Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest ...
May 2, 2023
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As the U.S. takes steps to move past the pandemic, its health care system is in a fragile financial state. At the end of 2022, about half of U.S. hospitals were in the red–making it the worst year for the industry since ...
Mar 24, 2023
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Why do some people with a genetic mutation associated with leukemia remain healthy, while others with the same mutation develop the blood cancer? In a new study published in Blood, scientists from the USC Stem Cell laboratory ...
Mar 23, 2023
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In a paper published in Health Affairs, Tyler G. James, Ph.D., MCHES, post-doctoral research fellow, and his co-authors examined the rate at which federally-funded mental health and substance use treatment facilities complied ...
Jan 4, 2023
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Parkinson's disease strikes nearly 90,000 older Americans a year, 30,000 more than was previously estimated, according to a study published Thursday.
Dec 15, 2022
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Preclinical studies in mice that model human COVID-19 suggest that an inexpensive, readily available amino acid might limit the effects of the disease and provide a new off-the-shelf therapeutic option for infections with ...
Oct 24, 2022
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The government announced plans Tuesday to award millions of dollars in grants to expand all-hours mental health and substance abuse care in more communities around the country.
Oct 19, 2022
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The U.S. government will invest $266 million to shore up the community and public health workforce using American Rescue Plan funding.
Sep 30, 2022
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Sharply rising cases of some sexually transmitted diseases—including a 26% rise in new syphilis infections reported last year—are prompting U.S. health officials to call for new prevention and treatment efforts.
Sep 19, 2022
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US President Joe Biden's government on Thursday declared monkeypox a public health emergency, a move that should free up new funds, assist in data gathering and allow the deployment of additional personnel in the fight against ...
Aug 4, 2022
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