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A new study has found that number of cases of diabetes identified among poor Americans have increased in the states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The numbers have not surged in states that did not embrace ACA, as per the study.

The study also suggested that the health care law could be helping many people get earlier treatment for diseases that are among the country’s costliest medical conditions.

According to reports, one in ten people in the United States have diabetes, and about one third of the diabetes cases have not been diagnosed. According to medical experts, it is important to treat the disease as it could cause heart attacks, blindness, kidney failure and foot amputations if not treated at time.

A new study has revealed that breast cancer patients of different races and ethnicities may not pick surgeons and hospitals in the same way.

As per the study Black and Hispanic women were less likely to make choices factoring doctor and hospital’s reputation as compared to White women.

Researchers for the study, whose findings were published in JAMA Oncology, involved 222 White women, 142 Black women and 136 Hispanics women. All these women were diagnosed with breast cancer between 2010 and 2011.

The study showed that the most common reason for selecting a particular doctor was reference by someone. But researchers also found that minority patients were less likely to factor reputation of hospital or doctor.

According to the World Health Organization, the herbicide glyphosate probably leads to cancer. The herbicide is usually sold under brand name Roundup by Monsanto. The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer included the most glyphosate to its Group 2A list as ‘possibly carcinogenic’ to humans.

Monsanto, a publicly traded multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation, produces Roundup. The organization was not happy with the finding; it even criticized the matter. The organization said that all labeled uses of glyphosate cause no harm to human health. It also said that one of the largest human health databases also supports the safety claims related to the herbicide.

According to a presentation from the president of the American Medical Association (AMA), the association is still working on issues that affect dermatologists and other physicians. Steven J. Stack, MD, an emergency department physician practicing in Lexington, said that medical advances have been happening at the same time when there are interruptions in the doctor-patient relationship. It means that is the best of times and worst of times, as per Stack.

A study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine unveiled that sufficient sleep is important for healthy sexual desire in females.

If women are facing problems in the bedroom then they need to assess whether or not they are getting enough sleep. After the analysis, if the answer is no then they need to improve their sleeping habits. For every extra hour of sleep, women will experience 14% increase in their sexual response.

The research was conducted on 171 women participants. The participants were asked to complete the surveys, which included questions their sleeping habits in fourteen consecutive days. The researchers shared that number of hours every participant had on a given night was linked to their sexual desire on the next day.

A new study has claimed that women who have curvier hips are preferred the most by men. The research has also debunked the belief that butt size significantly attracts men. Instead, it’s the curve of the spine that is liked the most by men. The study was conducted by the researchers from the University of Texas at Austin.

Going by what the study concluded, men are attracted to women with an optimal lumbar curvature of 45.5 degrees from back to buttocks. The researchers also said that men have preferred women with curvier butt since ancient times because they would have been better at foraging during pregnancy.