It's been the case for decades—high numbers of U.S. women who give birth lose or face changes to their health insurance afterward. And those with Medicaid benefits are most likely to lose coverage, because pregnancy-related ...
Apr 22, 2022
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It's a tough time to be a young adult, most young adults themselves say, as do those who teach and work with them.
Apr 13, 2022
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Text-message "nudges" sent out to unvaccinated Rhode Islanders in late spring 2021 didn't increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake, according to a new study led by researchers at Brown University's Policy Lab.
Apr 6, 2022
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Syringe services programs—sites where people who use drugs can access sterile syringes and dispose of injection equipment—often face political backlash. But a new study shows the effectiveness of these programs in both ...
Feb 28, 2022
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To find treatments for connective tissue disorders like fibrosis, scientists need models that can replicate the structure and function of human tissue when it's healthy as well as when it isn't, and react to drugs just like ...
Feb 1, 2022
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In an effort to improve treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder, a team of researchers has for the first time recorded electrical signals in the human brain associated with ebbs and flows in OCD symptoms over an extended ...
Dec 9, 2021
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Up to 24% of U.S. military veterans are estimated to be affected by food insecurity—a limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate food—and a new study found that risks are significantly higher for people ...
Nov 11, 2021
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Among the populations most significantly affected by COVID-19 are the elderly and patients with preexisting medical conditions including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and chronic ...
Nov 8, 2021
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In the four months following the COVID-19 pandemic's arrival in the U.S., the number of patients initiating treatment for kidney failure declined by 30%, a new study in JAMA Network Open found. Notably, Black patients and ...
Oct 14, 2021
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A new study provides insights into the cellular mechanisms involved in Christianson syndrome, an X-linked genetic disorder characterized by delayed development, cognitive disability and epileptic seizures as well as difficulties ...
Sep 22, 2021
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