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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
An underlying mechanism has been identified that could eventually lead to the first drug therapy for lymphedema

Leukotriene B4 Is Promising Drug Target for Tx of Lymphedema

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Ketoprofen prevents tissue injury, fluid build-up by blocking leukotriene B4, researchers say
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
The addition of selumetinib to docetaxel does not improve progression-free survival among patients with previously treated advanced KRAS-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer

Adding Selumetinib to Docetaxel Doesn’t Up PFS in NSCLC

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No improvement in progression-free survival for previously treated advanced KRAS-mutant NSCLC
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
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
For lung transplant recipients

Voriconazole Exposure May Affect SCC After Lung Transplant

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Prolonged exposure to voriconazole may be linked to development, recurrence, progression of skin SCC
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 capsule robot shows potential in gastrointestinal tract diagnostics

DDW: Autonomously-Controlled ‘Capsule Robot’ Can Explore Colon

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Tiny, magnet-guided device might someday replace colonoscopy, researchers say
Patients who travel to an academic medical center to undergo surgery for pancreatic cancer live a few months longer than those who choose to have their operation at a hospital closer to home

Traveling to Academic Hospital May Be Best for Pancreatic Cancer

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Academic medical centers that perform more tumor surgeries have better patient outcomes