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January 19, 2016
Certain groups of women are less likely to get early prenatal care: Poor, black, Hispanic, unmarried, lacking a high-school diploma and teens. A major factor is whether the pregnancy is unplanned. And the patchwork nature of health coverage in the United States means coverage can be a major hurdle for the uninsured. Read the full […]
January 18, 2016
Men with Type 2 diabetes who received acipimox as an add-on to 3 weeks of Farxiga therapy saw improved beta-cell function and beta-cell sensitivity to glucose beyond Farxiga alone; however, the addition of the lipolysis inhibitor did not cause further improvement in insulin sensitivity, according to research in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. […]
January 18, 2016
If going to the dentist makes you nervous, meet Max. “Max is Dr. Carole Ann Boyd’s standard poodle. He’s being trained as a service dog and right now, he’s better at hand signals than voice commands. Read the full story at The Dallas Voice
January 18, 2016
A common complaint about modern kids is that they spend too much time indoors watching television or racking up points on the latest video game-all while noshing on a bag of chips or some other unhealthy junk food. The commonsense alternative to all this screen time, healthy advocates say is to send youngsters outside where […]
January 18, 2016
A book written by senior nursing students, “Nursing is Caring” is a collection of 81 essays about inspiring patients who made them realize they were in the right profession. Read the full story at The Katy News
January 18, 2016
Five organizations representing health care providers and advocates for people with obesity have filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), claiming states that deny coverage for bariatric surgery fail to comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and discriminate on the basis of health status and sex. Read […]