… residents when compared with non-expansion states. Though expansion wasn’t associated with significant changes in health status, expansion states saw an increase in the ability to afford followup care for low-income residents-3.4 percentage points …
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Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Cut Medical Bill Worries, Study Finds
People living in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are less likely to be uninsured or struggling with the strain of unpaid medical bills, a new study finds. The study is the latest to examine the impact of expanding Medicaid, the public health insurance program for low-income Americans.
Scientists discovered that grapes protected against decline in Alzheimer-related areas of the brain
… study contributes to the growing evidence that supports a beneficial role for grapes in neurologic and cardiovascular health, however more clinical studies with larger groups of subjects are needed to confirm the effects observed here.”
Eat grapes twice a day to keep Alzheimer’s at bay
… study contributes to the growing evidence that supports a beneficial role for grapes in neurologic and cardiovascular health. More clinical studies with larger groups of subjects, however, are needed to confirm the effects observed here,” Silverman …
Grapes may shield you from Alzheimer’s
… study contributes to the growing evidence that supports a beneficial role for grapes in neurologic and cardiovascular health, however more clinical studies with larger groups of subjects are needed to confirm the effects observed here, Silverman …
MediciNova Announces Publication of Positive Findings on MN-166 (ibudilast) in Alcohol Dependence
MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange , today announced that the medical journal Neuropsychopharmacology has published a new article on MN-166 written by Dr. Lara Ray and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles. The article reports that MN-166 was associated with mood improvements on the stress- and alcohol-cue exposures, as well as reductions in overall craving, depression and anxiety for alcohol in subjects diagnosed with alcohol use disorder . Moreover, in the subjects that had higher depressive symptomatology, MN-166 reduced the stimulant and mood-altering effects of alcohol compared to placebo.
Half of dishes served at Los Angeles sushi restaurants are mislabelled
… and some of it is regulations,” he said. The study warned that apart from duping consumers, the mislabelling posed a health risk for people with allergies to certain fish and for pregnant women and children who should avoid high-mercury fish. “A …
For Ear Infections, Shorter Antibiotic Course Isn’t Better
Doctors hoping that it might be possible to take it a little easy on treating babies with antibiotics got bad news Wednesday: A shorter treatment course didn’t work as well as 10 full days of drugs. The experiment involved babies and young toddlers with ear infection.