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Economic burden of fatty liver disease in US is $32 billion annually, new study finds

07/03/2018

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, which affects roughly 100 million Americans, costs the United States healthcare system $32 billion annually, according to a first-of-its-kind study by Intermountain

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As asylum requests rise, doctors have important role: Forensic exam revealing torture, persecution can bolster the case for asylum

07/02/2018

With applications for asylum in the United States increasing sharply, a new paper from a team of asylum medicine and law experts is highlighting physicians’ important role in

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Psychological adjustment: No difference in outcomes for children of same-sex versus different-sex parents

06/28/2018

For children of lesbian or gay parents, psychological adjustment is about the same as in children of heterosexual parents, reports a study in the Journal of Developmental &