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Pregnant and addicted: Homeless women see hope in street medicine

Five days after giving birth, Melissa Crespo was already back on the streets, recovering in a damp, litter-strewn water tunnel, when she got the call from the hospital.

18 Oct 2023

Covid relief payments triggered feds to demand money back from Social Security recipients

As the nation reeled from covid-19, the federal government sent many Americans a financial lifeline.

18 Oct 2023

Abortion coverage is limited or unavailable at a quarter of large employers, KFF survey finds

About a quarter of large U.S. employers heavily restrict coverage of legal abortions or don't cover them at all under health plans for their workers, according to the latest employer health benefits survey by KFF.

18 Oct 2023

New project aims to address the support needs of adoptive parents

Adoptive parents are often left feeling unsupported and overwhelmed says Lancaster University Professor Laura Machin who has launched a project to help support them.

17 Oct 2023

Public health interventions prevented most SARS-CoV-2 introductions from leading to outbreaks

SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, began impacting the U.S. in March 2020 with many schools and universities shifting to remote education by early April 2020 in response to the public health emergency.

17 Oct 2023

New poll finds parents may be overparenting by limiting children's independence

As they grow, children start doing certain activities without their parents watching over them, including trick-or-treating with friends, staying home alone or biking to a friend's house.

17 Oct 2023

Researchers win $5 million grant to expand access to pediatric long COVID-19 care

Researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute have received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), to expand access to comprehensive care for children and adolescents with long COVID-19, particularly among underserved populations.

17 Oct 2023

College students of color and first-generation students face unique mental health challenges, study finds

Depression and anxiety among college students is a growing public health problem. And new research from the University of Georgia suggests the problem may be worse for students who aren't the same race as most of their peers.

17 Oct 2023

AI-powered software can provide MRI-quality brain images from CT scans

In certain cases, a new method can provide as much information from brain images taken with computed tomography (CT) as images captured with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

17 Oct 2023

Michigan voters backed abortion rights. Now Democrats want to go further.

Nearly every day, Halley Crissman and her physician colleagues in Michigan must tell patients seeking abortions they're very sorry that they can't proceed with their scheduled appointments.

17 Oct 2023

For people with sickle cell disease, ERs can mean life-threatening waits

Heather Avant always dresses up when she goes to the emergency room.

17 Oct 2023

The significance of education and health behavior in influencing health and wellbeing

How health behaviors (HB) and socioeconomic position (SEP) were related to health and wellbeing.

17 Oct 2023

Mortality rates during the pandemic significantly reduced in high-performance ICUs

A new study published by CHEST Science Journal shows that high-performance intensive care units (ICUs) might also have better patient outcomes during health crises.

16 Oct 2023

$12.5 million grant awarded to NYU Langone Health for developing digital tool to reduce maternal mortality

The maternal mortality rate in the United States, which has doubled in the past 20 years, is higher than in any other industrialized nation.

16 Oct 2023

New project to explore nurse-moderated social VR experience for hemodialysis patients

Penn Nursing, with partners from the Annenberg Virtual Reality ColLABorative and New York University's Rory Meyers College of Nursing, have been awarded 2023 grant from the Hillman Emergent Innovation: Serious Illness and End of Life program to study the use of social virtual reality (VR) in enhancing the treatment experience and reducing loneliness in people undergoing hemodialysis.

16 Oct 2023

Empathetic clinicians boost psychological health in breast cancer patients

Clinicians who show more empathy promote better psychological health among breast cancer patients, according to a Rutgers study examining how oncology doctors facilitate psychological well-being.

16 Oct 2023

Researchers discover nuanced insights from COVID-19's impact on mortality rates

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by the White River Junction VA, and including the West Haven and Palo Alto VA, analyzed electronic health record data from more than 5.9 million Veterans-spanning both pre-pandemic (March 2018 - February 2020) and pandemic (March 2020 - February 2022) periods-to discover nuanced insights from COVID-19's impact on mortality rates.

16 Oct 2023

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Pregnant and addicted: Homeless women see hope in street medicine

Covid relief payments triggered feds to demand money back from Social Security recipients

Abortion coverage is limited or unavailable at a quarter of large employers, KFF survey finds

New project aims to address the support needs of adoptive parents

Public health interventions prevented most SARS-CoV-2 introductions from leading to outbreaks

New poll finds parents may be overparenting by limiting children's independence

Researchers win $5 million grant to expand access to pediatric long COVID-19 care

College students of color and first-generation students face unique mental health challenges, study finds

AI-powered software can provide MRI-quality brain images from CT scans

Michigan voters backed abortion rights. Now Democrats want to go further.

For people with sickle cell disease, ERs can mean life-threatening waits

The significance of education and health behavior in influencing health and wellbeing

Mortality rates during the pandemic significantly reduced in high-performance ICUs

$12.5 million grant awarded to NYU Langone Health for developing digital tool to reduce maternal mortality

New project to explore nurse-moderated social VR experience for hemodialysis patients

Empathetic clinicians boost psychological health in breast cancer patients

Researchers discover nuanced insights from COVID-19's impact on mortality rates

People with higher levels of peace of mind found to be better at regulating emotions

Study shows outsized toll of dementia on family caregivers and finances

Medicaid plays critical role in the health and well-being of adults with Down syndrome

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