Pediatrics
Defining the emotional bond forced onto teen victims of sex trafficking
Rutgers researchers have defined the relationship that forms between children who are sold for sex and the criminals who traffic them.
Apr 4, 2019
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Health
Gov't advisers: No copays for contraceptives
(AP) -- Millions of women stand to gain free access to a broad menu of birth control methods, thanks to a recommendation issued Tuesday by health experts advising the government.
Jul 19, 2011
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Medical economics
UH Law center professors urge tighter controls on data held by health tech companies
In an article published today in Science magazine, University of Houston Law Center Professors Jim Hawkins and Jessica L. Roberts call for stronger consumer safeguards to protect the privacy of personal information collected ...
Feb 14, 2020
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Health
Combative Obama warns Supreme Court on health law
US President Barack Obama on Monday challenged the "unelected" Supreme Court not to take the "extraordinary" and "unprecedented" step of overturning his landmark health reform law.
Apr 2, 2012
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Health
When private equity comes to town, hospitals can see cutbacks, closures
Peggy Malone walks the quiet halls of Crozer-Chester Medical Center, the Pennsylvania hospital where she's worked as a registered nurse for the past 35 years, with the feeling she's drifting through a ghost town.
Jan 22, 2024
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Health
Young adults allowed to stay on parents' health insurance have improved access to care
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that laws permitting children to stay on their parents' health insurance through age 26 result in improved access to health care compared to states without those ...
Feb 13, 2012
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Health
Study shows any contact with police may be detrimental to health, well-being of Black youth
Marques Watts, 18, remembers his first encounter with police at the age of 13, when he was in eighth grade. Visiting his father, who lived in Skokie, Illinois, Watts was walking to Dunkin' Donuts with his headphones on listening ...
Nov 16, 2021
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Health
Medicare prescription premiums unchanged for 2012
(AP) -- The Obama administration says it has good news for seniors: The average monthly premium for Medicare's popular prescription plan won't go up next year.
Aug 4, 2011
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Health
Million young adults get health coverage under law
(AP) -- At least one part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has proven popular. With the economy sputtering, the number of young adults covered by health insurance grew by about a million as families flocked ...
Sep 21, 2011
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Health
Health overhaul law suffers first major casualty
(AP) -- The Obama administration's signature health overhaul law, under relentless assault by Republicans, has suffered its first major casualty - a long-term care insurance plan.
Oct 15, 2011
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