by Research Team | Jan 3, 2016 | Health News
The “Show-Me Healthy Babies Program” was created to provide insurance for pregnant women who earn too much to qualify for traditional Medicaid but don’t have affordable private-sector insurance. Nixon in 2014 signed a bill to establish the...
by Research Team | Jan 3, 2016 | Health News
Health officials in Puerto Rico reported the island’s first case of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus recently linked to the rise of a serious neurological disorder among newborns in Brazil. “There is no reason for alarm, and the public should continue to take...
by Research Team | Jan 3, 2016 | Health News
A team at St George’s mental health trust has developed a mobile phone app to help patients with bipolar disorder track their medication. In the UK, lithium carbonate, often referred to as lithium, is the medication used to treat the disorder, but dosage must be...
by Research Team | Jan 3, 2016 | Health News
People with hepatitis C who drink alcohol or stop using their medications would lose Medicaid coverage under a proposal approved by a Kansas legislative committee. The KanCare Oversight Committee also recommended this week that the Kansas Department of Health and...
by Research Team | Jan 3, 2016 | Health News
FUTURE: Dawn Oliver, a trustee of the charity, consultant breast surgeon Steven Thrush, Haven chief executive officer Pam Healy and Fiona Charny, chairman of the new charity. The charity aims to directly benefit people being treated for breast cancer at the new breast...
by Research Team | Jan 1, 2016 | Health News
For 40 years the biggest obstacle in curing childhood cancer has been late diagnosis; no one thinks his or her child has cancer. Furthermore, symptoms of cancer can be similar to many other childhood diseases, making it difficult to diagnose in time.
