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A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, Study Funded by Ford Foundation Finds

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07/22/2019

... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Our findings point to a new role for reactive oxygen species in ... exists in other phytoplankton species," said Diaz. The findings could have...

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care

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01/06/2016

Low-income adults in Kentucky and Arkansas, which both expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, were more likely to be insured and less likely to have problems paying medical bills, compared to others in states which did not...

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United Hospital Fund Releases Report Finding Wide Variation in Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing for NYS Medicaid Patients

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06/22/2018

An analysis of potentially inappropriate antibiotic prescribing patterns among New York State’s Medicaid population, released today by United Hospital Fund’s Medicaid Institute, found wide variations in prescribing rates based on patient age, gender...

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Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues

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01/24/2018

... cause of intellectual disability and autism. “These findings suggest that neural circuits in FXS may be ...

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New York State Health Foundation Funded Study Finds Most NY Health Providers Are Not Ready to Care for Veterans

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03/01/2018

... than from the Veterans Affairs health system. "These findings reveal significant gaps and variations in the .....

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App Developed at UVA Improving HIV Care, Finds Study Supported By The MAC AIDS Fund

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06/12/2018

A smartphone app designed to improve care for people living with HIV has increased users’ consistency in doctor visits and improved their health outcomes, a new study has found.

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Research Funded by Zegar Family Foundation Finds New Genetic Interdependence Between Mothers and Their Offspring

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10/03/2018

... in nature and across the evolutionary tree. Its findings point to a largely overlooked dynamic between the ...

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Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night

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04/05/2019

Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial ... in light pollution in Chicago in recent years, the new findings show that more needs to be done, according to the ... more birds collided with the...

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Commonwealth Fund Report Finds that the GOP Health Care Act Would Reverse Gains Made by Community Hospitals

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05/05/2017

As House Republicans savor their major victory Thursday in narrowly passing their highly controversial and little-understood plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, it’s instructive to consider some of the highly positive fiscal...

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Research Funded By Bloomberg Philanthropies Finds Climate Actions Can Create 14 Million Jobs by 2030

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09/10/2018

... and economic outcomes across countries and regions. Its findings show investments in residential energy efficiency ...

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Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor

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01/08/2018

A recent report by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, found that Bay Area sheriffs were four to 16 times more likely to book African Americans and Latinos into...

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New Report from United Hospital Fund Finds Wrong choice in nursing home can cause ‘devastating consequences,’

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03/14/2019

Enhancing transparency and improving the planning process before hospital discharge are among recommendations in a new report on improving post-acute care transitions. “Pathways to Progress on Difficult Decisions in Post-Acute Care” by the United...

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Research Funded by Leon Levy Foundation Finds Climate Change Is Leading to Unpredictable Ecosystem Disruption for Migratory Birds

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03/06/2019

Using data on 77 North American migratory bird species from the eBird citizen-science program, scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology say that, in as little as four decades, it may be very difficult to predict how climate change will affect...

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Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Helps Fund Research to Find Personalized Treatment for Crohn's Disease

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05/03/2019

To model human health and disease, organ-on-a-chip technology mimics the human body's organ structure, functionality and physiology in a controlled environment.

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Research Funded by Simons Foundation Finds New Causes of Autism Found in 'Junk' DNA

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05/27/2019

The neurodevelopmental condition can result from mutations in the noncoding regions of the human genome, new research demonstrates for the first time.

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Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds

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08/02/2019

New insight about a broad spectrum antibiotic agent, obafluorin, made from a fluorescent strain of soil bacteria might offer a powerful antidote to antibiotic resistance, researchers say.

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United Hospital Fund's New Analysis Finds Drug Costs Significantly HIgher for Insurers in New York State

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07/06/2017

... President Jim Tallon, citing sharp reductions in Medicaid funding for states, and premium and cost-sharing subsidies ...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Organizations Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint and Improve Health

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04/20/2018

If the U.S. health care system were a separate country, its $3.3 trillion GDP would give it the fifth-largest economy in the world. It is also the world’s seventh-largest producer of carbon dioxide, making it a major contributor to air pollution.

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