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MMRI researchers to use AHA funding for autism study

UTICA, N.Y. — Researchers at the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) in Utica are beginning a study examining if there is a link between cardiac abnormalities and autism.  The American Heart Association (AHA) chose MMRI for the nearly $300,000 Transformational Project Award, per a news release. Maria Kontaridis, MMRI executive director, and Gordon Moe, professor

Health-benefit costs rose 3.4% in 2020 for firms with 50-plus employees

Total health-benefit costs rose 3.4 percent, on average, in 2020, reaching $13,674 per employee among all U.S. employer health-plan sponsors with 50 or more employees.  That’s according to the annual Mercer “National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 2020,” which the firm released Dec. 8. The 3.4 percent figure represents “the lowest annual health-cost increase in over two

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