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Health: Page 144
Disparities
Report: Health Disparities Persist for Rural Seniors
A new report benchmarking the health of seniors in America finds poorer health outcomes for rural senior citizens compared with their urban and suburban peers and increased national suicide rates. An analysis within the report also highlights the risk of social isolation and its association with poor health for seniors. The 2018 United Health Foundation’s provides the latest […]
Other News
Medicaid Work Rules Would Hurt Urban Blacks
Michigan isn’t the only state where Republicans are pushing a Medicaid work requirement that’s blatantly racist. Ohio and Kentucky are running the same play, passing a work requirement for Medicaid but exempting mostly white, rural counties. The claim is that the exemptions are for places with high unemployment rates where people simply can’t find work—but cities with […]
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Therapist Charged with Rape of Sex-Assault Victims
A clinical psychologist who treated military veterans with post-traumatic stress has been charged with raping female service members who were in therapy as victims of sex assaults, officials said Tuesday. Heath J. Sommer was ordered Monday to stand trial on three felony sexual assault charges after authorities said he targeted female service members in 2014 […]
Blogs/Opinion
Tagging Malaria
As a volunteer physician in a small hospital in Nigeria 30 years ago, I was bitten by lots of mosquitoes and soon came down with headache, chills, fever, and muscle aches. It was malaria. Fortunately, the drug available to me then was effective, but I was pretty sick for a few days. Since that time, […]
Disparities
S.T.D. Rates in L.A. Skyrocket
The teenagers tucked their hands into their sweatshirt pockets as they shuffled to form a circle. Some gazed at the asphalt, trying to avoid the game they had been drafted to play. “It’s like hot potato/musical chairs, but with a penis,” said the girl leading the group. The kids gathered on a spring morning in […]
Nursing
Nurse Charged in Patient’s Death after a Fall
A nurse was charged Thursday in the death of the father of President Trump’s former national security advisor after authorities said she failed to give him a series of neurological exams after his fall at a Philadelphia senior care facility. Christann Shyvin Gainey, 30, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, neglect and records tampering in the […]
Disparities
Native Americans Feel Under Siege
Every time black dust blows through the windswept Moapa River Indian Reservation about an hour’s drive from Las Vegas, residents grow more unnerved. This tribal community of just 225 has seen more than its share of sickness. Tribal council member Vickie Simmons watched her brother, a former coal plant worker, die at age 31 from […]
Disparities
For Black Men, Healthcare Begins at the Barber Shop
Last week, a man came in to the Men’s Health and Education Center on Madison’s west side and received a blood pressure screening. His blood pressure was so high that he needed medical attention, but he didn’t have health insurance. He mentioned he’d been suffering from mouth pain for over four years. Just 72 hours […]
Policies
The Pandemic We Won’t Be Able to Stop
Health officials warn while they are convinced a deadly pandemic is coming, they still have no idea what it will be. However, experts believe the disease or virus is likely to be respiratory, as not enough research is being put into this area and respiratory issues are difficult to spot once they have begun spreading. […]
Policies
200-plus Members of Congress: Don’t Mess with Family Planning
More than 200 members of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday signed letters sent to Alex Azar, head of President Trump’s virulently anti-choice Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), voicing opposition to a so-called domestic gag rule that would place restrictions on federal family planning funding. Both letters refer to a potential “domestic gag rule” championed […]
Disparities
Margot Kidder Did Battle With Bipolar Disorder
While Margot Kidder is best known for her recurring role as Lois Lane in the original Superman films, she will also be remembered for her long and courageous battle with bipolar disorder, once known as manic depression. The actress died at the age of 69 on Sunday at her home in Livingston, Montana, PEOPLE confirmed on Monday. Her cause of death […]
Blogs/Opinion
Costly Care
President Trump has nominated an individual to serve as the 17th secretary of Veterans Affairs, including 10 secretaries and seven acting secretaries. There are some politicians, both in Trenton and Washington, D.C., who believe that the private sector can do a better job of providing health care for veterans. This view seems to ignore the […]
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