Medicaid ACOs have not yet improved care for kids with asthma, study says
In its first three years of operation, Medicaid's primary care-focused Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in Massachusetts ...
How neural networks help the brain predict future events
On 17 October 2024, Martina Lamberti publicly defended her Ph.D. thesis, "Know the Past to See the Future: Memory and ...
Vaping rates hit record lows for U.S. high school students
Is vaping finally losing its coolness for American teens? The latest tally of federal data finds that 550,000 school kids, ...
Many more lives could have been saved with convalescent COVID-19 plasma
Thousands more U.S. lives could have been saved with the use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP), according to a study ...
Researchers from Brazil and Italy search industrial waste for new Alzheimer's drugs
A self-proclaimed Brazil-Italy collaboration enthusiast, researcher Laura Bolognesi created the B2AlzD2 Joint Lab at the ...
Retinal neuroaxonal loss detectable with epilepsy
In people with epilepsy, progression of retinal neuroaxonal loss is detectable at short-term follow-up, according to a study ...
Tropical disease researchers develop new tool for improved diagnosis of schistosomiasis
Neglected tropical diseases refer to a group of ailments that affect millions of people globally, often in poverty-stricken areas of the world, and yet don't receive the scientific attention they ...
Listeria recall expands to include nearly 12 million pounds of meat, poultry
A national recall of meat and poultry has been expanded to include close to 12 million pounds of products that may have been ...
Increased autism risk linked to Y chromosome, study finds
Increased risk for autism appears to be linked to the Y chromosome, a Geisinger Health System study has found, offering a new ...
Nicotine pouches rise in popularity as US youth tobacco use hits 25-year-low
Nicotine pouches have overtaken cigarettes in youth popularity, as tobacco product use among US middle and high schoolers ...
Half of patients admitted to an emergency department for sepsis died within two years
In a recent study, half of all patients with sepsis admitted to an emergency department died within two years, but the ...
Stereotactic body radiotherapy viable alternative for localized prostate cancer
Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is noninferior to conventional or moderately fractionated radiotherapy for localized ...