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Lifestyle changes, meds effective to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes; no change in CVD

May 23, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Research Highlights: Findings from the multicenter, U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) detail the 21-year follow-up of more than 3,200 adults with prediabetes who had participated in the original Diabetes Prevention Program trial. The DPPOS confirmed that treatment through lifestyle interventions or the medication metformin were effective long-term in preventing or delaying the development…

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Health Care Workers Change Their Minds on COVID-19 Vaccines

February 13, 2022 Sharika Soukup

When the COVID-19 vaccines became available, many health care workers, despite seeing the devastating effects of the virus firsthand, said they did not intend to get vaccinated. But a new Northwestern Medicine study shows how quickly many of them at a large urban health care system changed their minds, resulting in a vaccination rate of…

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The Many Faces of Climate Change, Altering Weather and Rainfall Patterns Across India | The Weather Channel – Articles from The Weather Channel

December 24, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Climate change has been the talk of the town for the last two months as the milestone UN climate summit, COP26, took place in Glasgow, UK, in November. Back home, winters have set in, and the weather has turned pleasant in most places in India. Come summer, as the mercury levels start to breach the…

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Build Back Better Would Change the Ways Low-Income People get Health Insurance

December 14, 2021 Sharika Soukup

The Build Back Better Act would make a number of changes to the way people get health insurance and how health care is financed, including by temporarily closing the Medicaid coverage gap. Under current law, 2.2 million uninsured people living in the 12 states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)…

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How Biden’s Spending Bill Will Change Healthcare

November 18, 2021 Sharika Soukup

News coverage of health care in the Democrats’ big social spending bill has focused on policies that got cut: things like broad limits on prescription drug prices and dental benefits for those on Medicare. But the bill, as it stands, still includes a lot of changes that would expand health coverage, broaden benefits and lower…

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