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A new article examines the effects of Medicaid expansion on low-income individuals’ access to health care. Source: Effects of Medicaid expansion focus of new study
Continue Reading →Virtual reality reduces phantom body pain in paraplegics and creates the illusion that they can feel their paralyzed legs being touched again. The results could one day translate into therapies to reduce chronic pain in paraplegics. Source: Virtual reality reduces phantom pain in paraplegics
Continue Reading →The common practice of growing influenza vaccine components in chicken eggs disrupts the major antibody target site on the virus surface, rendering the flu vaccine less effective in humans. Source: How flu shot manufacturing forces influenza to mutate
Continue Reading →Although drinking by U.S. adolescents has decreased during the last decade, more than 20 percent of U.S. high-school students continue to drink alcohol before the age of 14 years. This can have adverse effects on their neurodevelopment. Little is known about how the age of alcohol-use onset influences brain development. This is the first study […]
Continue Reading →The etiology of a behavior, such as alcohol drinking, can change during adolescence and young adulthood. A new article explores factors of family and friend influences on youth and young adult drinking. Source: Drinking during adolescence and young adulthood: Taboo, tolerated, and treasured
Continue Reading →Artificial beta cells have been developed that automatically release insulin into the bloodstream when glucose levels rise. This work was done in lab experiments but could lead to a much more patient-friendly treatment than injections. Source: Smart artificial beta cells could lead to new diabetes treatment
Continue Reading →Researchers have created a machine-learning algorithm that was able to accurately predict suicidal ideation and attempts in a small group of participants. Source: Medical News Today: Suicide could be predicted with brain imaging
Continue Reading →Breastfeeding for at least two months cuts a baby’s risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome almost in half, a sweeping new international study has found. Source: Breastfeeding for two months halves risk of SIDS
Continue Reading →Nearly a quarter of Mexican immigrants who live near the California-Mexico border without legal authorization have a mental disorder, particularly depression or anxiety. Source: Immigrants living in the country without authorization at risk for anxiety and depression
Continue Reading →Competitive divers face a high risk of injuring their shoulders, back, elbows, wrists and other body parts, according to sports medicine physicians. Source: Competitive divers face high risk of back, shoulder and other injuries
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