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White House Denies Heart Disease Claim

The White House on Wednesday pushed back against reports suggesting that President Trump may have a form of heart disease after the president’s doctor claimed that his patient’s health was “excellent.” In a press briefing, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that the administration stood by the assessment of Trump’s doctor, Navy Rear […]

New Blog Explores Health, Wellness Education

Welcome to the inaugural Diverse blog of Tanya Leake, an engineer-turned-“healthpreneur” based in Atlanta. She is a certified health coach, wellness presenter and group fitness and dance instructor, author, and owner of a wellness consultancy.

Renew Opioid Declaration

Now is the time to urge Congress and the White House to renew the declaration of the opioid crisis as a public health emergency. In October of 2017, President Trump declared a 90-day public health emergency as an effort to confront the ongoing opioid crisis. That declaration ends on January 23, 2018. Following the announcement, […]

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For Poorest Students, a College Degree Makes Health Worse

A new UNC study may help debunk the traditional rags to riches narrative surrounding upward mobility and its relationship to higher education. Published in fall 2017, the study, titled “College completion predicts lower depression but higher metabolic syndrome among disadvantaged minorities in young adulthood,” was authored by a team led by UNC sociology professor Kathleen […]

How Would Hospitals Swamped by Flu Handle a Pandemic

A tsunami of sick people has swamped hospitals in many parts of the country in recent weeks as a severe flu season has taken hold. In Rhode Island, hospitals diverted ambulances for a period because they were overcome with patients. In San Diego, a hospital erected a tent outside its emergency room to manage an […]

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Number of Americans Without Insurance Grew in 2017

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans without health coverage, which declined for years after passage of the Affordable Care Act, shot up in President Donald Trump’s first year in office, according to data from a new national survey. At the end of 2017, 12.2 percent of U.S. adults lacked health insurance, up from 10.9 percent […]

Scientists Find Germ That Probably Wiped Out Aztecs

In 1545 disaster struck Mexico’s Aztec nation when people started coming down with high fevers, headaches and bleeding from the eyes, mouth and nose. Death generally followed in three or four days. Within five years as many as 15 million people – an estimated 80% of the population – were wiped out in an epidemic […]

Somali Woman Campaigns Against Skin Lighteners, Stigma

MINNEAPOLIS — Karmel Square is a hub of the Somali community here, a colorful, cheerfully noisy hodgepodge of vendors and restaurants unofficially known as the Somali Mall. Amira Adawe stops by often to buy tea and chat in Somali with friends and relatives wearing hijabs and flowing, floor-length skirts. They greet her with smiles and […]

Simone Biles Joins List of 140 Accusing Doctor of Sexual Abuse

Corrections and clarifications: In a previous version of this story, the court in which former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar will appear this week was misidentified. Nassar will appear in state court and could receive a life sentence. Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Simone Biles stepped forward Monday to allege she also was abused by former […]

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Trump’s Health: “Excellent”— But He’s Overweight, Doesn’t Exercise or Eat Right and Has High Cholesterol

President Trump is just one pound from being obese, doesn’t exercise regularly, has a diet dominated by fatty foods and carbs — and is in “excellent” health, his doctor said Tuesday. Speaking at a White House press conference, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Dr. Ronny Jackson disclosed the results of Trump’s first physical exam […]

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Who’s at Fault?

On my pediatrics rotation in medical school, several residents told me they worked with children in part because they sometimes found themselves judging adults: Did they do drugs? Were they fat? Why did they drink so much? The idea that Americans should take personal responsibility for their health has recently received renewed attention. Vice President […]

Data Shows Rural, Urban Sexual Patterns Differ

Political pundits, policymakers and demographers often talk about the divide between rural America and urban America, and we know a lot about the differences in jobs, incomes, health, education and numerous other indicators. But what about sex? There’s been an odd gap in our knowledge about rural-urban variation in sexual activity and contraceptive use, but […]

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