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Plan to Cut Benefits Threaten Children

Kelly is a Pennsylvania mother of two young boys. Kelly grew up in a family that did not earn enough to cover their basic needs, and as a child, she knew what it was like to go to school hungry and to not be able to see a doctor when she was sick. As a […]

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Second Tribe Files Opioid Suit

A second Oklahoma tribe is suing manufacturers and distributors of opioids, and large pharmacies for their alleged part in an overdose epidemic. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation filed their lawsuit in U.S. District Court for Oklahoma’s northern district on Tuesday, The Oklahoman reported. The lawsuit alleges the companies engage in marketing campaigns that aren’t truthful about […]

Yale Works with FDA to Advance Diversity in Research

To promote scientific progress and diversity in clinical research, Yale School of Medicine and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have agreed to collaborate on a range of far-reaching science-based initiatives. Through trainings, fellowships, internships, research, and education, the agreement will foster the exchange of scientific information between the institutions and improve human health. Read […]

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Poll: Americans See Drug Addiction as Disease

A slim majority of Americans see prescription drug addiction as a disease that requires medical treatment, but most would not welcome those suffering from the problem into their neighborhoods, workplaces or families. New survey results reveal Americans’ complex view of addiction as the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history ripples through communities nationwide. More than […]

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Millennials at Risk for Heart Disease

Many heart disease risk factors are the same for everyone. Lifestyle choices such as insufficient exercise, obesity, nicotine addition and excessive alcohol consumption are factors that put many adults at risk. But Dr. Regis Fernandes, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic (a nonprofit medical practice and research group in Rochester, Minnesota), says such behaviors seem […]

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Opioid Firm Blames Government for Native American Crisis

A top U.S. opioid distributor is pointing fingers at the government for the deluge of prescription painkillers that have poured into Native American communities at alarmingly high rates. McKesson Corp., one of the country’s three big wholesale drug distributors, is embroiled in litigation brought by Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation, the country’s largest tribal group, which has […]

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Health Care for Reservation Inmates Raises Concern

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — At a tribal jail in Washington state, an inmate with a broken leg banged on his cell door, screaming for pain medication, only to be denied. Hundreds of miles away, a diabetic man jailed on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming needed insulin, yet government records say authorities were unable to […]

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Report: Minority Women Undertreated for Perinatal Depression

In a new position paper, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University urge federal policymakers to appropriate funds toward diagnosis and treatment of perinatal depression in minority women — a group they say has been lacking in such care. Such a move would include increasing the number of medical providers who are trained […]

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Researchers Double Effort to Enroll Women in Breast-Disease Study

Leaders of a landmark study aimed at heightening the focus on family medical history and genetic drivers that put some women at higher risks than others for developing breast disease are ramping up efforts to add Black females to their hoped-for pool of 100,000 participants. So far, Black women, who tend to be diagnosed later […]

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Canadian Experts Say Ibuprofen Could Stall Alzheimer’s

A Vancouver-based research team led by Canada’s most cited neuroscientist, Dr. Patrick McGeer, has successfully carried out studies suggesting that, if started early enough, a daily regimen of the non-prescription NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) ibuprofen can prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. This means that by taking an over-the-counter medication, people can ward off a […]

Learning Native Traditions Helps Soldiers Transition

Michael Carroll served 18 months in Iraq for the United States Army. After coming home in 2004, doctors found that he suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Mental health experts say the disorder develops in some people who have experienced a shocking or dangerous event. Such persons may feel frightened even when they are […]

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Kids With Autism Less Likely to Be Vaccinated

Doctors say that there is no scientific evidence suggesting a link between vaccines that infants and young children receive in the first few years of life and the risk of autism, but that has not stopped parents from questioning the connection — and in some cases, forgoing vaccinations for their kids. In the latest study published in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers led […]

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