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Oregon Covers Undocumented Children — If It Can Reach Them

Starting this summer, thousands of children in Washington County became eligible for health care coverage. The catch: Their parents are undocumented immigrants. That means, officials expect, that reaching out to these families will be difficult — thanks in large part to the level of rhetoric coming out of Washington, D.C. At the same time that […]

August 9, 2017

Genetic Studies Makes Medicine More Precise — for White People

Every human on earth is unique — our genes are different, we eat different things, we live in different places. As a result, medical treatments tend to work differently on different people. Depending on your genes, a drug might cure your sickness — or it might cause a side effect that makes you sicker. In […]

August 9, 2017

Camp Brings Smiles to Children with Cancer

MIDDLETOWN, Del. — It’s a safe place where all kids fit in. Whether in remission or treatment, all the youngsters at Kay’s Kamp live with cancer to some degree. The ninth annual summer sleepaway brings survivors together for a week in July. Everyone can relate at host St. Andrew’s School next to scenic Noxontown Pond. […]

August 7, 2017

Legionnaire’s Disease Cases Up 143% in Detroit

METRO DETROIT, MI — Metro Detroit cases of Legionnaires’ disease are up 143 percent in June and July this year over the previous three years, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The state is coordinating with local health departments from the City of Detroit and Macomb, Wayne, and Oakland counties to […]

August 7, 2017

Report: Mediterranean Diet Doesn’t Work for the Poor

We’ve long heard that the Mediterranean Diet is how all of us should eat. The diet, inspired by the coastal cuisine of countries like Greece, Italy and southern France, is characterized by its abundant portions of fruits and vegetables, frequent meals of fish and poultry, use of olive oil and spices for seasoning, and red […]

August 7, 2017

Black Americans Get Less Sleep, More Health Problems

Black Americans get almost one hour less of sleep a night than white Americans, according to a recent study by Auburn University researchers. And this may account for disparities in health between the races. The study will appear in an upcoming edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the official journal of […]

August 7, 2017

Computer Science Faculty to Study Indian Diabetes Care

Computer Science Assoc. Prof. Juan Li is the principal investigator for a newly announced grant from the National Science Foundation to study self-management of diabetes in Native Americans, along with co-investigator and Computer Science Assoc. Prof. Jun Kong. Siobhan Wescott, an NDSU Asst. Prof. of Practice in Public Health, and Donald Warne, a Professor and […]

August 2, 2017

Researcher: Give Me Your Earwax, Armpit Sweat

DURHAM, N.C.— It’s a dirty job, and somebody wants to do it. N.C. Central University researcher Julie Horvath has examined the microbes living in our armpits, and now wants to look at earwax. Horvath and other researchers are investigating how modern personal hygiene habits may affect microbes living on our skin. Horvath and a research […]

July 31, 2017

Brain Scans: Fathers React to Daughters, Sons Differently

The ratio of boys to girls born in the United States is 51 percent to 49 percent. Since 1940, an average of 91,685 more male babies have been born each year than females, a total of 5,776,130 over that 63-year period. An early review notes that in the United States, parents — especially fathers — […]

July 31, 2017

Rare Disease Common in Small Mormon Town

A polygamist Mormon enclave on the Arizona-Utah border is seeing more and more children being born with an extremely rare disorder that causes severe mental and physical retardation. Dr. Theodore Tarby, who specialized in rare childhood diseases, first discovered the problem in 1990, when a woman in the community brought her 10-year-old son to him. […]

July 31, 2017

Repeal Would Hurt Students with Disabilities

On the eastern end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Rachel Fuerer’s school district depends on more than $870,000 in Medicaid funds each year. About 5 percent of its overall annual budget, the money goes toward providing medical services for more than 1,000 special education students in 19 public schools across 4,000 square miles. Those dollars, though, […]

July 26, 2017

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Uninsured, Rural, & Poor Line Up for Care in Tents

WISE, Va. — Anthony Marino, 54, reached into his car trunk to show a pair of needle-nosed pliers like the ones he used to yank out a rotting tooth. Shirley Akers, 58, clutched a list of 20 medications she takes, before settling down to a sleepless night in the cab of a pickup truck. Robin […]

July 26, 2017

Blackfeet Share Tribal Stories to Enhance Health

By the neon light of glow sticks, Kevin KickingWoman and others shared traditional stories of the Blackfeet tribe at Blue Mountain last week. He told the story of how the Blackfeet learned their sun dance. Others shared stories they had told their children growing up. Everyone in the circle was given a chance to speak […]

July 26, 2017

Black Elderly Stroll Familiar Paths to Stall Dementia

Sharon Steen dons her tennis shoes and, with two fellow seniors, walks streets that in her youth were a vibrant center of Portland, Oregon’s African-American community. Wasn’t this the corner where an NAACP march began in 1963? Look, the record store is now a fancy high-rise. It’s more than a stroll down memory lane. Steen […]

July 26, 2017

Latinos Sue California Over Healthcare Gaps

California is harming medical care for more than 13 million lower-income residents, more than half of them Latinos, by failing to pay doctors enough to provide proper care, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges the state violates Latinos’ civil rights because poorly paid health care providers balk at providing treatment. Read More

July 24, 2017

Research: Blood Tests Could Predict Alzheimer’s

Researchers from Missouri reveal that blood test screening may identify markers of Alzheimer’s disease before individuals begin to experience memory loss and confusion. This finding is a significant step toward predicting disease risk. Read More

July 24, 2017

CDC: 100 Million Have Diabetes or Prediabetes

More than 100 million U.S. adults are now living with diabetes or prediabetes, according to a new report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report finds that as of 2015, 30.3 million Americans – 9.4 percent of the U.S. population –have diabetes. Another 84.1 million have prediabetes, a condition […]

July 24, 2017

Textbook Teaches Native American Healing Concepts

Laughter can combat trauma. Spiritual cleansings could be used to fight an opioid addiction. Cactus extract may battle diabetes and obesity. These insights are from curanderismo — traditional Native American healing from the American Southwest and Latin America. Read More

July 24, 2017