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Advocate Aurora has a new investment arm and just placed its first healthcare bets
Illinois- and Wisconsin-based Advocate Aurora health system has a new investment arm and recently made some of its first bets…
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Nonprofit hospitals spend less on charity care than for-profits, study finds
Nonprofit hospitals spent less on charity care for the uninsured compared to for-profit and government hospitals, a new study found. The…
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The Best Ways to Improve Your Health After a Heart Attack
A heart attack is a major life event, one that can have serious repercussions for you and your family in…
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California Counties a Hodgepodge of Highs and Lows in Vaccinating Vulnerable Seniors
Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News Even as California prepares to expand vaccine eligibility on April 15 to all residents age…
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How the new climate normal will change our weather reports
It’s a standard refrain in local weather reports, especially as climate change makes temperatures climb higher: How much hotter than…
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Doctor Survived Cambodia’s Killing Fields, but Not Covid
Linath Lim’s life was shaped by starvation. She was not yet 13 when the Khmer Rouge seized power in Cambodia…
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Florida Crisis Highlights a Nationwide Risk From Toxic Ponds
They are ponds the size of city blocks: Wastewater pits that hold the hazardous byproducts of coal. Lagoons brimming with…
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Piney Point wastewater may fuel harmful algae bloom along Florida coast, experts say
Video: Piney Point containment wall breach in Manatee County, Florida Congressman Vern Buchanan got an aerial tour of the Piney…
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Talks collapse on Ethiopia’s Nile dam | DW | 06.04.2021
The latest round of talks between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) appeared to have broken…
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Genetic link between face and brain shape
An interdisciplinary team led by KU Leuven and Stanford has identified 76 overlapping genetic locations that shape both our face…
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Reforestation Is Great! But We’re Running Out of Seeds
Swift says he has a collecting area that hasn’t produced a heavy crop in nine years. “It’s no question in…
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U.S. excess deaths rose nearly 23 percent in 2020, study finds
Extended surges in the South and West in the summer and early winter of 2020 resulted in regional increases in…
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Their houses were built on a landfill; finally New Orleans asks their interest in buyouts
Jesse Perkins fears for his granddaughter each time she plays in the backyard. Patches barren of grass mean more than…
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Radical attack on live cells: Stimulation of tiny areas on cellular surfaces with free radicals using a microfluidic probe
Is there a way to chemically manipulate small, confined areas on cellular surfaces? Scientists have developed a microfluidic probe to…
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‘Brain glue’ helps repair circuitry in severe TBI: Reparative hydrogel mimics the composition and mechanics of the brain
At a cost of $38 billion a year, an estimated 5.3 million people are living with a permanent disability related…
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Study links prenatal phthalate exposure to altered information processing in infants
Exposure to phthalates, a class of chemicals widely used in packaging and consumer products, is known to interfere with normal…
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Study: Drought-breaking rains more rare, erratic in US West
BILLINGS, Mont. — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past…
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Deep learning networks prefer the human voice — just like us
The digital revolution is built on a foundation of invisible 1s and 0s called bits. As decades pass, and more…
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Scientists reveal elusive inner workings of antioxidant enzyme with therapeutic potential
Mitochondria, known as the powerhouses within human cells, generate the energy needed for cell survival. However, as a byproduct of…
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Gillibrand Unveils PFAS Medical Monitoring Bill In Hoosick Falls
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand hosted a roundtable discussion with community leaders and advocates Monday in Hoosick Falls where she provided…
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Novel biomarker for glucocorticoids could help tailor treatments: A clinical study finds a biomarker for the action of glucocorticoids that could be used for developing tests to help clinicians tailor treatments
Researchers have uncovered pathways involved in the body’s response to glucocorticoid treatments and identified a novel biomarker that could be…
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Waterway cleanup proposed in three South Jersey towns tied to Sherwin-Williams Superfund
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released Thursday a proposal for the next phase of the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund site.…
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Womens’ pain not taken as seriously as mens’ pain: A new study suggests that when men and women express the same amount of pain, women’s pain is considered less intense based on gender stereotypes.
