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Empowering addiction treatment patients to engage in care may improve overall health
In the first trial of an intervention focused on increasing alcohol and drug treatment patients' engagement in their own health care, researchers found that patients who received six intervention sessions...
Medicaid expansion brought across-the-board relief for Michigan hospitals
It happened fast. It happened in nearly every hospital in the state. And it didn't come with dreaded side effects. The proportion of hospitalized patients who lacked insurance dropped by...
Assisted dying for psychiatric disorders: Serious public health impact
Offering medical assistance in dying to people in Canada on the basis of psychiatric illnesses could put vulnerable people at risk, argues a new Canadian commentary.
'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' releases fantastical new trailer
Annie MartinLOS ANGELES, June 20 (UPI) -- Asa Butterfield, Lauren McCrostie and Eva Green star in a new trailer for Tim Burton's adaptation of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children."
Exercise may help muscle repair in older adults
Stephen FellerHAMILTON, Ontario, June 20 (UPI) -- A study with mice in Canada suggests older adult humans could repair muscle faster after injury if exercise is included in their medical...
New imaging method may predict risk of post-treatment brain bleeding after stroke
In a study of stroke patients, investigators confirmed through MRI brain scans that there was an association between the extent of disruption to the brain's protective blood-brain barrier and the...
Rapid risk assessment outlines actions to reduce the spread of the mcr-1 gene
In a rapid risk assessment, researchers outline a number of actions that need to be considered to reduce identified risks of mcr-1 spread. These include improved laboratory methods for colistin...
Mothers with diabetes more likely to also have anti-fetal brain autoantibodies
Mothers of children with autism and were diagnosed with metabolic conditions during pregnancy, particularly gestational and type 2 diabetes, were more likely to have anti-fetal brain autoantibodies in their blood...
Uphill battle to get seasonal farmworkers health insurance
DUNN, N.C. (AP) -- Some seasonal agricultural workers were finishing a meal after a long day of planting sweet potato seeds when Julie...
The New Health Care: Did Infamous Tuskegee Study Cause Lasting Mistrust of Doctors Among Blacks?
A study makes a leap to causality, but it’s not as if racism stopped: We should be careful about blaming a single incident in the past.
Number of Zika-Positive Puerto Ricans Surprises Health Officials
The C.D.C. said recent blood donations suggest that a substantial portion of the island’s population will become infected by the virus.
As Zika Threat Grows in U.S., Testing Lags for a Vulnerable Group
Health officials and doctors found that large numbers of women, many uninsured or low-income immigrants from the Caribbean and Latin America, were not being screened and tested in a systematic...
Food Banks Take on a Contributor to Diabetes: Themselves
Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are surprisingly common among people who sometimes go hungry, and the fare available at food pantries can worsen the conditions.
Blueberries' health benefits better than many perceive
Consumers know some of the benefits blueberries provide, but they’re less aware of the advantages of reverting aging, improving vision and memory, a new study shows. Researchers surveyed more than...
Music Festival Season Is Here: How to Avoid Dangerous Health Problems
Here's how to stay safe at festivals this summer.
Mother mongooses may risk death to protect unborn children
Mothers will do anything to protect their children, but mongooses go a step further. Mongooses risk their own survival to protect their unborn children through a remarkable ability to adapt...
Fetal BPA exposure in mice linked to estrogen-related diseases after adolescence
The genome is permanently altered in the uterus of mice that had been exposed to BPA during their fetal development, new research indicates.
Lil' Kim added to list of honorees at VH1 Hip Hop Honors
Daniel UriaNEW YORK, June 17 (UPI) -- Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil' Kim will join a number of other notable female hip-hop artists in being honored by VH1.
Better care could cut trauma deaths by 20 percent: Report
HealthDay News Improved care could prevent one in every five deaths currently lost to traumatic injuries in the United States, a new federal report finds.
Folic acid now added to corn masa flour: FDA
HealthDay News Adding folic acid to corn masa flour could help reduce birth defects among Hispanic babies in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
Depression plagues many with COPD
Chuck Green, HealthDay News Struggling with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, or COPD, may raise the risk of depression among patients, two new studies suggest.
Obamacare premiums primed to spike in 2017
Karen Pallarito, HealthDay News Americans who buy health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act could see steep premium increases in 2017, a new analysis suggests.
USS Zumwalt completes acceptance trials
Geoff ZiezulewiczTEWKSBURY, Mass., June 17 (UPI) -- The USS Zumwalt has passed its acceptance trials, the ship's electronics developer Raytheon announced Friday.
New research paves way for improved individual treatment of patients with cancer
A new study has found new molecular sub-groups in early stages of bladder cancer. This improves the understanding of why some tumors develop aggressively and this discovery may lead to...
A deadly delivery for triple-negative breast cancer tumors
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles may help destroy difficult-to-treat triple-negative breast cancer tumors.
Plan Could Be First Use Of CRISPR To Gene-Edit Humans
Health The National Institutes of Health will review it next week The University of Pennsylvania proposes a new cancer treatment using CRISPR on human...
Auschwitz guard convicted in deaths of 170,000
Ed AdamczykDETMOLD , Germany, June 17 (UPI) -- Reinhold Henning, 94, a former Auschwitz death camp guard, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for complicity in the...
X-ray-free electron laser reveals radiosensitizing effects at molecular level
While the effect of radiosensitizing molecules in radiation-based cancer therapies has been known for a long time, the exact molecular mechanisms behind it - the capacity of the radiosensitizer to...