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You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow of money in medicine. Sign up to get it in your inbox every Monday. About that 90,000 number UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty faced Congress last week, where lawmakers pressed him on the Change Healthcare cyberattack (my colleague Brittany Trang watched…
Image of BORCS7-KO i3Neurons stained for various organellar markers. BORCS7-Knockout human i3Neurons show axonal swellings due to accumulation of defective mitochondria-associated autophagosomes. Credit: De Pace et al. RNA granules, sites for the storage, transport, and regulation of RNA molecules within cells, are transported along axons and then translated locally, far from the cell body. Recent…
Each one of us has around 600 lymph nodes (LNs) – small, bean-shaped organs that house various types of blood cells and filter lymph fluid – scattered throughout our bodies. Many of us have also experienced some of our LNs to temporarily swelling during infections with viruses or other pathogens. This LN expansion and subsequent…
Your friendships enrich your life. They’re good for your health, too. Studies show that people who have good friends and good relationships are healthier, happier and may live longer. That’s why maintaining your social life might be the perfect supplement to your ulcerative colitis care. “Whether you have IBD or not, social isolation is not…
TOPLINE: Opioid and substance abuse patients with firearm injuries encounter increased mortality rates and incur higher costs, with limited discharge to outpatient resources, highlighting the urgent need for improved screening and treatment. METHODOLOGY: Researchers investigated the association between substance use disorders (opioid and others) and gun violence in 25,218,381 patients (age, ≥ 18 years) presenting…
Marisol Pantoja Toribio se encontró un bulto en el pecho a principios de enero. Sin seguro y viviendo en California sin papeles, y sin su familia, la normalmente despreocupada mujer de 43 años se dio cuenta pronto de lo limitadas que eran sus opciones. “Yo dije, ¿Qué voy a hacer? …. “, recordó emocionada. Inmediatamente le…
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Jason Comander, MD, Ph.D., director of the Inherited Retinal Disorders Service at Mass Eye and Ear, examines the CRISPR-based medicine prior to performing a surgery of the novel treatment in September 2020, at Mass Eye and Ear in Boston. Credit: Mass Eye and Ear Results from a clinical trial of CRISPR gene editing in 14…
