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Section: Health

When “life” gets in the way of good health

A few years ago, I saw a lovely patient who had gained a surprising amount of weight between visits. Surprised, because usually she takes great care of herself, I said, “Wow. You’ve gained 10 pounds since I saw you last. What’s going on? She looked at me and told me that her finances were in […]

June 13, 2016

CDC Says 4 in 10 Women Are Obese

NEW YORK —The nation’s obesity epidemic continues to grow, led by an alarming increase among women. For the first time, more than 4 in 10 U.S. women are obese, according to new government health statistics. Obesity rates for men and women in the U.S. had been roughly the same for about a decade, but in […]

June 13, 2016

Victims Consider Options After Racial Tirade at Hospital

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Two families targeted by a North Carolina hospital volunteer’s expletive-laced, racially tinged tirade said they were are pursuing justice but had not yet taken legal action against the hospital. The families of Isaiah Baskins and Katie Thomas are represented by Justin Bamberg, an Orangeburg, South Carolina attorney. He is also representing the […]

June 13, 2016

Blacks & Latinos Raise Concerns About Aided-Death Law

SAN DIEGO — California became the latest state to allow the terminally ill to legally choose to end their lives on June 9, raising worries among some people in the state’s large Latino and African-American communities that poor people with serious illnesses could be pressured to take lethal drugs as a cheaper option to long-term […]

June 13, 2016

Vanderbilt Adds Transgender Surgeries to Student Insurance

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― Vanderbilt University officials say the school’s student insurance will start covering transgender-related surgeries in order to make the campus a more inclusive environment for students who previously had gone without necessary care. Vanderbilt Vice Provost for Learning and Residential Affairs Cynthia Cyrus tells The Tennessean that the change was made after a […]

June 9, 2016

Judge Dismisses Fordham Suit Over Mental Health Records

ALBANY, N.Y. ― A federal judge has dismissed a graduate student’s discrimination lawsuit against Fordham University over demands for mental health records before she could be readmitted following a medical leave. Judge Jesse Furman says Emily Pierce’s complaint fails to show she was treated differently than other students due to her disability. Pierce, who was […]

June 9, 2016

One-third of American adults never floss, study says

Do you floss your pearly whites every day? A recent study found that nearly one-third of American adults never do. The study looked at data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to determine the percentage of American adults who neglect to floss their teeth. Researchers examined self-reports of more than 9,000 adults, ages […]

June 8, 2016

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Hispanic and black young adult cancer patients more likely to die of their disease

Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black cancer patients between ages 15 and 29 may be more likely than same-aged white patients to die of their disease, according to a University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2016. The finding is partially but not wholly explained by […]

June 8, 2016

Indian Health Service Extends Telehealth Deadline

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. —The Indian Health Service is extending the deadline for health care organizations to submit proposals to provide telehealth services at some of its facilities. In early May, the IHS issued a request for proposals from providers to offer telehealth care at its seven hospitals and other facilities in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota […]

June 3, 2016

Teen Birth Rate Falls to Historic Low

NEW YORK — Teen pregnancies fell again last year, to another historic low, a government report shows. “The continued decline is really quite amazing,” said Brady Hamilton, the lead author of the new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The birth rate was 22 live births per 1,000 females ages 15 through […]

June 3, 2016

Officer Who Handcuffed Dying Woman at ER Resigns

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A white Florida police officer has resigned months after handcuffing a black woman at a hospital where she died less than two hours later. Blountstown Officer John Tadlock’s resignation is mentioned in a Florida Department of Law Enforcement report on the arrest of 57-year-old Barbara Dawson. The report says Tadlock’s actions were […]

June 3, 2016

Lifting of China’s “One Child” Rule Increases IVF Demand

BEIJING — China’s decision to allow all married couples to have two children is driving a surge in demand for fertility treatment among older women, putting heavy pressure on clinics and breaking down past sensitivities, and even shame, about the issue. The rise in in vitro fertilization points to the lost dreams of many parents […]

June 2, 2016

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Transgender in China: A Fight for Job Rights

BEIJING — A 28-year-old transgender man who goes by the name of “Mr. C” has become the public face of the fight for job equality in China, where sexual and gender minorities are only beginning to emerge from virtual invisibility. The man, who keeps his real name secret to protect his parents’ privacy, is fighting […]

June 2, 2016

Navajo Lawsuit Alleges Abuse in Mormon Foster Program

The Mormon Church has been hit with another lawsuit saying that it did nothing to protect children in a church-run foster program from sexual abuse. Two Navajo siblings sued The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Navajo Nation court earlier this year. A second lawsuit made public May 31 outlines similar allegations. A […]

June 2, 2016

County’s Crisis Team Assists When Mental Health Is an Issue

TAUNTON, Mass. — Less than three hours before Arthur “AJ” DaRosa embarked on a killing spree in a Myricks Street house and inside the Silver City Galleria, members of Taunton’s Community Crisis Intervention Team (CCIT) were in the mall’s community room wrapping up the first day of a three-day training session. The horrific events of […]

June 2, 2016

Surgeon General, Oklahoma Leaders Discuss Addiction

STILLWATER, Okla. — The crisis of addiction hasn’t spared any demographic or any state, including Oklahoma. The Trust for America’s Health ranked Oklahoma fifth-highest for drug overdose mortality in the U.S., based on 2013 numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Stillwater News Press (reported. The same report said that rate tripled […]

June 2, 2016

Equine Therapy Helps in Meth Recovery

BILLINGS, Mont. — Shelly Fyant, from Arlee, painted circles around the eyes of a horse named Big Medicine. “The circle gives us a clear vision so we can see our enemy,” she said. The enemy Fyant is talking about is methamphetamine, the Billings Gazette reported. She and a dozen others gathered at a horse barn […]

June 2, 2016

STEM: Building Prosthetics Expands Native Students’ Vision

YAKIMA, Wash. — In a building just outside the main Yakama Nation Tribal School, its MESA prosthetics team has turned a classroom into a workshop. A 3-D printer hides behind a poster board. A clay oven is covered just outside the room. And there are tools everywhere. Here, one can tell students have been at […]

June 2, 2016