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1 Million People Wanted for Ground-Breaking Study

WASHINGTON — U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes, environments and lifestyles interact. Today, health care is based on averages, what worked best in short studies of a few hundred or thousand patients. The massive “All of Us” project instead will […]

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Summit Aims to Boost Black Infant Survival Odds

ST. PAUL — Even after 15 years, Ruth Richardson still remembers a prenatal visit to the doctor that left her outraged. It was her second pregnancy, and a white physician made a startling assumption about her. “He looked at my arm and asked me, ‘How long have you been an IV drug user?’” she recalled. […]

Tribe Moves to Dismiss Drug Patent Case

A Native American tribe holding patents for drugmaker Allergan Plc on Friday moved to dismiss a case brought by generic drug company Mylan NV challenging the patents. In a filing to the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe asked that Mylan’s case seeking to invalidate Allergan’s patents on dry-eye medicine […]

Legionnaires’ Outbreak at Senior Center Probed

The Minnesota Department of Health is investigating two cases of Legionnaires’ disease confirmed in residents at the SilverCreek on Main memory care and assisted living facility in Maple Grove. The first resident’s symptoms began Aug. 22, and the second resident’s symptoms began Sept. 12. MDH is working with SilverCreek to identify possible sources for the […]

University Team Reduces Disparities in Breast Cancer Care

Data-driven research has for years borne out that there are diverse health conditions between different demographics—blacks and whites, for instance. “We know that … more African-Americans die from cancer or heart disease or stroke or diabetes and infant mortality,” said Mona Fouad, MD, director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Minority Health and […]

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Aaron Hernandez Had Severe Brain Disease

Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez had a severe form of the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died earlier this year, a new analysis of his brain shows. Researchers at Boston University’s CTE Center, who studied Hernandez’s brain, said on Thursday (Sept. 21), that the former New England Patriots player had “Stage 3 […]

Professor: Destigmatize Obesity

A University of Texas professor recently urged his colleagues to “remove the stigma associated with large body types.” Professor Robert Reece, who teaches sociology at the university, argued in a recent essay for Teaching Tolerance magazine that educators must fight against fat stigma because it causes “internalized stigma and destructive behaviors” among overweight people. Read […]

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Sitting Too Long Can Kill You

In 1960, approximately 50 percent of U.S. jobs required heavy to moderate physical activity. Today, that number stands at just 20 percent, meaning approximately 80 percent of jobs are almost wholly sedentary or demand minimal physical exertion. The vast majority of us spend the bulk of our workdays being mostly immobile, glued to our chairs […]

Initiative Targets Disparities in Rural N.C.

A first-ever effort to marshal the combined resources of 12 ECU colleges and schools, 14 centers and institutes and university partners behind a single, coordinated campaign, the “Rural Prosperity Initiative,” was launched today by Chancellor Cecil P. Staton. East Carolina University is focusing its extensive research and engagement expertise on finding solutions to the extraordinary […]

Report: Online Ratings of Doctors Are Inadequate

Online physician ratings are a key part of consumer-driven healthcare that is supposed to put individuals in charge of their own care. The idea is that educated consumers will choose the physicians and services that are least expensive and offer the highest quality as possible. The new study found that there was no “significant association […]

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Journal Reports Rise in Low Weight and Premature Births

The rate of preterm births and low birth weight have increased and are the leading cause of newborn deaths in the United States. The authors caution that cuts to Medicaid would seriously jeopardize infant lives. Preterm birth refers to a birth that occurs more than three weeks before the baby is due, or more specifically, […]

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Many Women Don’t Know Heart Risks

Despite efforts in recent years to change perceptions, heart disease is still largely seen as only a men’s health concern. In a recent study, only 56 percent of women knew that heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States, when in fact, heart disease and stroke kill more women […]

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