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New guideline: Address GTCS frequency to reduce SUDEP risk
BOSTON – Generalized tonic-clonic seizures are a major risk factor for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).
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Drugmakers Dramatically Boosted Lobbying Spending In Trump’s First Quarter
Pharmaceutical companies are “going all in” to fight reduced drug prices and other opposition in Washington.
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Science advocates take to D.C. streets in March for Science
WASHINGTON – Doctors, scientists, and advocates came together to demonstarte against the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to science agencies...
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VIDEO: Geeks brave rain to March for Science
WASHINGTON – Peaceful demostrators in hundreds of cities around the globe gathered on Earth Day, April 22, to back evidence-based policies and...
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EHR price alert doesn’t reduce lab orders
There are better ways to meet the goals of price transparency.
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DTC genetic health risk tests: Beware
The Food and Drug Administration recently authorized 23andMe to provide consumers with results of germline DNA sequence variants associated with...
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As some holdout states revisit Medicaid expansion, new data show it pays off
Although the GOP-controlled Congress is pledging its continued interest – despite stalls and snags – in dismantling Obamacare, some “red state”...
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Medicaid reform: Work-based waivers may not fly
High mandatory premiums, cost sharing, lifetime limits, drug testing move Medicaid from a health care program to a work program, advocates argue...
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CMS market stabilization efforts useless without subsidies
President Trump has threatened to withhold insurer subsidies in an effort to bring Congressional Democrats to the health care negotiation table....
From the Journals
Both diabetes types increase markedly among youths
Both types 1 and 2 diabetes increased markedly among youths between 2002 and 2012, especially among those in minority racial and ethnic groups.
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Bundled maternal HIV, well-baby visits boost ART adherence
SEATTLE – When new moms can get their well-baby visits and HIV care together, they have better antiretroviral adherence and breastfeed longer.