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Medicaid patients have slightly longer waits at medical appointments than those with private insurance

Outpatient Wait Times Are Longer for Medicaid Recipients

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Researchers suggest lag time might be due to providers having larger caseloads
High-price practices have higher scores on certain measures of care coordination and management

Practice Prices Linked to Some Measures of Care Coordination

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But no differences in overall care ratings, receipt of preventive services, acute care use
In a research letter published in the May 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine

Bioengineered Intraabdominal Endocrine Pancreas Feasible

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Patient still off insulin injections a year after receiving allogeneic islet cells in omentum
For patients with type 2 diabetes and vitamin D deficiency

Vitamin D Doesn’t Impact Insulin Sensitivity, Secretion in T2DM

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No difference between or within groups in insulin sensitivity, glycemic control with vitamin D3, placebo
Increases in insurance coverage from 2008 to 2014 were not associated with worse access to care for continuously insured adults

Increases in Rates of Insured Don’t Harm Continuously Insured

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Continuously insured adults do not have worse access to care with increases in cover from '08 to '14
From 2001 to 2010

Postmarket Safety Events for 32 Percent of Novel Therapeutics

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Thirty-two percent of 222 FDA approved novel therapeutics from 2001 to 2010 were affected
A considerable proportion of physician mothers report perceived discrimination

Most Physician Mothers Report Perceived Discrimination

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Overall, 77.9 percent reported discrimination, with 66.3 percent reporting gender discrimination
A new type of "balloon-in-a-pill" may offer a nonsurgical way for obese people to lose weight -- and get healthier

DDW: Bariatric Balloon Capsule Shows Promise for Weight Loss

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New capsule requires no endoscope; balloon is deflated, then excreted naturally
Most of the salt that Americans consume comes from processed foods and restaurant meals

Only 10 Percent of Daily Salt Intake Comes From Shaker

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Processed foods, restaurant meals account for most sodium intake in average U.S. diet
An evidence-based medicine course has some positive effect on medical student critical thinking

Evidence-Based Medicine Course Beneficial for Critical Thinking

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Significant mean differences in confidence, inquisitiveness, overall score for undergrads