In a recent study published by the Journal of Pain, co-authored by Elizabeth Losin, assistant professor of psychology and director…
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Malaysia sends back over 300 containers of illicit plastic waste
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Tuesday it had sent 267 containers of illegal plastic waste back to their…
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Maddening itch of liver disease comes from a surprising source: Itching sensation originates in the skin cells themselves, after signaling from an excess of lipid
A devastating itching of the skin driven by severe liver disease turns out to have a surprising cause. Its discovery…
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10 Things I Learned After Cutting My Workouts to 10 Minutes a Day
I’d consider my test run a total win, especially at a time when looking forward to anything is an impossible…
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A quick morning reflection could make you a better leader — even if you’re not the boss
Starting your day by thinking about what kind of leader you want to be can make you more effective at…
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You Probably Don’t Need to Disinfect Your Home as Much as You Thought
Regularly cleaning your home is a great way to remove bacteria and viruses that may be hanging out on various…
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More snow melting from mountains earlier in year due to climate change: study – ABC17NEWS
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Climate change is causing more snow to melt…
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Here’s How One Bar Party Led to 46 COVID-19 Cases and a School Closure
A single party at a bar led to a COVID-19 outbreak that included 46 cases, one hospitalization, and the closing…
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Court tosses Trump rule limiting emissions regulations
A panel of federal appeals judges Washington, D.C., on Monday nixed a Trump administration rule that would have prevented the…
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MVP Health Care, UVM Health Network partner to launch Medicare Advantage plan
MVP Health Care and the University of Vermont Health Network are launching a joint Medicare Advantage plan. MVP, a nonprofit…
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Olaplex Just Launched a Buzzy New Deep Conditioning Mask
Today, Olaplex, the hair-care wizards behind the line of coveted, salon-grade products for home use—like their award-winning, cult-favorite No. 3…
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3M will pay Bemidji $12.5 million to help treat water
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — The city of Bemidji has reached a settlement with 3M to help pay for treating contamination…
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CommonSpirit Health teams up with startup Tia to open women’s health clinics
Women’s health startup Tia launched in 2017 with a focus on creating a modern medical home for women by integrating…
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Screening for skin disease on your laptop: New artificial neural network design can differentiate between healthy and diseased skin
The founding chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Houston is reporting a new deep neural network…
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As sea levels rise, buying a coastal home is risky. What if you rented one from the government?
A house sitting on low-lying land on the coast in Southern California can cost millions of dollars—but over the course…
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Adolescents born preterm have similar self-esteem/wellbeing levels to those born full-term
New research led by the universities of Kent and Warwick has found that, contrary to previous beliefs, adolescents born preterm…
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Para este enfermero de cuidados paliativos, la vacuna de covid llegó demasiado tarde
Antonio Espinoza amaba a los Dodgers de Los Angeles. Los quería tanto que para su velatorio lo vistieron con su…
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Endangered trout may soon return to the paved Los Angeles River
Los AngelesFlowing a few inches deep following a recent rain, the Los Angeles River looks more like a vast flooded…
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Industry Voices—Recognizing the mental health medical home in addiction care
The Affordable Care Act launched a decade of focus on the move to value-based care, the promise of quality over…
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Study finds low prevalence of advance care planning among Medicare beneficiaries
A new study found a low prevalence of physicians having advance care planning talks with their patients despite a steady…
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Govt requested to rethink position on Glyphosate use after honey rejection
Apiculture New Zealand has asked the Agriculture Minister to support a national discussion on Glyphosate use, saying international consumers are…
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White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To Clean Energy Through Coal Country
For decades now, rhetoric around action on climate change has been about things like saving the planet, or saving polar…
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The US is worried about its critical minerals supply chains – essential for electric vehicles, wind power and the nation’s defense
When U.S. companies build military weapons systems, electric vehicle batteries, satellites and wind turbines, they rely heavily on a few…
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The wage gap that threatens Biden’s climate plan
Biden himself gets that, said Jason Walsh, executive director of the BlueGreen Alliance, an organization of labor unions and environmental…
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How Genetic Testing Can Make Your Cancer Treatment More Effective
Drugs to treat cancer typically focus on the tumor’s location in your body. They bombard the cancer along with the healthy cells…
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Tattoo made of gold nanoparticles revolutionizes medical diagnostics: Color changes of gold nanoparticles under the skin reveal concentration changes of substances in the body
The idea of implantable sensors that continuously transmit information on vital values and concentrations of substances or drugs in the…
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Biden faces tough choice over a battery plant in Georgia
One of the factories slated to help meet that demand is a $2.6 billion plant in Commerce, Ga., being built…
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Ways to Help Your Child Make Friends in School
Kids seem to have busier schedules than ever before, as we shuffle them off from one activity or sports practice to another.…
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