Although Medicare and Medicaid are playing a role in health care payment and delivery reform…
Month: July 2015
Findings question measures used to assess hospital quality
Hospitals that were penalized more frequently in the Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program offered advanced…
ACA Open Enrollment periods associated with improved coverage, access to care and health
Results of a national survey that included more than half a million adults indicates significant…
Origins of life: New model may explain emergence of self-replication on early Earth
One question of the origin of life in particular remains problematic: what enabled the leap…
Link between mood, pain in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Depressive symptoms and mood in the moment may predict momentary pain among rheumatoid arthritis patients,…
‘Carbon sink’ detected underneath world’s deserts
The world’s deserts may be storing some of the climate-changing carbon dioxide emitted by human…
Humpback whale recovery in Australia: A cause for celebration
Australia has one of the highest rates of animal species that face extinction in the…
Study finds unexpected biases against teen girls’ leadership
Are today’s teen girls poised to close the gender gap tomorrow? A new research report…
‘Seeing’ molecular interactions could give boost to organic electronics
For the first time, researchers have directly seen how organic molecules bind to other materials…
Race, institutional factors play an important role in pharmacogenomic trial participation
The participation rate of patients in pharmacogenomic trials has been the focus of recent study….