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NIH: Brain Scans Detect Autism Earlier

For children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), early diagnosis is critical to allow for possible interventions at a time when the brain is most amenable to change. But that’s been tough to implement for a simple reason: the symptoms of ASD, such as communication difficulties, social deficits, and repetitive behaviors, often do not show up […]

Can Having Role Models Produce More Minority Doctors?

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Eight of Melissa Cornett’s 10 children want to be doctors. The oldest, at 29, hopes to become a family physician; the youngest, who’s “almost 9,” wants to be an ER doctor. Although they all have endured the typical bumps, bruises, and medical crises of childhood, they’ve only ever met two doctors who […]

Obamacare’s Popularity Goes Up

Obamacare is getting more popular with voters even as President Donald Trump moves to get rid of the landmark health-care law. A total of 45 percent of registered voters say they approve of Obamacare, compared to 45 percent who oppose the law, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds. Since early January — weeks before Trump […]

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Biotech Firm May Hold Key to Long, Healthy Life

As Trump shakes up the White House, pharma and biotech are on edge. While the media talks about Obamacare, it turns out that Trump’s new FDA chief could have a bigger impact on health care and associated markets. The story here is that a company in liberal Northern California may have the most to gain […]

Research Will Focus on Black Cancer Survivors

The largest study to date of African-American cancer survivors in the United States is underway. The Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors (ROCS) study, which will include 5,560 cancer survivors, will support a broad research agenda looking at the major factors affecting cancer progression, recurrence, mortality, and quality of life among African-American cancer survivors. The effort […]

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Details of GOP Healthcare Plan Emerge

WASHINGTON — A draft Republican bill replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law would end its Medicaid expansion, scrap fines on people not buying insurance and eliminate taxes on the medical industry and higher earners. Instead, it would create tax credits worth up to $4,000, allow bigger contributions to personal health savings accounts and impose […]

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Ex-Speaker: Repeal and Replace Won’t Happen

Former House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that he didn’t think the Republican-controlled Congress would be able to completely repeal and replace Obamacare, and that some key provisions of the health care law would likely remain. Speaking at a health care conference in Orlando, Florida, Boehner, an Ohio Republican who opposed Obamacare but resigned in […]

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Vanderbilt: More Than 3,000 Medical Records Wrongly Accessed

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials say the hospital has had a security breach where two employees accessed medical records of more than 3,000 patients. The Tennessean reports the hospital has sent out letters to patients whose personal information was inappropriately viewed. Two patient transporters accessed information that included names, birth dates and […]

Ricks’ Teen Pregnancy Work Born Out of Personal Experience

When she was just 15, Dr. Nila Ricks, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, discovered that she was pregnant. For many, this might have meant the end of high school and the end of any college aspirations.

Professor has Taken a Selfie Nearly Every Day for 30 years

BOSTON — Long before they were called selfies, Karl Baden snapped a simple black and white photo of himself. Then he repeated it almost every day for the next three decades. Baden’s “Every Day” project officially turns 30 on Thursday and he says he has no intention of stopping. The stark contemplation on mortality and […]

What Obamacare’s Critics Won’t Admit

THOUSAND OAKS, California ― Maryann Hammers is likely to die from ovarian cancer someday. But she hopes someday won’t come anytime soon. Hammers, 61, received the diagnosis in late 2013, and doctors told her that it was stage 3-C, which meant that she could live for many years with the right treatment and a little […]

Illinois Schools Adopt Asthma Protocols

CHICAGO — School personnel across Illinois are adapting to a new state law that requires districts to have an emergency protocol to deal with asthma emergencies. Under the law, anyone who works with students must be trained to handle asthma emergencies. All children with asthma must have a written “asthma action plan” at the school […]

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