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Journal Compares Child Separation Policy to Tuskegee Case

Black slave women were habitually tortured for ‘research’ by star doctors who were commemorated in statues and plaques. Over 40 years, more than 400 black men with syphilis were given fake medicine so researchers could see how the disease developed. Thousands of women, mainly Latinas, were sterilized in the eugenics movement. These are just a […]

September 26, 2018

Federal Judges Back Coverage for Transgender Care

Two different federal courts granted rulings last week in favor of allowing transgender people to access the medically necessary care prescribed to them by their doctors. The rulings confirm the Affordable Care Act’s protections on the basis of sex extend to transgender people. Read More

September 26, 2018

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As Trump’s Trade War Grows, China Hits Medical Device Makers

The medical technology industry is bracing for a big hit from Donald Trump’s trade war with China with nearly $5 billion in U.S. medical devices now impacted from retaliatory Chinese tariffs. Waves of the Trump administration’s tariffs now impact more than $250 billion in Chinese goods, which analysts say are about half of that country’s […]

September 26, 2018

Black Patients Miss Out on Cancer Drugs

It’s a promising new drug for multiple myeloma, one of the most savage blood cancers. Called Ninlaro, it can be taken as a pill, sparing patients painful injections or cumbersome IV treatments. In a video sponsored by the manufacturer, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., one patient even hailed Ninlaro as “my savior.” The U.S. Food and Drug […]

September 24, 2018

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Study: Racism’s Effects on Mental Health Begin in Childhood

It’s not exactly a surprise that racism can affect your mental health, but a new study published in the journal American Psychologist has shed some new light onto just how early those effects can begin. The study, which researchers say is the first meta-analysis to look into racism’s effects on adolescents (as opposed to adults), […]

September 24, 2018

Doctors Debunk High Cholesterol Risks

DOCTORS have found there is no evidence of a link between high levels of bad cholesterol and heart disease, a study says. And with this claim, a number of leading cardiologists say statins, taken by millions of Brits to tackle cholesterol, don’t have any benefit. Read More

September 19, 2018

NIH: An Aspirin a Day Won’t Keep You Alive

In a large clinical trial to determine the risks and benefits of daily low-dose aspirin in healthy older adults without previous cardiovascular events, aspirin did not prolong healthy, independent living (life free of dementia or persistent physical disability). Risk of dying from a range of causes, including cancer and heart disease, varied and will require […]

September 19, 2018

Health Insurance Proposed for Undocumented

Since Gavin Newsom, the Democratic candidate for governor of California, proposed free health insurance for illegal immigrants, the state’s gubernatorial election has quickly become a referendum on its sanctuary policies. “I did universal health care when I was mayor [of San Francisco], fully implemented regardless of pre-existing conditions, ability to pay, and regardless of your […]

September 17, 2018

Study: Undocumented Immigrants Report Less Chronic Disease Than Americans

A new study challenges the political notion that undocumented immigrants are a burden on the U.S. health care system — in fact, they’re much less likely to seek medical care at all, the study found. The four-year study, from Drexel University in Philadelphia and published in the journal Medical Care, relies on a California health […]

September 17, 2018

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A Year After Hurricane Irma, Nursing Homes Ill-Prepared for Disaster

Despite enhanced guidance from CMS, nursing homes hit by disaster often struggle to execute emergency plans and protect residents, according to testimony (PDF) from the HHS Office of Inspector General to lawmakers last week. Addressing the Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight subcommittee, OIG’s Regional Inspector General Ruth Ann Dorrill said officials went in and looked […]

September 12, 2018

Immigrants Fear Using Nutrition, Health Programs

AUSTIN, Texas — Before President Donald Trump was elected, Marlene saw the food stamps her children received as a way to feed them healthy meals. After Trump’s election, the $300 a month from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for her 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son became a source of sickening worry. This spring, she stopped […]

September 12, 2018

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Doctors Explore Lifting Barriers for Living Organ Donors

WASHINGTON — Surgeons turned down Terra Goudge for the liver transplant that was her only shot at surviving a rare cancer. Her tumor was too advanced, they said — even though Goudge had a friend ready to donate, no matter those odds. “I have a living donor. I’m not taking away from anyone. I’m trying […]

September 10, 2018

Yale Psychiatrist: Claims about Trump’s Mental Health No Surprise

A Yale psychiatrist believes the anonymous op-ed by a “senior administration official” published by The New York Times exposes President Donald Trump’s “psychological symptoms” relating to the “mental challenges” that make him a “dangerous” man. Dr. Bandy Lee, assistant clinical professor in law and psychiatry and violence expert at the Yale School of Medicine, published […]

September 10, 2018

‘Chief Wahoo’ Activist Sentenced for Embezzling Native American Funds

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A prominent activist known for his opposition to the Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo mascot was sentenced Wednesday to four months in prison and four months of house arrest for stealing more than $77,000 in federal grant money meant to benefit Native Americans in Northeast Ohio. Read More

September 5, 2018

GOP Candidates Recast Their Records on Pre-Existing Conditions

Josh Hawley, the Republican Senate candidate in Missouri, says he is all about making sure anybody can get health insurance, regardless of their medical status: “We need to cover pre-existing conditions,” he said earlier this summer. But Hawley, who is currently Missouri’s attorney general, is one of the 20 state officials who has signed onto […]

September 5, 2018

Report: Obamacare Enrollment Isn’t Dropping

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29, 2018 — Health insurance coverage rates have held steady in the United States, despite continued commotion over the future of the Affordable Care Act, a new government report shows. About 28.3 million Americans were uninsured during the first quarter of 2018 — not significantly different than 2017, and 20.3 million fewer than […]

September 3, 2018

Court Nominee signals skepticism over Obamacare Repeal Efforts

If Republicans are hoping Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will help them knock down Obamacare in the courts, they might be in for a disappointment. Kavanaugh has signaled in private meetings with Senate Democrats that he is skeptical of some of the legal claims being asserted in the latest GOP-led effort to overturn the Affordable […]

September 3, 2018

CDC Reports Surge in STDs

New cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis spiked nearly 10 percent in 2017, continuing a four-year trend of rising sexually transmitted diseases fueled by a lack of awareness and changing sexual behavior, federal health officials said Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 2.29 million new cases of these three common yet treatable […]

August 29, 2018