December 20, 2024 from NPR Topics: Health Care
Patients are protesting, bipartisan lawmakers are threatening regulation – and investors are selling their shares. December 19, 2024 from NPR Topics: Health Care
The killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO has sparked scrutiny of the business of health care. But even the investors making money from this business have been unhappy with it this year.December 19, 2024 from NPR Topics: Health Care
Donald Trump's first administration advanced rules forcing hospitals and insurers to reveal prices for medical services. Employers don't want to risk backtracking during Trump's second administration.December 18, 2024 from NPR Topics: Health Care
"Hospital at home" allowed Medicare and Medicaid to pay for intense treatment of patients in their homes. It's set to expire on Dec. 31 unless Congress acts. A five-year extension is on the table.December 17, 2024 from Health Care News
BOSTON — In anticipation of increased wintertime shelter needs for individuals experiencing homelessness, the Executive Office of Housing and Livable The post State Awards $9.9 Million to Expand Homelessness Winter Capacity appeared...December 17, 2024 from Health Care News
BOSTON — Massachusetts residents have less than one week left before the deadline to get health insurance for the new The post Massachusetts Residents Have Until Dec. 23 to Get Health Coverage for January appeared first on Health Care...December 17, 2024 from Health Care News
GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College (GCC) announced the appointment of two distinguished leaders, Jenni Lanoue and Shonda Pettiford, to its The post Greenfield Community College Welcomes Two New Board Members appeared first on...December 16, 2024 from Health Care News
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll administration announced that 10 Massachusetts Sheriff’s Offices, including those in Berkshire, Franklin, and Hampshire counties, will The post State Awards Substance-use Treatment Grants for Incarcerated...December 16, 2024 from Health Care News
PALMER — Kirsten Petrarca, an audiologist at Baystate Rehabilitation Care, located at Baystate Wing Hospital, originally chose audiology as a The post Baystate Wing Audiologist Recognized with Service and Innovation Award appeared first...December 16, 2024 from Health Care News
SPRINGFIELD — When Head Start began in 1965, its founders understood that parents are critical partners in its work to The post HCS Head Start Gives Parents Seat at Table appeared first on Health Care News .December 15, 2024 from NPR Topics: Health Care
More milk products come from Tulare County, California than any other county in the U.S. Public health officials there are trying to guard against bird flu infecting humans.December 13, 2024 from Health Care News
CHICOPEE — Pet parents now have a local, eco-friendly option for aftercare. Located in Chicopee, Paws Finding Peace offers water-based The post Paws Finding Peace Announces Opening of Pet Aftercare Center appeared first on Health Care...December 13, 2024 from Health Care News
HADLEY — UMassFive College Federal Credit Union announced that its members, staff, and community partners have donated hundreds of winter The post UMassFive Donates Hundreds of Winter Coats, Clothing Items appeared first on Health Care...December 13, 2024 from Health Care News
EAST BROOKFIELD — Second Chance Animal Services has already helped over 55,000 pets this year, a new record for the The post Second Chance Reaches Record 55,000 Pets Helped in 2024, Issues Call for Support appeared first on Health Care...December 12, 2024 from NPR Topics: Health Care
The public outrage unleashed by the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO echoes the anti-banking fury after the financial crisis and comes as populist economic fatigue helped re-elect Donald Trump.December 12, 2024 from Health Care News
BOSTON — State Sen. Jo Comerford recently received two awards for her work to support early education and care access The post Sen. Comerford Receives Two Awards for Early Education and Care, Human-services Work appeared first on Health...December 11, 2024 from NPR Topics: Health Care
Through her work, photographer Nancy Borowick says she hopes to draw awareness to women's stories, educate Americans and destigmatize the conversation that occurs between doctors and patients.December 10, 2024 from NPR Topics: Health Care
Five days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in Manhattan, police arrested 26 year old Luigi Mangione in Pennsylvania. He's facing charges including murder, the illegal possession of a firearm, and lying about...December 8, 2024 from NPR Topics: Health Care
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with health policy researcher Robin Rudowitz about the prospect of cuts to Medicaid and what impact that would have.December 8, 2024 from NPR Topics: Health Care
Pediatricians historically have not had much instruction on how to deal with childhood obesity. But now medical schools are starting to train their students on leading with empathy.July 15, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Cancer researchers have completed one of the most comprehensive studies of the cells inside melanoma brain metastases.July 15, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
New research indicates the best available chemotherapy for Kaposi Sarcoma, which is infrequently used in Africa, is cost effective and would improve clinical outcomes.July 14, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
A new process, which is more effective and efficient than conventional methods, has the potential to significantly impact cancer diagnostics as well as other fields of research.July 14, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Clinical trial results suggest that a step strategy, in which patients with diabetic macular edema start with a less expensive medicine and switch to a more expensive medicine if vision does not improve sufficiently, gives results...July 14, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
A minimally invasive test was able to identify pathology in patients at different stages of disease and potentially enable earlier intervention, researchers report.July 14, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
