News tagged with families usa

Report concludes uninsured are costly for all

(AP) -- The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, a new report finds.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3




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Potential for incorrect relationship identification in new forensic familial searching techniques

New research suggests that unrelated individuals may be mistakenly identified as genetic family members due to inaccurate genetic assumptions. This is particularly relevant when considering familial searching: a new technique ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Digital photos could put kids at risk

A study published in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics this month suggests that parents and carers could be putting children at risk if they upload digital photos that are automatically "geota ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Potential breast cancer prevention drug found to cause significant bone loss

A drug that has been shown to prevent breast cancer in postmenopausal women at high risk of developing the disease, and is poised for widespread use, appears to significantly worsen age-related bone loss, according to an ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children with burn injuries covering 60 percent or more are at higher risk of complications and death

New research published Online First by The Lancet shows that children with burn injuries are much more likely to suffer severe complications or die when the burns cover 60% or more of their total body surface area (TBSA) ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Scientists show brain vulnerable to Hepatitis C virus

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the University of Birmingham have demonstrated for the first time that human brain cells can become infected with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), it is reported today.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

International health experts call for a special UN session on mental health

A group of international health experts has called for a special session of the United Nations (referred to as UNGASS - United Nations General Assembly Special Session) to focus global attention on mental, neurological, and ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

French breast implant maker faced US lawsuits

Breast implants made by troubled French firm PIP have been at the heart of multiple lawsuits in the United States, where they were sold up until 2000, documents filed with the US government show.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

No higher risk of acute leukaemia in close relatives

(Medical Xpress) -- Parents, siblings and children of patients with the most common form of acute leukemia do not run a higher risk of developing the disease as was once believed, according to a new study from the Swedish ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Creating the Tree of Life

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine the wealth of information that would be at our fingertips if we could understand the genetic basis and evolutionary history that underlies the vast diversity in form and function seen within mammals.

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Rare gene variant implicates vitamin D in cause of multiple sclerosis

(Medical Xpress) -- A rare genetic variant that appears to be directly and causally linked to multiple sclerosis (MS) has been identified by Oxford University researchers.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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