For newly insured under Obamacare, a steep learning curve
(HealthDay)—Sheri Samotin, a California-based patient advocate, knows the ins and outs of health insurance, including how to find a participating physician.
May 2, 2014
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Elevated liver enzyme levels linked to higher gestational diabetes risk
Women with high levels of a common liver enzyme measured prior to pregnancy were twice as likely to subsequently develop gestational diabetes than those with the lowest levels, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published ...
May 2, 2014
Maternal deaths on the rise in the United States
The United States is among just eight countries in the world to experience an increase in maternal mortality since 2003 – joining Afghanistan and countries in Africa and Central America, according to a new study by the ...
May 2, 2014
Uganda to criminalize 'wilful' HIV transmission
Lawmakers in Uganda are set to pass a measure criminalizing the intentional transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.
May 2, 2014
New test set to improve care for patients with suspected heart attack
Manchester researchers have developed a novel approach, called the Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes Decision Rule, to more quickly and effectively diagnose heart attack in patients admitted to emergency departments.
May 2, 2014
Austrian children injected with malaria parasite (Update)
An Austrian commission following up on claims that doctors deliberately infected patients with malaria to treat others with syphilis says hundreds of people, including orphans in a psychiatric hospital, might have been infected.
May 2, 2014
New myeloma-obesity research shows drugs can team with body's defenses
Obesity increases the risk of myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells that accumulate inside the bones.
May 2, 2014
Small variations in genetic code, previously thought to be inconsequential, can team up to have a big impact
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at USC have definitively demonstrated that large sets of variations in the genetic code that do not individually appear to have much effect can collectively produce significant changes in an ...
May 2, 2014
New form of treatment to reduce risk for surgery-related ischemic brain injury?
Ischemic brain injury due to heart and vascular surgery cause more than 100,000 deaths annually in Europe and the United States. In addition, approximately 10–20% of patients undergoing heart and vascular surgery – at ...
May 2, 2014
