health - "study published"

The Washington Post on Wednesday examined the results of a study that found the percentage of uninsured Massachusetts residents decreased from 13% to 7% last year -- the first year after the state's health insurance law took effect in 2006. The study, by researchers at the Urban Institute, was published online Tuesday in Health Affairs.

People who drink alcohol are less prone to the sometimes crippling disease called rheumatoid arthritis compared with non-drinkers, according to a Scandinavian study published on Wednesday.

(Boston University) Researchers from Boston University School of medicine have found that primary care visits reduce hospital utilization among Medicare beneficiaries at the end of life. The recently published study appears in the Journal of General Internal medicine.

Patients with restless leg syndrome (RLS) - the irresistible urge tomove one's body to limit uncomfortable or odd sensations - may get somerelief during day and night by using skin patches that contain the drugrotigotine. The findings come from a randomized, placebo-controlled,double-blind study published in the July edition of TheLancet Neurology.

A team of London scientists have taken a major step in making the use of artificial veins and arteries in coronary bypass grafts a reality. In a study published in the June 2008 print issue of The FASEB Journal, researchers describe how they developed this artificial graft tissue by combining man-made materials with human cells to make it elastic and durable and so it can attach to host tissue.