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Mashup Score: 7Here's what's holding back Medicaid expansion in Mississippi and other Southern states - 3 hour(s) ago
More than a million people could get health care if these states would pass laws expanding Medicaid. Most residents want the expansion but entrenched politics stands in the way.
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Physician Abraham Verghese reflects on a defining moment in 1985, when one of his terminally ill patients reminded him to follow his dreams.
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Mashup Score: 0He invented a successful medical device as a student. Here's his advice for new grads - 10 hour(s) ago
When Thorsten Siess was in graduate school, he came up with the idea for a heart device that’s now been used in hundreds of thousands of patients around the world.
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Mashup Score: 13A tribe in Maine is using opioid settlement funds on a sweat lodge to treat addiction - 16 hour(s) ago
Hundreds of Native American tribes are getting money from lawsuit settlements with opioid companies. Some are investing the new funds in traditional healing practices to treat addiction.
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A team of scientists argue that new vaccines and treatments wouldn’t be critical if humans could figure out how to stop viruses from spilling over from animals in the first place.
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Telehealth accounts for 19% of all abortions, new research finds. And while the number of abortions did plummet in ban states, overall abortions across the country are up.
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Popular weight-loss drugs mimic GLP-1, a hormone the body makes naturally after eating. Turns out some foods trigger GLP-1 better than others, making us feel full and eat less.
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The state covers basic services for vulnerable residents, including things like air purifiers for kids with asthma. But nonprofits offering the services struggle to work within the health care system.
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Mashup Score: 0He invented a successful medical device as a student. Here's his advice for new grads - 3 day(s) ago
When Thorsten Siess was in graduate school, he came up with the idea for a heart device that’s now been used in hundreds of thousands of patients around the world.
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Mashup Score: 6Outdoor time is good for your kids' eyesight. Here's why - 3 day(s) ago
Childhood myopia, or nearsightedness, is growing rapidly in the U.S and around the world. Researchers say kids who spend two hours outside every day, are less likely to develop the condition.
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