Colorado will receive about $1 billion in federal funding to reshape rural health care over the next five years, but hospital CEOs aren’t happy with the state’s plan to spend the money.
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Colorado's getting $1 billion to 'transform' rural health care: Hospitals aren't thrilled with the state's plan
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Judge finds illegal language in Michigan health department's proposal to restructure state mental health services
A Michigan Court of Claims judge has found that the language in the state health department’s attempt to possibly privatize community health agencies violates Michigan’s mental health code.
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A novel DNA-based therapy achieves significant increase in overall survival in platinum resistant ovarian cancer
A new clinical study published in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer reports encouraging results for women facing platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC). Researchers evaluated a novel DNA-based therapy, Elenagen, administered in…
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Homeless shelters for seniors pop up, catering to older adults' medical needs
Just outside Salt Lake City sits an old, two-story, brick hotel. It’s been given new life as a homeless shelter for seniors. The Medically Vulnerable People shelter—or MVP shelter, as it’s known—is for people 62 and older or for younger…
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California warns against foraging after deadly wild mushrooms kill three people
California health officials are warning residents to avoid eating wild mushrooms after a sharp rise in poisonings that has left multiple people dead and others with severe liver damage.
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Molecular mechanism underlying peripartum cardiomyopathy revealed
Scientists at The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation have identified a previously unknown molecular safeguard that protects the heart during pregnancy, shedding new light on the causes of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a rare and…
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Factors associated with chronic kidney disease among patients with hepatitis c infection attending Kigeme district hospital, Rwanda
WHO. Who global hepatitis report 2024 [Internet]. 2024 [cited 2025 Nov 21]. Available from: https://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/WHA-Global-Hepatitis-Report_FINAL.pdf
Roudot-Thoraval, F. Epidemiology of hepatitis C…
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Osimertinib with or without savolitinib as first-line treatment for MET-aberrant, EGFR-mutant NSCLC: randomized phase 2 trial (FLOWERS)
Gijtenbeek, R. G. P. et al. Overall survival in advanced epidermal growth factor receptor mutated non-small cell lung cancer using different tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the Netherlands: a retrospective, nationwide registry study. Lancet Reg….
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Associations between edentulism and risk of neurodegenerative diseases among middle-aged and older adults in China: a decade-long cohort study
Leng, Y., Musiek, E. S., Hu, K., Cappuccio, F. P. & Yaffe, K. Association between circadian rhythms and neurodegenerative diseases. Lancet Neurol. 18, 307–318. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(18)30461-7 (2019).
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Psychosis patients 'living in metaphor': New study radically shifts ideas about delusions
People experiencing delusions during an episode of psychosis may be “living out” a deeply held emotion, according to new research that provides a “radically different perspective” on one of the most puzzling elements of psychosis.
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