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The FINANCIAL -- Concerted hypertension management can significantly reduce patients' risk of cardiovascular events, effectively saving lives and underscoring its necessary inclusion in optometric examinations. 

The FINANCIAL -- Elderly people who were uprooted from damaged or destroyed homes and who lost touch with their neighbors after the 2011 tsunami in Japan were more likely to experience increased symptoms of dementia than those who were able to stay

The FINANCIAL -- More than four in 10 U.S. workers diagnosed with heart problems have trouble concentrating at work due to physical challenges, a significantly higher rate than among workers without heart problems. Those whose heart problems were diagnosed more than a

The FINANCIAL -- New research led by the University of Liverpool aims to improve the administration and availability of drug therapies to HIV patients through the use of nanotechnology.

The FINANCIAL -- Visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) not only jumped by 40% in Oregon after Medicaid coverage was expanded there in 2008—but the increase persisted for at least two years, according to a new study led by health economists at

The FINANCIAL -- While 46.1% of those aged 18 or over living in the European Union (EU) had a normal weight in 2014, slightly more than half of the adults (51.6%) were considered as over-weight (35.7% pre-obese and 15.9% obese) and a

The FINANCIAL -- From prosthetics to anesthesia, war has been a catalyst for many medical advancements. Modern day plastic surgery traces its roots to World War I, where trench warfare made soldiers especially susceptible to face and head injuries. It’s estimated that

The FINANCIAL -- Women may only need cervical cancer screening every 5-10 years—instead of every three years, as currently recommended—and may be able to start the screenings later in life, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public

The FINANCIAL -- A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll suggests a major gap between parents’ views and research experts’ assessments of the quality of child care in the U.S. Most parents (59%) believe their child

The FINANCIAL -- The smokeless tobacco product snus, which is used mainly in Sweden but also is sold in the U.S., may increase the risk that men with prostate cancer will die from their disease, and the risk that they’ll die prematurely