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(Aging Untold) — When something goes wrong with your health, the instinct is to find the right specialist for the right body part. But what if that’s not the right approach for you?

When deciding on a treatment or medication, Americans balance a range of considerations, from potential side effects and insurance coverage to cost and the reputation of healthcare providers. But these priorities aren’t the same for everyone

The $10 Billion Acquisition Is Set, as Vertex Pharmaceuticals Bets on a New Blue Ocean in Rare Endocrine Diseases | NAI 500

Viral persistence refers to the ability of a virus to remain in its host for an extended period. Although most non-retroviral RNA viruses are traditionally known for causing acute, self-limiting infections, accumulating evidence of the detection of viral products long after the infectious virus is cleared suggests that RNA viruses can establish persistent infections. Persistent…

This month sees the start of a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) care model that will test expanded provision of digital health tools to help manage prevalent chronic conditions for patients with traditional Medicare coverage. 

Hundreds of thousands of Connecticut Medicaid recipients must comply with new federal work requirements starting Jan. 1; demonstrate that they are exempt; or risk losing health coverage

Alex Green was vice chair of the Special Commission on State Institutions and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for his book “A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s Disabled.”

Longer life expectancy is widely seen as one of society’s greatest achievements. Yet it comes with an increasingly costly downside: more people are spending years, and sometimes decades, living with chronic diseases

All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article

Drawing together evidence from laboratory research, clinical trials and real-world studies, the review also highlights the technology’s potential beyond COVID-19.