UC Irvine Study Finds Medicaid Telehealth Coverage Increased Health Care Use and Access

Irvine, California, May 31, 2023 Medicaid telehealth coverage between 2013 and 2019 was associated with significant growth in telehealth use and improved access to health care, whereas private policies had no such association, according to a study conducted by the University of California , Irvine. An analysis of 20,000 records of U.S. adults under 65 … Read more

More depressed patients than previously estimated may have increased activation of their immune systems

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 public domain New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has used an assessment of gene expression involved in the immune response to show that there may be more major depressive disorder (MDD) patients with activated immune systems than research has previously estimated. By identifying the … Read more

Exercise Linked to Increased Pain Tolerance New Study

Many benefits come from regular exercise, including stronger muscles, lower risk of disease, and improved mental health. But a recent study suggests that exercise may have another unexpected benefit: It could make us more tolerant of pain. The study, published in the journal PLOS One, found that people who exercised regularly had a higher pain … Read more