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Cancer Patients Turn to Crowdfunding to Pay for Medical Care
Patients increasingly resort to crowdfunding websites to pay medical bills, a new UCSF study finds that online donations are sought for lost wages, child care and even occasionally experimental treatments.
HIV Significantly Increases Risk for Irregular Heartbeat
HIV infection significantly increases the risk of atrial fibrillation.
Malaria Could be Eradicated By 2050, Global Health Experts Say
Malaria, one of the world’s leading killers, could be eradicated as early as 2050, according to a new report.
David Julius Receives $3M Breakthrough Prize for Work on Pain Sensation
Julius received the prize “for discovering molecules, cells, and mechanisms underlying pain sensation.”
Child's Negative Mood Can Lead to Mother's Depression
While numerous studies have explored the intergenerational transmission of mood disorders from parent to child, little research has been done on whether this connection extends in both directions.
Liver Transplant Candidates with Public Insurance Have Worse Waitlist Outcomes Than Those with Private Insurance
Patients with similar liver cancer characteristics on the waitlist for a liver transplant had significantly worse outcomes with public insurance compared to Kaiser Permanente or other private insurance.
Medical Imaging Rates Continue to Rise Despite Push to Reduce Their Use
Despite a broad campaign among physician groups to reduce the amount of imaging in medicine, the rates of use of CT, MRI and other scans have continued to increase.
