WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- In December, 2.3 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program -- an increase of 20 percent from November, U.S. officials say. A report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
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ATLANTA, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Restaurant food accounts for nearly a quarter of the sodium in the U.S. diet, federal health officials say. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said Americans eat out at fast ...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Each year, about half of U.S. adults age 65 and older who are hospitalized must have family assist in medical decision-making, researchers say. Dr. Alexia Torke, an associate professor of medicine at Indiana ...
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China, facing rising human cases of the H7N9 avian flu, asked its municipalities and provinces to be on higher alert to control the disease. The National Health and Family Planning Commission, which summoned a meeting of health officials ...
Outgoing Acer MD Charles Chung (right) with Andrew Bosch. Acer Australia and New Zealand has announced the appointment of a new managing director for the local subsidiary, following news that the current MD is set to retire due to health ...
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Etoposide plus cisplatin, given alongside accelerated hyperfractionated thoracic radiotherapy (AHTRT), remains the gold standard regimen for patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), Japanese researchers say. The phase ...
The Food Standards Agency is seeking a contractor to carry out research to explore a model where plant staff acting as spotters identify and flag up defects on carcases and offal. This will happen before the official meat inspection is ...
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Children understand numbers differently than adults. For kids, one and two seem much further apart then 101 and 102, because two is twice as big as one, and 102 is just a little bigger than 101. It's only after years of schooling that we're ...
BrainScope Company, Inc. today announced that it has received an award from GE and the National Football League (NFL) to further enhance its portable concussion assessment system by combining imaging biomarkers with its brainwave ...
A novel combination of technologies made this possible A European consortium of epilepsy researchers has reported the discovery of a new gene involved in severe childhood epilepsy. Using a novel combination of technologies, including trio ...
An anti-malaria drug combination might be useful in helping to prevent pregnancy complications in women with lupus and the related disorder antiphospholipid syndrome, Yale School of Medicine researchers have found in a new study published ...
Difficulties with social contact in adolescents from the general population are associated with later development of psychosis, say researchers. This is consistent with studies in people at high risk for psychosis, in whom social ...
Explains why some motor neurons are not vulnerable to ALS and points to potential therapeutic target Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have identified a gene, called matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), that appears to ...
Patients with depression have areas of reduced cortical thickness, with clear distinctions between those with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder (MDD), report US researchers. "Cortical thickness may prove to be a useful tool ...
Children around the world who grow up in dangerous neighborhoods exhibit more aggressive behavior, says a new Duke University-led study that is the first to examine the topic across a wide range of countries. Many U.S. studies have ...