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Docs Don't Track Pregnancy Complications That Threaten Long-Term Health
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 – Women who develop a complication like diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy are at higher risk of stroke or heart disease in the years after delivery....
Women Of Color Receive Slower Response To A Bad Mammogram
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 – Women of color are less likely to receive prompt follow-up testing after abnormal mammogram results, a new study has found. Minority women are less likely than white women...
Denied by Insurance? Why Fighting Back Sometimes Works
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 – After three years, $40,000 in medical bills and five insurance denials, April and Justin Beck finally won their battle to get life-changing treatment for their 9-year-old...
Legalized Sportsbooks Tied to More Searches for Gambling Addiction
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 – National increases in online searches for gambling addiction occurred after legalization of sportsbooks, according to a study published online Feb. 17 in JAMA Internal ...
Traumatic Experiences Associated With Endometriosis
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 – Traumatic experiences are independently associated with endometriosis, according to a study published online Feb. 5 in JAMA Psychiatry. Dora Koller, Ph.D., from the Yale ...
2008 to 2017 Saw Increase in Prevalence of Seniors Free From Disabilities
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 – From 2008 to 2017, there was an increase in the prevalence of being free of all disabilities among the U.S. population aged 65 years or older, according to a study...
Depression Tied to Having More Physical Health Conditions
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 – Middle-aged and older adults with a history of depression have more long-term physical health conditions at baseline and develop additional physical conditions at a faster...
Minority Groups Less Likely to Receive Diagnostic Services After Abnormal Mammogram
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 – For patients after screening mammography, onsite availability of most diagnostic services is similar across race and ethnicity groups, but minority groups are less likely...
Trump Administration Reverses Plan to End Free COVID Test Program
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 – The Trump administration changed course on Tuesday, deciding to keep the government's free COVID test program running, just minutes before the website, COVIDtests.gov, was...
Black Children Less Likely To Get Gene Tests for Neuro Disorders
TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025 --Extensive genetic testing is recommended for all children with epilepsy, unexplained developmental delays, autism and other neurological conditions. New research, however,...
Adults Can Learn 'Perfect Pitch,' Study Suggests
TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025 – From Mariah Carey and Jimi Hendrix to Michael Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby, a select group of famous musicians past and present have had have perfect pitch. ...
Prostate Cancer Screening Hits the Streets With the 'Man Van'
TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025 -- A mobile "Man Van" screening program detected dozens of prostate cancer cases in disadvantaged neighborhoods of London, researchers report. A team led by Dr. Masood Moghul ...
Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening Clinic Can ID the Disease in Disadvantaged Men
TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025 – A "Man Van" deployed in disadvantaged communities can help identify men at high risk for prostate cancer, according to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical...
NIH Research Funding Drops $1B Under Trump Administration
TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025 – Federal funding for medical research has dropped by roughly $1 billion this year, raising alarm among universities, medical centers and lawmakers who warn the shortfall...
U.S. Gambling Addiction Searches Soar With Legal Sports Betting
MONDAY, Feb. 17, 2025 – Millions of Americans have sought help for gambling addiction in the wake of a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed states to legalize sports betting. That's among...