Big drug costs for small patients with rare diseases, study finds
Only about one in every 170 children take them. But ‘orphan drugs’ accounted for 1 in every 15 private insurance
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8 in 10 COVID-19 patients suffer neurological symptoms, study finds
(HealthDay)—As President Donald Trump battles the coronavirus, researchers reveal concerning new findings: Neurological symptoms occur in 8 of 10 hospitalized
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Study finds cancer mutations accumulate in distinct regions based on structure of genome and mutation
A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has discovered that mutations found in
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Study disputes notion that people of color have ‘flawed’ beliefs about pregnancy
Black and Latinx individuals are often the focus of health educational efforts to “correct” perceived flawed beliefs about pregnancy in
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Study finds university recreation programs severely lacking in disability-inclusive language, images
Thirty years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, universities still have a long way to go toward
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Nearly 280,000 US schoolchildren have had coronavirus: study
Almost 280,000 school-aged children were infected with the novel coronavirus between March 1 and September 19, according to detailed data
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‘Silent’ COVID-19 Produces as Much Virus as in Patients With Symptoms: Study
FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 — People who have COVID-19 but no symptoms have the same amount of virus in their
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Genetic study uncovers mutation associated with fibromuscular dysplasia
Understanding of fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), a rare blood vessel disease, is making the jump from the laboratory to the clinic
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World first study links obesity with reduced brain plasticity
A world-first study has found that severely overweight people are less likely to be able to re-wire their brains and
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Study uses novel MRI technique to find biomarker for Parsonage-Turner Syndrome
Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to use a
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