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Indiana State Student Group Proposes $75 Mental Health Fee

Most Indiana State University students would pay a $75 per semester fee for increased mental health services in the future under a proposal from the Student Government Association. Association President Stephen Lamb says demand for mental health services is increasing and students now generally must wait weeks to see counselors. Read More

Mental health center member charged with setting fire to College Park facility

Prince George’s County police arrested a man for starting a fire at a mental health center in College Park and they say he was a member of the facility. Police believe Paul Franklin Willis, 37, started the fire around 2 a.m. on Friday at On Our Own, a center that helps those dealing with behavioral […]

School-based nutritional programs reduce student obesity

In-school nutrition policies and programs that promote healthier eating habits among middle school students limit increases in body mass index (BMI), a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health finds. The five-year trial, conducted in conjunction with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut, followed nearly […]

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Opinion: Kaiser mental health workers explain why they’re striking

As mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente, we do our best to help people survive the hardest moments of their lives. For us, the most difficult moments are often when we first see a person suffering from a debilitating depression or the parent of a child with severe anxiety. Finally, they have reason to think […]

Access to Contraception, Abortion not Easy for Some Women in NJ

While services may exist on paper, new report concludes that reimbursement rates, transportation, other obstacles keep them out of reach for some. New Jersey has a strong track record of supporting progressive reproductive healthcare policies, but access to contraception, abortion and other services remains a challenge for too many women, especially those who are poor, […]

ACA ruling creates new anxieties for consumers and the health-care industry

The ruling by a federal judge in Texas striking down the Affordable Care Act has injected a powerful wave of uncertainty about recent changes woven into the U.S. health-care system that touch nearly all Americans and the industry that makes up one-sixth of the economy. The opinion, if upheld on appeal, would upend the health […]

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Dense Social Networks Inhibit HIV Disparities Among Young Gay Black Men

New research finds dense social networks play a major role in the wide HIV risk disparity between young white men who have sex with men and their black peers. Senior author Brian Mustanski, PhD, director of Northwestern University’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, told MD Magazine® it all has to do […]

Transforming Transgender Care

When Perry Cohen experienced an urgent health concern earlier this year, his town’s only care provider who specializes in working with LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) patients wasn’t available to see him. He went to a different doctor, then to a second. Both times, when the providers learned that Cohen is transgender, “their […]

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How Racism Affects Your Health as a Black American

Writer George Johnson has watched his grandmother fight multiple bouts of cancers, as well as diabetes and other health conditions throughout her life. Health challenges have always played a large role in his family. But in his recent VICE Magazine story, Johnson explains that this is not simply because of bad luck. Rather, it may […]

State wants to launch a full-blown study of health risks of dust blowing from Point of Mountain

The Utah Health Department has strongly urged Lehi not to base any policy decisions on the state’s hastily completed and far-from-conclusive recent study of possible health risks from blowing dust from construction and mining at the Point of the Mountain. A letter from Sam LeFevre, manager of the state’s environmental epidemiology program, said his agency […]

Report on racial disparity sparks discussion about media and race

On Monday, News 5 reported on newly-released data from the Center for Community Solutions, a Cleveland-based nonpartisan think tank that focuses on solutions to health, social and economic issues. The conclusion? It is more challenging to be black in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County when it comes to health, economics, criminal justice, infant mortality and more. […]

Unlocking the Potential of Digital Health Care

Ever-evolving health care technologies are a classic example of a double-edged sword. On one side, they hold the promise of simultaneously improving patient outcomes and physicians’ professional satisfaction. On the other, they threaten to exacerbate some of the disparities and inequalities found throughout our health care system. Consider telemedicine. A driving force behind this technology […]

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