(HealthDay)—The Affordable Care Act has reduced disparities in access to health care among black, Hispanic, and white adults, according to a January data brief released by the Commonwealth Fund.
Jan 16, 2020
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A veritable flood of naloxone helped to slash opioid overdoses since 2017, but the lifesaving tide may be ebbing, at least in Allegheny County.
Jan 3, 2020
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(HealthDay)—For patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in routine care, overall survival improved from 1995 to 2017, according to a study recently published in Leukemia & Lymphoma.
Dec 26, 2019
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A provision to raise the U.S. minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 years has been inserted into the end-of-year spending bill in Congress.
Dec 18, 2019
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A new analysis of a randomized health insurance program in Oregon sheds light on the value the program has for enrollees and providers alike.
Dec 16, 2019
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Everyone knows it's expensive to get sick in America. But it also costs a lot to stay healthy—so much, in fact, that many people aren't willing to pay the price.
Dec 3, 2019
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Research in the UK is overwhelmingly male—male participants, male researchers, and male topics, despite 51% of the population being female. The lack of research on, by, and for this half of humanity has many detrimental ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Drug-resistant "superbug" infections have been called a developing nightmare that could set medicine back a century, making conquered germs once again untreatable.
Nov 13, 2019
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The idea of growing babies outside the body has inspired novels and movies for decades.
Nov 11, 2019
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A pharmaceutical multinational on Thursday slashed the price of a key anti-tuberculosis drug boosting the battle against the world's deadliest infectious disease, as a new treatment was also set to begin extensive testing.
Oct 31, 2019
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