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Patient navigators help people of color get better cancer care, research shows

Patient navigators help people of color get better cancer care, research shows

Patients at Mayo Clinic say that “patient navigators” — that is, individualized clinical guides —have helped them enroll in clinical trials, find payment assistance, and get on a path toward healing. Research shows the practice is also one of the only ways to reduce racial disparities in cancer care.

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Spinal stimulation can improve arm and hand movement years after a stroke

Spinal stimulation can improve arm and hand movement years after a stroke

Two stroke patients regained control of a disabled arm and hand after researchers delivered electrical stimulation to their spines, paving the way toward a medical device that could aid movement.
by Jon Hamilton

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Official case reports suggest low COVID circulation in MN, but some readers report much more

Official case reports suggest low COVID circulation in MN, but some readers report much more

Thanks to the 313 of you who participated in our reader survey last week. Seventy-five percent of respondents said they had heard about a lot of COVID going around the past couple of weeks. Official case reports do not show any increase in case rates.
by Elisabeth Gawthrop and Alyson Clary

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