The Language Tricks That Let Health Inequity Off the Hook
A satirical PLOS Global Public Health opinion piece dissects the evasive language, from 'vulnerable populations' to calls for political will, ...
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AI Could Expand, Not Shrink, the Clinical Workforce, Analysis Argues
A Weill Cornell Medicine physician and health policy researcher argues in The New England Journal of Medicine that economic theory ...
Telemedicine Wins Trust in Uganda, But Connectivity and Policy Gaps Hold It Back
A qualitative study of policymakers, providers, and patients in Kampala finds telemedicine widely accepted for its convenience and privacy, but ...
Million-Dollar Cures: Why Insurance Policy Now Decides Which Children Get Gene Therapy
A new Pediatric Research commentary argues that insurance coverage and reimbursement policy, not the underlying science, now determine which children ...
When Dementia Takes Away a Voice: How Palliative Care Helps Families Make Hospital Decisions
A qualitative study of eighteen family caregivers shows that palliative care consultations ease surrogate decision-making for hospitalized dementia patients, but ...
Profit Before Patients: Study Ties For-Profit Hospital Care to Higher Death Rates and Nurse Shortages
A large Penn Nursing study of more than 1.17 million patients found that for-profit hospitals had higher mortality and readmission ...
China’s Long-Term Care Insurance Eases Physical Pain for Family Caregivers, but Not Their Minds
A decade-long study of Chinese caregivers finds that long-term care insurance significantly reduces physical pain among spouses and adult children ...
Fewer Dermatologists Take Medicaid for Skin Cancer Surgery, Study Tracks the Trend
A new research letter tracks how dermatologic surgeons' participation in fee-for-service Medicaid for Mohs micrographic surgery has changed over time, ...
The Hidden Price Tag of Myasthenia Gravis: New Review Tallies the True Cost of a Rare Autoimmune Disease
A systematic review of 44 studies finds myasthenia gravis costs societies thousands of euros per patient annually, with indirect and ...
Heart Surgery Infections Vary Sharply by Hospital, Costing Medicare Millions
A University of Michigan analysis of nearly 240,000 Medicare cardiac surgery cases finds hospital infection rates vary more than twofold, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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