A community-led partnership in Colorado designed to negotiate health care prices lowered health care premiums in 2020 and 2021, we find in our new paper in the Journal of Risk…
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Vitamin D builds your bones and keeps your gut sealed, among many other essential functions − but many children are deficient
You’ve likely heard about vitamin D’s important role in maintaining strong bones and teeth. But it also plays several other important roles to keep your body healthy – including the…
Is low BMI harmful in old age?
Associations of body mass index trajectories with all-cause mortality stratified by sex and baseline age for older Chinese adults from Hong Kong’s Elderly Health Service Cohort. Credit: Journal of Epidemiology…
Organoid model integrates microglia to study inflammation in brain
Pink skies. Microglia (magenta) integrated into a retinal organoid. The cell nuclei of neurons are stained in blue. Credit: Schmied et al. / Journal of Neuroinflammation Organoids have revolutionized science…
Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
Having the freedom to choose your own health care provider is something many Americans take for granted. But the Supreme Court is weighing whether people who rely on Medicaid for…
Study finds nearly five-fold increase in hospitalizations for common cause of stroke
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood…
More caves discovered in Nottingham’s hidden subterranean world
Nottingham, nestled in England’s East Midlands, is famously known as the legendary home of Robin Hood. But beyond its folklore, the city also boasts the UK’s largest network of caves,…
23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem
As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, concerns about what would happen to the personal information contained in its massive genetic and…
Schools and communities can help children bounce back after distressing disasters like the LA wildfires
The 2025 Los Angeles wildfires reduced more than 15,000 structures to ash in a matter of days. Among the devastation were 11 public and private schools and 30 child care…
Combination approach to advanced cancer could improve survival
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An international team of researchers, including experts from the University of Adelaide, has found genomic testing and targeted therapies for patients with advanced cancer could improve…
