Coverage of hormonal breast cancer therapies increased in states that expanded Medicaid
NEW ORLEANS -- An evaluation of breast cancer patients enrolled in Medicaid showed that states that expanded Medicaid during 2011 to 2017 had a 27...
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A culturally tailored intervention increased HPV vaccination of Asian-American adolescents
NEW ORLEANS -- A culturally tailored multilevel strategy designed to remove barriers to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among low-income, mostly Chinese American adolescent girls and...
Oncologists’ LGBT-related knowledge & practices improved after cultural competency training
NEW ORLEANS -- An interactive online LGBT cultural competency training program for oncologists may be acceptable, feasible, and improve LGBT-related knowledge and clinical practices, according...
Risk of cancer mortality may increase for successive generations of Latino immigrants
NEW ORLEANS --Latinos in the United States experienced an overall increased risk of cancer death with each generation born in this country, according to results...
African-American caregivers report better mental health outcomes than white caregivers
NEW ORLEANS -- African-Americans caring for loved ones with cancer were less likely than their white peers to report distress and depression, possibly due to...
Can chocolate, tea, coffee and zinc help make you more healthy?
Ageing and a low life expectancy are caused, at least partly, by oxidative stress. A team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Ivana Ivanovi-Burmazovi from...
The Lancet Oncology: For new HPV DNA test, study finds there may be little benefit in screening women aged 55 with a negative test
Regular cytology screening (pap or smear test) is still the most commonly used HPV screening method, and can prevent cancers up to age 75 years,...
‘Human brain’ supercomputer with 1million processors being switched on for first time
The world's largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain does has been fitted with its landmark one-millionth...
Online program helps prevent teen depression
Credit: UIC/Monika Marko and TJ Crawford Although up to 20 percent of adolescents experience a depressive episode each year, the medical community has struggled to...
Molecular virologist fights influenza at the molecular level
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Molecular virologist Chad Petit, Ph.D., uses basic science to fight influenza -- through experiments at the atomic level. This includes...
Study finds hospital communication-and-resolution programs do not expand liability risk
Boston, MA -- To be more transparent and to promote communication with patients after medical injuries, many hospitals have implemented a new approach called the...
Internists note that final CMS payment rule improves on proposed changes to E/M codes
Washington, DC (November 2, 2018) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) appreciates that the final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment Program...
O’Donnell Brain Institute helps US effort to research learning, memory
DALLAS - Nov. 2, 2018 - UT Southwestern's O'Donnell Brain Institute will help in a national effort to understand the neural circuits behind learning, memory,...
Food for thought
From the standpoint of heart health, the Tsimane are a model group. A population indigenous to the Bolivian Amazon, the Tsimane demonstrate next to no...
Physicists explain how large spherical viruses form
Credit: Zandi lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A virus, the simplest physical object in biology, consists of a protein shell called the capsid, which...
