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HD is a genetic, rare, neurodegenerative disorder that runs in families with an incidence of nearly one case per 100,000 persons worldwide annually. There is no cure for HD, nor disease-modifying therapies, only various medications and psychotherapy counseling to treat the mild-to-severe HD symptoms as the disease progresses and is eventually fatal. The HDSA has named UConn Health a HDSA Center of Excellence for three years.
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2 years ago Read more at University of Connecticut

Florida’s governor signed the first four of six bills from a $1.1 billion package that improves health care for most Floridians who already have insurance but does little to provide treatment for the state’s quarter-of-a-million-plus uninsured patients. “We’ve done a lot in Florida to really lead” on health care, DeSantis said at the Bonita Springs bill signing on Thursday, highlighting the Live Healthy provisions focused on building up the number of health care workers in the state
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2 years ago Read more at Tampa Bay Times

In the world’s largest study on light exposure and mental health, researchers found people exposed to high amounts of light at night had a 30 percent increased risk of developing depression and a greater chance of psychosis, bipolar disorder, anxiety, PTSD, and self-harm. On the other hand, those who were exposed to higher amounts. of light during the day had 20 percent lower risk of depression and were less likely to develop other conditions.
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2 years ago Read more at WAFB

American Indian and Alaska Natives experience the highest burden of oral health issues among populations. Therefore, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry are partnering with the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium to help better understand and improve oral health among geriatric and pediatric populations in Southeast Alaska. Older Alaska Native adults have almost three times as much untreated decay compared to United States white adults 34 46 percent vs. 16 percent.
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2 years ago Read more at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Kendall Sattler of the Purdue DVM Class of 2026 (front row, 4th from left) is pictured with other 2024 recipients of the AASV Foundation and Merck Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarships. The recipients were announced at the 55th Annual Meeting, Feb. 24-27. Merck animal Health is a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA (NYSE:MRK)
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2 years ago Read more at Purdue University

The passage of the Affordable Care Act would be his signature legislative achievement, but it propelled Republicans to a sweeping midterm election victory and control of the House. The fatalism Mr. Obama expressed privately captured the weighty consequences of one of Washington’s most high-wire legislative battles in modern times. A new set of oral histories released on Friday, on the eve of its 14th anniversary on Saturday, documents the behind-the-scenes struggle to transform the nation’s health care system.
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

California's expansion of Medi-Cal has disproportionately affected Latinos. California has expanded Medicaid eligibility to all qualified immigrants regardless of legal status. The state is now seeing disenrollment rates return to pre-pandemic levels, or 19%-20% of the population.
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2 years ago Read more at News-Medical.Net

ScanUp is more than an intraoral subscription program – it’s a complete ecosystem to help dentists adopt digital dentistry with ease. Members receive an iTero ElementTM Flex certified pre-owned (CPO) scanner from Desktop Health as part of a subscription program for lab services. The program is being rolled out to the general dental marketplace. About half of the dentists in the United States have not yet adopted intraoral scanning, the first step in the digital dentistry journey.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

In your 20s It's never too early to start thinking about your health, and our first guide focuses on young adults in their 20s. From basic vaccinations to STI screenings to mental health check-ins, this guide outlines the steps 20-somethings can take to set a good foundation for health and wellness. In your 50s In your 60s, experts advise keeping up with routine checks and also introduce a few additional recommendations.
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2 years ago Read more at CBS News

Neither Medicare cost reports nor IRS Form 990s provide data to answer these questions. The federal government does not collect information about ownership and consolidation. Some private firms could require hospitals to report a number of financial statements. This could help policymakers better determine the financial status of hospitals and health systems.
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2 years ago Read more at KFF