Health
What can America do to make health care and health outcomes more equal?
In 2003, Americans learned just how unequal health care in the United States really was.
Jul 9, 2024
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Health
Study: Americans find hospital-at-home care appealing and safe
Hospital-level care provided in a patient's own home is appealing to a majority of people for its convenience, comfort and effectiveness, according to a USC Schaeffer Center study.
Jul 8, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research recommends refining the way media reports suicide
It is time to use more precise terminology and change the way stories on mental illness and suicide are framed, according to research by the University of the Sunshine Coast that offers a new global framework for media.
Jul 2, 2024
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Medical economics
Insurance coverage disruptions, challenges accessing care common amid Medicaid unwinding
In a survey of low-income adults across Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Texas, one in eight respondents who were enrolled in Medicaid at some point since March 2020 reported no longer having Medicaid coverage by late 2023, ...
Jun 29, 2024
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Health
How firearm safety begins at home
Firearm violence has become the leading killer of children and young adults under 24, surpassing deaths from vehicle collisions since 2017. And while daily headlines emphasize news of mass shootings, most firearms-related ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Health
States struggle to help patients navigate insurance hurdle known as 'step therapy'
Cassidy Yermal, 32, began experiencing debilitating migraines when she was 17 years old. As a teenager growing up in northeastern Pennsylvania, she saw numerous neurologists and tried a variety of medications before finding ...
Jun 20, 2024
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Health
Are plant-based burgers really bad for your heart? Here's what's behind the scary headlines
We're hearing a lot about ultra-processed foods and the health effects of eating too many. And we know plant-based foods are popular for health or other reasons.
Jun 13, 2024
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Surgery
Bariatric surgery more effective and durable than new obesity drugs and lifestyle intervention
Systematic reviews of medical literature between 2020 and 2024 show that bariatric surgery, also known as metabolic or weight-loss surgery, produces the greatest and most sustained weight loss compared to GLP-1 receptor agonists ...
Jun 11, 2024
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Neuroscience
National working group releases ethical guidance for new portable MRI brain research
MRI has transformed neuroscience research over the past 50 years, but research participants have had to travel to the scanner. With the advent of highly portable magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI), the scanner will now come ...
Jun 10, 2024
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Medical economics
Presidential election could decide fate of extra Obamacare subsidies
When Cassie Cox ended up in the emergency room in January, the Bainbridge, Georgia, resident was grateful for the Obamacare insurance policy she had recently selected for coverage in 2024.
Jun 10, 2024
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