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Living in disadvantaged areas reduces ALS survival time by over 30%
Living in a disadvantaged community may decrease the length of time a person can survive with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ...
U.S. launches national plan to tackle Parkinson's disease and related disorders
With support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), ...
Nonpharmacologic pain intervention provides benefits to people with dialysis-dependent kidney failure
Among people with dialysis-dependent kidney failure, a form of psychological therapy called pain coping skills training reduced how much pain ...
Structural brain differences in adolescents may play a role in early initiation of substance use
A study of nearly 10,000 adolescents funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified distinct differences in the ...
NIAID awards grants for 10 projects to improve diagnostic tools for syphilis
The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded grants for 10 projects to ...
Misleading ads play key role in schemes to gin up unauthorized ACA sign-ups, lawsuit alleges
The government is giving away money! So say ads on a variety of social media platforms. Consumers, the ads claim, ...
The chicken and egg problem of fighting another flu pandemic
Even a peep of news about a new flu pandemic is enough to set scientists clucking about eggs. They worried ...
Seasonal influenza triggers significant school closures, especially in southern states, study finds
In a recent study published in The Lancet Regional Health-Americas, researchers examined closures of United States (US) schools due to ...
Montana’s effort to expand religious exemptions to vaccines prompts political standoff
Montana lawmakers are in a standoff with the state's health department over a package of sweeping changes to child care ...
