THOMAS SHRETT, JOHN ALLEN CASH, KYLE IVERSON I have a small IT computer services company that has been running for a few months, but a number of employees are asking for health insurance. Our office is in American Canyon and employees live in the surrounding area with one in Utah. First: Am I liable to …
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In some ways, our experience of maternal health care is quite different. One of us is a full-spectrum doula, one of us is a specialist in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, and one of us has spent a career in maternal and fetal medicine. However, it’s the similarities, not the differences, that led us to sign …
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NEWPORT NEWS — Jefferson Lab in Newport News recently received a $7.5 million grant from the Department of Energy to adapt a particle accelerator that could eventually be used in wastewater treatment plants to break down “perpetual chemicals.” The technology is currently locked away in the lab, but Jeff Lab team scientist John Venekate, along …
An estimated 130,000 Montanans, including 36,000 children, have lost their Medicaid or Healthy Montana Kids health insurance coverage as of April 2023. It’s part of a national spike in enrollment declines, a “rollout” that KFF Health News called the “most the major upheaval in the 58-year history of the state’s health insurance program for low-income …
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) is establishing the Be Well Institute on Substance Use and Related Disorders, a pioneering initiative dedicated to advancing research, education and evidence-based treatments. The new institute incorporates UT Health San Antonio’s ongoing Be Well Texas initiative as part of a new …
I don’t deserve to be called a scientist, but maybe I’m at least a marginal scientist after spending 50 years in engineering and then medicine. What I’ve learned about science in this half-century is that it’s not about being right, it’s about finding weaknesses in prevailing theories. His attitude is always skeptical. It’s all about …
Well before the COVID-19 pandemic, Stanford University physician and microbiologist David Relman, MD, realized that researchers like himself had a growing problem convincing people to trust their studies, results, conclusions, and even intentions. The COVID-19 pandemic brought the issue to a crisis level and affected him personally after he questioned the views of some of …
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In a recent review published in the journal npj Genomic Medicine, a group of authors investigated the ethical, legal and psychosocial implications of the use of genetic risk information in life insurance underwriting and its contribution to genetic discrimination (GD). Study: Future Implications of Polygenic Risk Scores for Life Insurance. Image credit: ArtemisDiana / Shutterstock …
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The risk of increased health care use among children with a chronic illness is higher for those who also have a sleep disorder, according to a new study that examined Medicaid claims data. The study found that among children who had a chronic illness, those who also had a diagnosed sleep disorder were nearly twice …
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Brigham researchers looked at tweets from 2014 to 2019 about contraceptive methods and found that only a small percentage were authored by health professionals. Patients are quick to turn to social media for guidance on contraceptive methods, side effects and education, but what kind of content is being shared and who is sharing it? A …
