks in patients with acute kidney injury
A simple test can help predict which patients with acute kidney injury will likely develop serious kidney problems and die in the hospital, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American ...
Feb 5, 2015
Drug-resistant bacteria lurk in subway stations, high school students discover
Forget the five-million plus commuters and untold number of rats - many of the living things crowded into the New York City subway system are too small to see. An interest in the more menacing among these microbes led high ...
Feb 5, 2015
Youth hockey brain imaging study suggests early marker for concussion damage
James Hudziak, M.D., has two children who love ice hockey. His son skates for his college team and one of his daughters plays in high school.
Feb 5, 2015