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10% of US physicians work for or under UnitedHealth. Is that a problem?
The company added 20,000 physicians in the last year alone, including a previously physician-owned multispecialty group...
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Neighborhood Disadvantage Tied to Higher Risk for ASD
“They may be due to systemic racism, discrimination, and their impact on maternal health during pregnancy.”
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U.S. Task Force Takes on Rising BMIs Among Children
Some of the most effective interventions are targeted at both parents and their children, whether that be together, separately, or a combination...
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Fivefold Increase in Vaping During Adolescent Pregnancies
Whereas the researchers found a roughly fivefold increase in the exclusive use of e-cigarettes, the percentage of patients using only cigarettes...
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Teen and young adult rheumatology patients report gaps in sexual health counseling
In a new survey, only half of teens and young adults on teratogens said they had been counseled on the reproductive risk for their medications.
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What if a single GLP-1 shot could last for months?
So far, the team has tested the new drug delivery system in rats, and they say human clinical trials could start within 2 years.
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Federal program offers free COVID, flu at-home tests, treatments
“With its expansion, the Home Test to Treat program will now offer free testing, telehealth, and treatment for both COVID-19 and for influenza (...
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Children who are overweight at risk for chronic kidney disease
“Given the increasing obesity rates among adolescents, our findings are a harbinger of the potentially preventable increasing burden of CKD and...
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Acne stigma persists across social and professional settings
Severe acne was associated with poor hygiene and unattractiveness in an internet survey using stock photos.
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Sickle Cell Gene Therapy ‘Truly Transformative’
New research on a just-approved gene therapy for sickle cell disease shows the efficacy of a single infusion of lovo-cel.
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This test may guide AML therapy for Black pediatric patients
New research suggests that a polygenic score can presage how well Black pediatric patients with AML will respond to treatment.