A health insurance giant that has paid out more than $485 million in legal settlements with states over pharmacy billing allegations has also been a major donor to Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr, according to campaign finance records. St. Louis-based Centene Corp. said Monday in a statement that it’s working to settle Medicaid billing issues […]

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic joint inflammation that leads to functional impairment in many sufferers. There are gender-specific differences in the emergence and development of this disease. Researchers at the Leibniz Research Center for Working Environment and Human Factors in Dortmund (IfADo) have therefore examined the role of the neurotransmitter dopamine in rheumatoid arthritis with […]

A new algorithm has been found to identify images of alcohol in electronic media with a high degree of accuracy. Possible applications for this algorithm include public health research to quantify exposure to images of alcohol and mobile or web applications to allow individuals to filter unwanted exposure to online alcohol advertising or alcohol-related content. The development and testing of […]

Have you ever noticed that you seem to get sick after a period of intense stress, anger or sadness? It’s not just you – there is a real link between mood and immunity. We all know that being in a bad mood can make us feel physically worse. Imagine a day when work’s a stressful mess, you’ve forgotten a friend’s birthday, […]

Jackie Chan shows incredible martial arts skills in Armour of God We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Born Kong-sang Chan on April 7, 1954, the star […]

Treatment with finerenone produced roughly similar reductions in heart failure–related outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) across the spectrum of kidney function, compared with placebo, including those who had albuminuria but a preserved estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), in a post hoc analysis of pooled data from more than 13,000 people. The findings, from […]

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Cinnamon buns are perfect as is. The gooey bread, sticky glaze, and strong cinnamon-sugar flavor with each bite — it’s simply divine. While we could go for the classic recipe any time, Jamie Oliver has a new version with […]

Several years ago, a team of scientists at Lehigh University developed a predictive model to accurately forecast Ebola outbreaks based on climate-driven bat migration. Ebola is a serious and sometimes-deadly infectious disease that is zoonotic, or enters a human population via interaction with animals. It is widely believed that the source of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which […]

The US Food and Drug Administration is alerting healthcare providers about the potential for clip lock malfunctions with Abbott’s MitraClip’s delivery system. “These events appear to occur in approximately 1.3% of MitraClip procedures and have been observed with all device models,” the FDA says in a letter posted today on its website. The MitraClip device was approved in 2013 for […]

In a recent study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection, researchers used whole genome sequencing to examine the patients-to-staff, staff-to-patients, and staff-to-staff transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in hospitals in Wales. Study: Getting to the Heart of In-hospital Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 with the Help of Whole Genome Sequencing. Image Credit: Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock Background Since the […]