A new study shows that among a set of disadvantaged women, Medicaid managed care reduces the women's access to high-quality hospital services during pregnancy and delivery and was associated with worse birth outcomes, worse ...
Dec 20, 2019
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For families with deaf children, a cochlear implant can feel like a miracle: An electronic device weighing less than an ounce, seemingly capable of opening a world of sound.
Dec 20, 2019
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(HealthDay)—A lung disease that normally strikes in the workplace has been linked to vaping in a new report.
Dec 5, 2019
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Two lung imaging studies from Western University, including one performed in non-identical twin patients with life-long asthma, have shown that airway defects in the lungs of asthmatic patients are like thumbprints—they ...
Dec 4, 2019
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In the last decade, genome sequencing has provided many people with a wealth of information about risks for certain diseases.
Nov 13, 2019
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A team of researchers from Cardiff University, Radboud University and the University of Exeter has carried out a survey of "boosting intervention" trials to find out how well such approaches work in helping people lose weight. ...
A new study carried out in Cork has shown that bifidobacteria, which is commonly found in the guts of newborns but tends to decline as people age, can prevent and heal ulcers caused by the painkiller aspirin.
Oct 8, 2019
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A report investigating travel habits in seven European cities reveals environmental and social drivers that make people choose to walk.
Sep 20, 2019
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UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals have successfully treated a months-old infant with a rare childhood leukemia using a targeted therapy approved for adults with inoperable liver cancer and advanced kidney cancer.
Sep 12, 2019
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The Undiagnosed Diseases Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently found a previously unknown genetic variant that is believed to account for a severe movement disorder in a young woman. In a case study ...
Sep 10, 2019
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