People with high levels of body fat stored in their belly or arms may be more likely to develop diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's than people with low levels of fat in these areas, according to a study published in ...
Jul 24, 2024
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Insurance coverage, ethnicity and location may all play a role in a person's ability to receive care after a stroke, according to a study published in the July 17, 2024, online issue of Neurology Clinical Practice.
Jul 17, 2024
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Randomized controlled trials, or RCTs, are believed to be the best way to study the safety and efficacy of new treatments in clinical research. However, a recent study from Michigan State University found that people of color ...
Jul 2, 2024
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Only a fraction of Americans are getting recommended lung cancer screenings, new research shows.
Jun 10, 2024
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The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically improved health insurance coverage for millions of Americans who were automatically covered by Medicaid due to the national public health emergency.
Jun 3, 2024
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Pennsylvania has been disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic, having the fourth highest number of overdose deaths in the country in 2020. Also, the rate of overdose deaths among Black persons is significantly ...
May 29, 2024
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The rate at which Americans under the age of 65 suffered a stroke rose by about 15% between 2011 and 2022, new government data shows. The study is published in the journal MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
May 24, 2024
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Norma Upshaw was living alone south of Nashville when her doctor said she needed to start in-home dialysis.
May 23, 2024
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A study from North Carolina State University has found that environmentally caused alterations to specific areas of the genome—known as imprint control regions—during early development may contribute to the risk of developing ...
May 14, 2024
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New data from the REAL-PE analysis investigated catheter-based pulmonary embolism (PE) treatment, showing women and Black people were less frequently treated with minimally invasive therapy compared to men or non-Black patients. ...
May 3, 2024
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