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Community workers fan out to persuade immigrant seniors to get covered

For three years, Bertha Embriz of San Francisco has gone without health insurance, skipping annual wellness exams and recently tolerating a broken molar by trying not to chew with it. As an immigrant without legal status, the 58-year-old unpaid caregiver knew that California's Medicaid program was closed to her.

28 Feb 2023

Inequities in waiting for services: Black Americans and lower income people wait longer

Nobody likes waiting for services, whether it's a long line at the grocery store or an extra half-hour in a doctor's waiting room.

27 Feb 2023

Popular artificial sweetener associated with elevated risk of heart attack and stroke, study shows

New Cleveland Clinic research showed that erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener, is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

27 Feb 2023

Readers and tweeters urgently plea for a proper ‘role’ call in the ER

The story of one patient’s ER experience does not at all capture the complexities of an emergency department serving the needs of a stochastic patient population.

27 Feb 2023

California explores private insurance for immigrants lacking legal status. But is it affordable?

A doctor found cysts in Lilia Becerril's right breast five years ago, but the 51-year-old lacks health insurance. She said she can't afford the imaging to find out if they're cancerous.

27 Feb 2023

Insomnia patients 69% more likely to have a heart attack

People who suffer from insomnia were 69% more likely to have a heart attack compared to those who didn't have the sleep disorder during an average nine years of follow-up, according to new research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

24 Feb 2023

More frequent cannabis use associated with higher risk of coronary artery disease

People who used marijuana daily were found to be about one-third more likely to develop coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with people who have never used the drug, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

24 Feb 2023

Study: Millions of Americans continued to miss cancer screening tests during the second year of pandemic

According to a new, nationwide study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS), millions of people in the United States continued to miss critical cancer screening tests during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

23 Feb 2023

Long COVID more than doubles a person's risk of developing cardiovascular issues

Experiencing lasting symptoms months after catching COVID-19, also known as long COVID, was found to more than double a person's likelihood of developing cardiovascular issues, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

23 Feb 2023

Heart attack-related death rates decline in the past 20 years

The U.S. not only saw a significant decline in the overall rate of heart attack-related deaths in the past 20 years, but also a reduction in racial disparities for heart attack deaths, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

23 Feb 2023

Disruptive symptoms and potential complications of enlarged prostate

Half of all men develop enlarged prostates - also called benign prostatic hyperplasia - by the time they're 50 years old. The walnut-sized gland never stops slowly growing.

22 Feb 2023

Frail patients who are connected to resources less likely to die one year after surgery

New research published today in JAMA Surgery shows that when frail patients are connected to resources, including conversations with a physician about possible outcomes and help preparing their body for surgery, they are less likely to die one year after surgery.

22 Feb 2023

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Community workers fan out to persuade immigrant seniors to get covered

Inequities in waiting for services: Black Americans and lower income people wait longer

Popular artificial sweetener associated with elevated risk of heart attack and stroke, study shows

Readers and tweeters urgently plea for a proper ‘role’ call in the ER

California explores private insurance for immigrants lacking legal status. But is it affordable?

Insomnia patients 69% more likely to have a heart attack

More frequent cannabis use associated with higher risk of coronary artery disease

Study: Millions of Americans continued to miss cancer screening tests during the second year of pandemic

Long COVID more than doubles a person's risk of developing cardiovascular issues

Heart attack-related death rates decline in the past 20 years

Disruptive symptoms and potential complications of enlarged prostate

Frail patients who are connected to resources less likely to die one year after surgery

Challenges associated with prescribing exercise to diabetic patients taking metformin

AGA recommends non-invasive biomarkers as first-line strategy for monitoring ulcerative colitis

Some parents may not be properly responding to elevated temperatures in children, poll suggests

Balancing care with paid work provides working caregivers with emotional benefits

Senators say health worker shortages ripe for bipartisan compromise

Prolonged space travel induces reversible and persistent changes on the human brain

Mark Cuban has been taking on the drug industry. But which one?

After staying away during pandemic, doctors return to lobby Congress

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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