In an analysis of medical information of more than 6,000 American adults with a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), researchers conclude that CVD risk 'profiles' in secondary prevention have failed to improve over the last two decades.July 14, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have created a liquid biopsy test, which uses two circulating proteins, to test for major liver diseases. The test was found to be highly accurate, sensitive, and specific for both NASH and liver fibrosis.July 14, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
New research investigates consumer product-related traumatic brain injuries (CP-TBI) among school-aged children for a 20-year period by differentiating age groups, levels of education, and gender and evaluating trends with the time-point...July 14, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Resilience and a high quality of life are demonstrated by many individuals born with heart defects; however, they may face a range of health-related psychological and social challenges throughout their lives. A new scientific statement...July 13, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Using EEG to identify covert consciousness in unresponsive brain-injured patients could help predict which ones may recover, researchers have found.July 13, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have developed a noninvasive method to identify a potential cause of hypertension with a drastic reduction in radiation exposure, a new study shows. The fluorine-based reagent detects whether the hormone aldosterone is being...July 13, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
The treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-associated dysplasia is often challenging due to diagnostic techniques that are unable to accurately differentiate and classify the severity of neoplastic lesions. Now, researchers have...July 12, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
The study is the most rigorous and comprehensive analysis to date of scientific literature on health and spirituality. Overlooking spirituality in health care leaves patients feeling disconnected from the health care system and from the...July 12, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
There is great news to share about hospital patient safety nationally over the last decade with the largest medical record-based study ever finding a significant decrease in hospital adverse events.July 12, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Patients with a specific form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness, are at significant risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke.July 12, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Development of a precision medicine technology based on artificial intelligence that predicts immunotherapy response in cancer patients.July 12, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have identified the child cancer patients at greatest risk of developing life-threatening infections, in a crucial step towards the development of an early diagnostic test.July 12, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Offering intensive, weekly telephone-based cessation counseling along with nicotine replacement for people who smoke and who were undergoing screening for lung cancer resulted in over a two-fold greater cigarette quit rate compared to...July 11, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
A new study can help guide proper treatment course for patients depending on heart function and severity of heart damage.July 11, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Scientists have long noted a connection between opioid use disorder (OUD) and chronic pain, however brain mechanisms linking OUD and chronic pain are poorly understood. A new study has explored one potential mechanism -- central...July 7, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers found that high dose nitric oxide given to pregnant women with severe COVID-19 pneumonia resulted in reductions in the need for supplemental oxygen as well as in hospital and ICU lengths of stay, with no adverse events...July 7, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have identified an increasing trend in medicine-related harm leading to hospital admission.July 7, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Scientists and physicians describe how wastewater sequencing provided dramatic new insights into levels and variants of SARS-CoV-2 on campus and in the broader community -- a key step to public health interventions in advance of COVID-19...July 7, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
A new study in patients reveals that two newly identified plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease can predict postoperative delirium, one of the most common postoperative complications in older patients. The findings indicate the...July 7, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
People with two pediatric-onset neurodevelopmental disorders are prescribed opioids at a rate up to five times higher than those who do not have those conditions, a new study finds. Researchers say the findings raise concerns over...July 7, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Research has uncovered strong evidence that household overcrowding is a major risk factor for acute rheumatic fever and streptococcal infections of the skin.July 7, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Intermittent fasting has previously shown to have a host of health benefits, including lowering the risk of diabetes and heart disease. Now, researchers have found that people who regularly fast are less like to experience severe...July 6, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
A new study offers evidence that transgender patients who receive gender-affirming facial feminization surgery reported better mental health after their procedures.July 6, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
Heart failure patients experiencing grief or in mourning following the loss of a close family member are at an increased risk of death, particularly during the first week following the family member's death, according to a new study.July 6, 2022 from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily
A group of public health experts from several universities and organizations is urging adoption of a multi-layered approach when developing policies to mitigate the impact of gas and oil production operations. They lay out a framework...