Federal program to save rural hospitals feels 'growing pains'
Folks in a Mississippi River town hope a new federal program can revive the optimism engraved long ago in a plaque on the side of their hospital.
Jan 18, 2024
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Folks in a Mississippi River town hope a new federal program can revive the optimism engraved long ago in a plaque on the side of their hospital.
Jan 18, 2024
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Researchers from University of Oxford, Arizona State University, and University of Iowa have published a new Journal of Marketing study that examines how paying doctors to visit rural areas is a cost-effective way to provide ...
Jan 9, 2024
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While mobile methadone units make a difference in expanding methadone use for patients with opioid addictions, they are likely to be most impactful in rural areas, according to new research.
Jan 9, 2024
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In 2016, Richard Timmins went to a free informational seminar to learn more about Medicare coverage.
Jan 9, 2024
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New research has revealed unhealthy and older men are contributing to higher rates of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in rural Australia. OSA is a condition where a person repeatedly pauses breathing while asleep due to their ...
Dec 5, 2023
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The federal Modernizing Opioid Treatment Act, or MOTA, would expand methadone access to an additional 14% of census tracts in the U.S., according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh published recently in Health ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Since 2011, roughly 10,000 people in the U.S. have turned 65 every day. The Baby Boomer generation and those born before 1946 make up the country's fastest growing age group, which is on track to outnumber children by 2035.
Oct 31, 2023
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Long-term consumption of water with fluoride levels far above established drinking water standards may be linked to cognitive impairments in children, according to a new pilot study from Tulane University.
Oct 26, 2023
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Dominique Lee was training in radiation oncology when she was invited to join her supervisor to discuss a training opportunity. Instead, she was drugged and sexually assaulted.
Oct 25, 2023
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While the overall incidence and death rates from cervical cancer have dropped in the U.S., the opposite has been occurring in Appalachian Kentucky—a steady increase. The death rate from cervical cancer in Appalachian Kentucky ...
Oct 19, 2023
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