With 2020 hijacked by COVID-19, a team of QUT researchers in Brisbane, Australia, say social media analytics can capture the attitudes and perceptions of the public during a pandemic. They also suggest social media is now ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Besides providing health care to millions, the Medicaid program helps recipients make healthier food choices, according to work UConn research recently published in the journal Health Economics.
Sep 8, 2020
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Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT)—a technique used to identify genetic defects in embryos created through in vitro fertilization before pregnancy—helps prospective parents to prevent passing on disease-causing mutations ...
Aug 27, 2020
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Over the past few weeks, there has been increasing awareness of the heightened risk of family violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 28, 2020
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As the opioid crisis has worsened, addiction treatment programs have proliferated—but there's no standardized way to rate those programs, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania note in a new study.
Dec 23, 2019
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Four-year-old Betty Schottler starts each morning with the same six sounds: (m), (ah), (oo), (ee), (sh), and (s).
Nov 26, 2019
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(HealthDay)—The U.S. opioid epidemic cost the nation's economy $631 billion from 2015 through 2018, a new study says.
Oct 17, 2019
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Two senior senators—a Republican and a Democrat—unveiled compromise legislation Tuesday to reduce prescription drug costs for millions of Medicare recipients, while saving money for federal and state health care programs ...
Jul 23, 2019
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(HealthDay)—The way you view aging can affect how well you manage stress.
May 22, 2019
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Private insurers covering people receiving treatment for dialysis paid four times more than government insurance programs such as Medicare paid for the same service. The study found that government programs paid, on average, ...
May 14, 2019
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