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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

Rare Diseases Action Plan for England focuses on providing better care and reducing health inequalities

A new Rare Diseases Action Plan for England will be published today (Tuesday 28 February) that will ensure those living with these conditions receive better care and treatment, fairer access to testing and have continued support.

28 Feb 2023

Cedars-Sinai receives $2 million CIRM grant to combat lower back pain

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have received a $2 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to develop a new cell therapy that helps improve quality of life for patients with degenerated discs and chronic lower back pain.

28 Feb 2023

Maternal obesity alters the structure of placenta more than gestational diabetes mellitus

Maternal obesity alters the structure of the placenta (a vital organ that nourishes the baby during pregnancy) more than gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM; a condition is diagnosed by poor glucose control in pregnancy).

28 Feb 2023

Loneliness can lead to depression in expectant and new mothers

Loneliness can often contribute to depression in expectant and new mothers, finds a new review of evidence led by UCL researchers.

28 Feb 2023

Tiny worm enables scientists to explore the theory that Parkinson's disease starts in the gut

A tiny worm called the C. elegans is enabling scientists to explore the emerging theory that Parkinson's disease starts in the gut.

28 Feb 2023

Novel multimodal analgesia protocol following total knee arthroplasty provides pain relief without opioids

A study led by Vinod Dasa, MD, Professor of Orthopaedics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, reports that a novel surgical pain management strategy following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), or total knee replacement, provided pain relief without opioids.

27 Feb 2023

New method to improve diagnosis of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in preschool age children

University of Southampton researchers have recommended a method to help diagnose preschool age children with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD).

27 Feb 2023

Growing use of immunotherapy linked to increase in Medicare spending for outpatient terminal cancer care

A new study finds that recent increases in Medicare spending on outpatient cancer care at the end of patients' lives were driven almost entirely by a type of treatment given to fewer than 1 in 5 patients.

27 Feb 2023

Cutting just one food from the diet rather than six may help treat eosinophilic esophagitis

Eliminating animal milk alone from the diet of adults with eosinophilic esophagitis, or EoE, is as effective at treating the disease as eliminating animal milk plus five other common foods, a clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health has found.

27 Feb 2023

New method can potentially catch COVID-19 infections quickly with near-perfect accuracy

By inspecting the body's immune response at a molecular level, a research team has developed a new way to test patients for COVID-19.

27 Feb 2023

New evidence of four distinct pain trajectories in nursing home residents

Despite awareness that pain is common in nursing home residents, there has been minimal attention focused on how this pain changes over time.

27 Feb 2023

Definition of low-risk WNT-pathway medulloblastoma may need to be refined, say experts

A new research perspective was published in Oncotarget's Volume 14 on February 7, 2023, entitled, "WNT-pathway medulloblastoma: what constitutes low-risk and how low can one go?"

27 Feb 2023

More than $1.4 million raised for Johns Hopkins Children’s Center during Mix 106.5’s 34th Annual Radiothon

Thanks to generous donations from listeners and others, raised $1,432,212.34 for Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

27 Feb 2023

Greater proportion of for-profit hospices performs worse than not-for-profit hospices

Patients receiving care from for-profit hospices have substantially worse care experiences than patients who receive care from not-for-profit hospices, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

27 Feb 2023

University of Miami researcher awarded $3.25 million DOD grant to treat male infertility after spinal cord injury

Emad Ibrahim, M.D., director of the Male Fertility Research Program at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and the clinical andrology lab at the Desai Sethi Urology Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has been awarded a $3.25 million grant by the Department of Defense for a four-year study on the use of an oral medication to treat an infertility issue that affects most men with spinal cord injury.

27 Feb 2023

Eating vegetables and fruits every day may reduce all-cause mortality in patients with CKD

A new study of Japanese patients with and without CKD found that a lower frequency of vegetable and fruit intake was associated with a higher risk of death regardless of CKD status.

27 Feb 2023

Common RNA modification plays a key role in TDP-43-related neurodegeneration in ALS

Nearly 100% of cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - the progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease known as ALS or Lou Gherig's disease - involve the buildup of a protein called TDP-43.

27 Feb 2023

Midwives provide safe primary care for pregnancies of all risk levels, study shows

New UBC research shows that midwives in British Columbia are providing safe primary care for pregnancies of all medical risk levels, contrary to a popular belief that midwives mostly manage low-risk pregnancies.

27 Feb 2023

Researchers reveal how early-life stress can disrupt operation of the brain's reward circuit

A new brain connection discovered by University of California, Irvine researchers can explain how early-life stress and adversity trigger disrupted operation of the brain's reward circuit, offering a new therapeutic target for treating mental illness.

27 Feb 2023

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Community workers fan out to persuade immigrant seniors to get covered

Rare Diseases Action Plan for England focuses on providing better care and reducing health inequalities

Cedars-Sinai receives $2 million CIRM grant to combat lower back pain

Maternal obesity alters the structure of placenta more than gestational diabetes mellitus

Loneliness can lead to depression in expectant and new mothers

Tiny worm enables scientists to explore the theory that Parkinson's disease starts in the gut

Novel multimodal analgesia protocol following total knee arthroplasty provides pain relief without opioids

New method to improve diagnosis of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in preschool age children

Growing use of immunotherapy linked to increase in Medicare spending for outpatient terminal cancer care

Cutting just one food from the diet rather than six may help treat eosinophilic esophagitis

New method can potentially catch COVID-19 infections quickly with near-perfect accuracy

New evidence of four distinct pain trajectories in nursing home residents

Definition of low-risk WNT-pathway medulloblastoma may need to be refined, say experts

More than $1.4 million raised for Johns Hopkins Children’s Center during Mix 106.5’s 34th Annual Radiothon

Greater proportion of for-profit hospices performs worse than not-for-profit hospices

University of Miami researcher awarded $3.25 million DOD grant to treat male infertility after spinal cord injury

Eating vegetables and fruits every day may reduce all-cause mortality in patients with CKD

Common RNA modification plays a key role in TDP-43-related neurodegeneration in ALS

Midwives provide safe primary care for pregnancies of all risk levels, study shows

Researchers reveal how early-life stress can disrupt operation of the brain's reward circuit

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

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