“Once blindness takes over, it shatters your world and you don’t know what to do, where to go, especially after the doctor says that they can’t do anything at this point,” explains Anchal Bhateja when asked about how she coped after going completely blind as a school student. Anchal was born with low vision due
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Kevin H. Nguyen, PhD1; Yoojin Lee, MS1; Rebecca Thorsness, PhD1,2; Maricruz Rivera-Hernandez, PhD1; Daeho Kim, PhD1; Shailender Swaminathan, PhD1,3; Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, MS4; Amal N. Trivedi, MD, MPH1,5 Shailender Swaminathan Visiting Professor, Economics Key Points Question Was Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) associated with lower rates of Medicare-financed hospitalizations among adults with incident kidney failure? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 188 671 US adults aged 19 to 64 years with kidney failure initiating dialysis,
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This article has been sponsored by Asian Paints A group of students stand in front of a seven-foot wall inside the prayer hall at the Rajasthan Netraheen Kalyan Sangh School in Jaipur. There is an undeniable enthusiasm among them as they discuss the artwork sprawled out on it. The room, which was once only a
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