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A mom owed nearly $102,000 for hospital care. Her state attorney general said to pay up.

Bridget Narsh's son, Mason, needed urgent help in January 2020, so she was offered the chance to send him to Central Regional Hospital, a state-run mental health facility in Butner, North Carolina.

20 Jul 2023

Breast cancer treatment linked to faster biological aging

Women diagnosed and treated for breast cancer have increased biological aging compared to women who remain free of breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators.

19 Jul 2023

Cardiac rehabilitation linked to decreased risk of death after surgery

For millions of Americans who have heart surgery or experience cardiovascular complications, like heart attack or heart failure, they may be encouraged to participate in cardiac rehabilitation.

19 Jul 2023

Did patterns of US ED visits and mental health–related ED visits change during the COVID-19 pandemic?

People without mental health conditions had higher numbers of emergency department visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

17 Jul 2023

C-Path and Vivpro join forces to advance drug development

Critical Path Institute, a leading global nonprofit committed to expediting drug development through the acceleration of regulatory-endorsed solutions, today announced a newly formalized Memorandum of Understanding with Vivpro, an industry-leading provider of a revolutionary biointelligence software platform and innovative services.

13 Jul 2023

CoRDS and Cure MITO join forces with C-Path to advance research for rare mitochondrial disorders

Critical Path Institute announced today that the Coordination of Rare Diseases based at Sanford Research (CoRDS), in partnership with Cure MITO, will contribute its mitochondrial disorders data from its international patient registry to the C-Path-managed Rare Disease Cures Accelerator-Data and Analytics Platform .

13 Jul 2023

Green tea compound may offer new treatment option for uterine fibroids

In a pre-clinical, proof-of-concept study from Johns Hopkins Medicine, researchers found that epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a green tea compound with powerful antioxidant properties, could be promising for both treating and preventing uterine fibroids.

13 Jul 2023

Got milk in school? Farmers fight health advocates over the creamy ‘whole’ variety

Amanda Condo works at her family's Pennsylvania dairy farm, but her son often won't drink milk at school. He doesn't like the flavor.

13 Jul 2023

Is constipation associated with hypertension and cardiovascular events in older Australian adults?

Scientists investigated the association between constipation and cardiovascular events such as angina, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, and stroke, as well as hypertension among a representative population of elderly hospitalized patients in Australia.

11 Jul 2023

Two anti-inflammatory drugs reduce deaths in severe COVID-19 patients

Two anti-inflammatory drugs, abatacept and infliximab, reduced deaths among patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19, according to a national study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. William G. Powderly, MD, (right) who led the large clinical trial, discusses patient conditions with Maanasi Samant, MD, in the intensive care unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, one of the major trial sites, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

10 Jul 2023

Meet the people deciding how to spend $50 billion in opioid settlement cash

As more than $50 billion makes its way to state and local governments to compensate for the opioid epidemic, people with high hopes for the money are already fighting over a little-known bureaucratic arm of the process: state councils that wield immense power over how the cash is spent.

10 Jul 2023

Using digital health technologies for assessment of people with Parkinson's

Critical Path Institute (C-Path) and the Center for Health + Technology (CHeT) at University of Rochester today announced the release of two seminal publications about digital health technologies for Parkinson's.

6 Jul 2023

Montana adds protections for kids in private residential treatment programs

As a teenager attending Chrysalis Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls, a private, alternative therapeutic program in Eureka, Montana, from 2001 to 2004, Meg Applegate was subjected to emotional abuse and not given medical care for injuries from physical labor such as baling hay, chopping wood, and moving rocks, she said.

6 Jul 2023

Clinical trial of three-month TB treatment regimen closed due to high rate of unfavorable outcomes

The first clinical trial of a three-month tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen is closing enrollment because of a high rate of unfavorable outcomes with the investigational course of treatment.

5 Jul 2023

AANS, CNS urge CMS to finalize rules to improve prior authorization

Today, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) joined 61 bipartisan senators and 233 members of the House of Representatives in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to swiftly finalize rules to increase transparency, streamline and standardize prior authorization (PA).

4 Jul 2023

Home delivery of alcohol linked to increased alcohol consumption and binge drinking

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many states expanded online alcohol sales and alcohol home delivery laws.

4 Jul 2023

Tiny sea creature offers new clues to regeneration and aging

Insights into healing and aging were discovered by National Institutes of Health researchers and their collaborators, who studied how a tiny sea creature regenerates an entire new body from only its mouth.

30 Jun 2023

Need to get Plan B or an HIV test online? Facebook may know about it

Looking for an at-home HIV test on CVS' website is not as private an experience as one might think. An investigation by The Markup and KFF Health News found trackers on CVS.com telling some of the biggest social media and advertising platforms the products customers viewed.

30 Jun 2023

ATCC announces new award from BARDA to further support its medical countermeasures clinical studies network

ATCC will serve as a centralized facility to support the storage and distribution of clinical samples and investigational products for BARDA.

From American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) 29 Jun 2023

Glioblastoma cells found to have ‘critical point’ between order and disorder

Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of brain cancer. Despite decades of major efforts and clinical trials, the tumor's survival rate has remained stagnant.

28 Jun 2023

Health and Human Services News and Research

A mom owed nearly $102,000 for hospital care. Her state attorney general said to pay up.

Breast cancer treatment linked to faster biological aging

Cardiac rehabilitation linked to decreased risk of death after surgery

Did patterns of US ED visits and mental health–related ED visits change during the COVID-19 pandemic?

C-Path and Vivpro join forces to advance drug development

CoRDS and Cure MITO join forces with C-Path to advance research for rare mitochondrial disorders

Green tea compound may offer new treatment option for uterine fibroids

Got milk in school? Farmers fight health advocates over the creamy ‘whole’ variety

Is constipation associated with hypertension and cardiovascular events in older Australian adults?

Two anti-inflammatory drugs reduce deaths in severe COVID-19 patients

Meet the people deciding how to spend $50 billion in opioid settlement cash

Using digital health technologies for assessment of people with Parkinson's

Montana adds protections for kids in private residential treatment programs

Clinical trial of three-month TB treatment regimen closed due to high rate of unfavorable outcomes

AANS, CNS urge CMS to finalize rules to improve prior authorization

Home delivery of alcohol linked to increased alcohol consumption and binge drinking

Tiny sea creature offers new clues to regeneration and aging

Need to get Plan B or an HIV test online? Facebook may know about it

ATCC announces new award from BARDA to further support its medical countermeasures clinical studies network

Glioblastoma cells found to have ‘critical point’ between order and disorder

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