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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

Researchers uncover the secret to the health benefits of brown rice

Asian diets feature rice as a staple grain, contributing towards nearly 90% of the world's rice consumption.

19 Jan 2023

Mercy Medical Center secures top rank from Healthgrades for surgical care in Maryland

Mercy Medical Center ranks #1 in Maryland for Surgical Care and among the Top 5 hospitals in the state for both Joint Replacement and Orthopedic Surgery, Dr. David N. Maine, President and CEO of Mercy Health Services, has announced.

18 Jan 2023

Colorado option’s big test: Open enrollment

Critics declared Colorado's new quasi-public option a failure this fall, before it was even available for purchase on the state's Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace.

7 Dec 2022

Self-driven healthcare ecosystems could help improve health outcomes and control costs

A vision for building sustainable, self-driven healthcare spanning primary care, secondary care and the wider health and social care system has been set out by medical innovators writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

1 Dec 2022

Lab-grown ‘pigmented’ skin-equivalent commercially available for the first time

Labskin and University of Bradford team up to bring new science in skin health to greater diversity for skin types.

From Labskin 27 Sep 2022

Understanding the genetic testing-related information needs of ovarian cancer patients

JMIR Publications recently published "Understanding the Information Needs of Patients With Ovarian Cancer Regarding Genetic Testing to Inform Intervention Design: Interview Study" in JMIR Cancer, which reported that experts in gynecological cancer care recommend that all patients with invasive or high-grade ovarian cancer (OC) undergo genetic testing.

29 Jul 2022

Even well-intended laws can’t protect us from inaccurate provider directories

If you have medical insurance, chances are you've been utterly exasperated at some point while trying to find an available doctor or mental health practitioner in your health plan's network.

26 Jul 2022

LUCID: music, medicine, and machine learning

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Zoë Thomson, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of LUCID, about how music and machine learning are changing how we approach mental and neuropsychiatric health.

27 Jun 2022

New ‘Labskin Microbiome Friendly+ Seal of Approval’ unveiled

Labskin, a division of DeepVerge has today announced that it is setting an exacting standard for the skincare industry, the ‘Labskin Microbiome Friendly+ Seal of Approval.’

From Labskin 23 May 2022

Most online prostate cancer content lacks Black and Latinx representation, study reports

Despite their higher risks of advanced prostate cancer, Black and Latinx men are under-represented on websites and in online videos providing information and education regarding prostate cancer, reports a study in The Journal of Urology, an official journal of the American Urological Association.

4 Feb 2022

The doctor didn’t show up, but the hospital ER still charged $1,012

Dhaval Bhatt had been warned about hospital emergency rooms. "People always told me to avoid the ER in America unless you are really dying," said Bhatt, an immigrant from India who got a Ph.D. in pharmacology in the U.S. and is now a research scientist at Washington University in St. Louis.

24 Jan 2022

Wildfires and omicron prompt a special health insurance enrollment period in Colorado

A wildfire displaced thousands of Coloradans just as the omicron surge began sweeping through the state, so health insurance was likely not on many people's minds when the regular enrollment period for the state's health insurance marketplace ended Jan. 15.

20 Jan 2022

New Maternal and Child Health Research Institute launched to improve national health in Singapore

The SingHealth Duke-NUS Maternal and Child Health Research Institute was launched at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) today by Masagos Zulkifli, Singapore's Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health.

8 Oct 2021

Dentists chip away at uninsured problem by offering patients membership plans

Nevada dentist David White has seen diseased and rotted teeth in the mouths of patients who routinely put off checkups and avoided minor procedures such as fillings. While dental phobia is a factor, White said, the overriding reason people avoid treatment is cost.

17 Sep 2021

New approach to identify potentially health relevant chemical combinations

About 350,000 chemicals are registered worldwide. Some of these can contribute to human exposure to substances and mixtures via products, applications or food. In order to protect people in everyday life and at work from potentially dangerous chemicals, the legislature has established a comprehensive legal framework. Notably the corresponding acts and regulations mainly cover the evaluation of individual substances and defined mixtures within their respective regulatory silos.

28 Aug 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Delta blues

The U.S. is experiencing another surge of covid-19, particularly in Southern states where vaccination rates are generally lower than in other regions. But partisan fights rage on over what role government should play in trying to tamp down the highly contagious delta variant.

5 Aug 2021

Experts reveal ways of dealing with fear and provide scope for confidence

Terrorism, climate change and now a pandemic - worries and fears shape the everyday lives of many people. The latest issue of the Science Magazine BfR2GO from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) is dedicated to fear, while at the same time embarking on a search for confidence. Scientists from many spheres have their chance to speak and categorize the concepts in a clear way.

2 Jul 2021

Collaborative project seeks to promote equitable care for atrial fibrillation

The American College of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society, in collaboration with the Bristol Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance, are launching an innovative project to improve management of atrial fibrillation in underserved communities.

17 Jun 2021

WHO launches campaign to support people to quit smoking

The World Health Organization's 'Commit to Quit' tobacco campaign has made resources from its Quitting Toolkit freely available to more than a billion tobacco users, less than 5 months into the year-long campaign.

29 May 2021