Category: Health

A California lawmaker wants to end a ban on state-funded travel to states with discriminatory LGBTQ laws

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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has signed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors

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Most gig workers in Seattle will be permanently entitled to paid sick leave and safe time under a first-in-the-nation law

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In recent years, innovative cancer drugs that target specific molecular drivers of the disease have been embraced as the treatment of choice for many types of cancer.

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The expanded availability of opioid use disorder-related telehealth services and medications during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a lowered likelihood of fatal drug overdose among Medicare beneficiaries, according to a new study.

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As part of the worldwide effort to facilitate a research and clinical pathway toward successful xenotransplantation -; the transplantation of living cells, tissues and organs from one species to another -; two Johns Hopkins Medicine surgeons, Kazuhiko Yamada, M.D., Ph.D.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Republican lawmakers say that, before California spends even more money battling homelessness, the public deserves to know exactly how the tens of billions of dollars already put toward the epidemic are being spent and whether the state

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Dr. Sara McLin thought she made the right choice by going to an in-network emergency room near her Florida home after her 4-year-old burned his hand on a stove last Memorial Day weekend. Her family is insured through her husband’s

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For decades, U.S. hospitals have generally stonewalled patients who wanted to know ahead of time how much their care would cost. Now that’s changing — but there’s a vigorous debate over what hospitals are disclosing. Under a federal rule in

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GOP lawmakers in Kentucky enact sweeping ban on transgender care for minors by overriding Democratic governor’s veto

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Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have swept aside the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people

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A toxic cauldron on social media is one of the minefields players in the NCAA Tournament must navigate

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A cornea transplant, or keratoplasty, is an operation to replace part of the cornea with corneal tissue from a donor. The cornea is the transparent, dome-shaped surface of the eye. Light enters the eye through the cornea. Nearly 80,000 corneal

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MANKATO, Minn. — Congratulations on setting a goal to run a long-distance race. You’ve just joined a group of more than 60 million people in the U.S. who participate in organized runs and races. Running doesn’t require much gear, but

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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), is highly aggressive and lethal. It is the most prevalent type of pancreatic cancer, making up 90% of cases; it also has a high rate of metastasis, with an average five-year survival rate of less than

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A National Institutes of Health team has identified a compound already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that keeps light-sensitive photoreceptors alive in three models of Leber congenital amaurosis type 10 (LCA 10), an inherited retinal ciliopathy disease

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Researchers discussing the effects of dried fruits on overall gastrointestinal (GI) health.

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Researchers assessed the impact of consuming unprocessed, minimally processed, and ultra-processed foods on diet quality.

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