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Medicaid Expansion Saved Lives in Affected States: Study

Medicaid Expansion Saved Lives in Affected States: Study TUESDAY, Dec. 7, 2021 (HealthDay ... News) -- In a sign that the expansion of Medicaid has really worked, new research finds that death

Obamacare Helped Extend Lives of People With Cancer

eligibility in all states, particularly considering the economic crisis and health care disruptions caused by ... Act of 2021 provides new incentives for Medicaid expansion in states that have yet to increase

Science Brings Shortcut to Spotting 50 Rare Genetic Diseases

known STR-expansion disorders, Kumar and his colleagues found that the test correctly diagnosed all of ... conditions can face. The test diagnoses conditions known collectively as "STR-expansion" disorders

Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure

Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 ... (HealthDay News) -- With the expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare, fewer Americans are uninsured and more

Obamacare Boosts Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Care: Study

) -- Colon cancer treatment for low-income Americans has improved with Medicaid expansion under the ... differences in outcomes after colon cancer surgery between expansion and non-expansion states

Obamacare May Have Helped Extend Lives of Young Cancer Patients

striking improvements that could be linked to Medicaid expansion. "Using nationwide cancer registry ... data, our study shows a survival benefit of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act for young

Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Find Cases of Undiagnosed HIV

Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Find Cases of Undiagnosed HIV THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 ... light after Medicaid's expansion under the health insurance law. Not only that, there was also an

Obamacare Helped Women in Some Southern States Get Better Breast Cancer Care

, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid makes it more likely that ... stage, new research suggests. Not all U.S. states expanded Medicaid coverage after the Affordable Care

Americans Are Eating Less Healthily Everywhere, Except at School

, grocery stores, work sites, entertainment venues and food trucks has remained consistently poor ... all school-based food on offer) drop by more than half, down from 57% to just 24%. "That is a very

More Americans Gaining Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment, But Race Matters

a quarter of all Americans. Donohue's team analyzed data from 11 states with 22% of Medicaid's ... rate of opioid addicts enrolled in Medicaid due to expansion under the Affordable Care Act rose from

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL): Tests After Diagnosis

*ALL Tests After Dx ... After a diagnosis of ALL, you will likely need more tests. These tests help your healthcare ... providers learn more about the cancer and how to treat it. Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL ... ALL;tests to evaluate ALL;BALLD3

CDC Will Stop Issuing Daily Updates of COVID Cases, Deaths

CDC Will Stop Issuing Daily Updates of COVID Cases, Deaths FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022 (HealthDay ... will stop publishing COVID case and death data on a daily basis and instead issue weekly updates

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL): Treatment Choices

*ALL Tx ... on a number of factors. Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL): Treatment Choices  There are many ... treatment choices for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). Which one may work best for you? It depends ... acute lymphocytic leukemia;ALL;chemotherapy for ALL;radiation therapy for ALL;stem cell transplant for ALL;BALLT2

Obamacare Gave More Breast Cancer Survivors Access to Breast Reconstruction

expansion was highly effective in doing what it was supposed to do -- breaking down barriers to care ... expansion was introduced in January 2014, though individual state timelines varied. Overall, patients

Vaccinations Cut U.S. COVID Deaths by 58%: Study

vaccination prevented 30% of all expected COVID infections, 33% of all expected hospitalizations, and 34% of ... all expected deaths among adults between December 2020 and September 2021. That includes

Obamacare May Have Helped Lower Suicide Rates

rates in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., from 2000 through 2018, during which there were nearly ... suicides per 100,000 people in Medicaid expansion states, compared with 3.1 per 100,000 in states that

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL): Diagnosis

*ALL Diagnosis ... If your healthcare provider thinks you might have ALL, you will need certain exams and tests ... to confirm your diagnosis. Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL): Diagnosis  How is acute ... acute lymphocytic leukemia;ALL;immunophenotyping and ALL;cytogenetic analysis and ALL;balld1a

Plastic Surgery Methods

-thickness skin graft that uses all layers of skin including the blood vessels. Tissue expansion A ... tissue expansion is surgery that puts a balloon-like device (expander) under the skin. The expander

Screen All Kids for Heart Problems, Pediatricians' Group Says

Screen All Kids for Heart Problems, Pediatricians' Group Says MONDAY, June 21, 2021 (HealthDay ... News) -- All children should be screened for conditions that may put them at risk for cardiac

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL): Status After Treatment

*ALL After Tx ... treatment is working. Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL): Status After Treatment  During and after ... treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), you will have many tests. These tests check your blood ... acute lymphcytic leukemia;ALL;phases of ALL;BALLD4


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