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Receiving federal aid allows a family to optimize how they support one another Federal disability benefits can lead to increases in other support for beneficiaries, such as in-kind assistance from adult children, according to a new RAND…

FAIR Health study uncovers geographic, age and gender variationCredit: @FAIRHealth NEW YORK, NY--December 10, 2019--From 2007 to 2018, claim lines with diagnoses of Lyme disease increased nationally 117 percent, according to a new…

Less reliance on emergency care, more discussions about healthy behaviors and use of preventive care seen in survey of low-income enrollees in Michigan's expansion programCredit: Credit goes to the University of Michigan When the…

Credit: QUT media Pharmacists caught up in the Australian bushfire crisis are being hampered from providing timely and effective treatment to displaced people due to outdated laws, according to QUT researchers. The legal barriers…

Researchers calculate damages caused by weather phenomenon in the West over 40-year periodCredit: Photo: Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes Atmospheric rivers pose a $1 billion-a-year flood risk in the West, according to…

Nemours survey finds significant exposure to 'social determinants of health' WASHINGTON (November 18, 2019) - Nearly two-thirds of American parents of children under 18 (65%) report at least one economic, environmental, or lifestyle factor…

But study finds the move would drive up insurance costs for younger Americans Opening Medicare to Americans aged 50 to 64 would lower health care premiums for the group, but also drive up costs for younger people who buy health insurance…

Bottom Line: This observational study estimated the rate of opioid overdose deaths among Medicare enrollees younger than 65 who qualified for Medicare because of a disability. The study included more than 1.7 million of these enrollees in…

A recent study reveals that, for people living with both HIV and cancer (PLWHC), implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved insurance coverage, both in states that expanded Medicaid coverage and those…

The biogerontology research foundation announces its strategic support of two longevity-themed summits being held at King's College London on Nov. 12, 2019Credit: Longevity International UK and the Longevity AI Consortium November…