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Putting The 'Care' Into Long-Term Care Insurance
Long-term care insurance is the financial equivalent of doing push-ups -- it's good for you, but not too much fun.
As a result, not many people buy long-term care insurance, which pays for care when they get too old or sick to take care of their basic needs like cooking or bathing. The insurance is expensive, and most people hope they will never need it or that their children or other family members will look after them instead.
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Source: Kaiser Health News (in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting and NPR)
New Insights on Breast Cancer Outcomes Among Sexual, Gender Minorities
December 7th 2023Despite there being a great demand for data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity in the cancer space, individuals who identify as a sexual and gender minority remain poorly represented.
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Gestational Diabetes Is a Key Population Health Opportunity
December 7th 2023Diagnosing and treating gestational diabetes can have long-term positive effects on the health of the mother and the baby, warranting a distinct focus on the condition, according to an Institute for Value-Based Medicine® event held in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Refining Precision Prevention for Benign Breast Disease
December 7th 2023Many questions remain surrounding accurately classifying the risk of developing invasive breast cancer associated with the benign breast disease diagnoses of nonproliferative lesions and proliferative changes without atypia.
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Exagamglogene Autotemcel Meets End Points in Severe Sickle Cell Disease, β-Thalassemia
December 7th 2023Two posters set to be presented at the 65th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting & Exposition met their primary and secondary end points regarding exagamglogene autotemcel therapy for sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia.
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