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Can Requiring People to Work Make Them Healthier?

One of the clearest patterns in public health research is the correlation between income and health. The richer you are, the more likely you are to have good health, and live a long life. The poorer you are, the more likely you are to be sicker, and die younger. That data could be an argument […]

January 16, 2018

HHS Moves to Block Abortion for Undocumented Minor

The Trump administration has moved to block a fourth undocumented minor from receiving an abortion, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The woman, known to the court as Jane Moe, has requested an abortion but has been prevented from getting one by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), an office within the Department […]

January 16, 2018

Obamacare Lives

Congressional Republicans tried in vain to repeal it. President Donald Trump said he would simply let it die of its own flaws. Americans complained about it. But nearly eight years after President Barack Obama’s signature health care law was approved, the Affordable Care Act appears here to stay – and perhaps even flourish, experts say. […]

January 11, 2018

Woman Dies of Disease from Raw Oysters

A 55-year-old Texas woman is dead after contracting a flesh-eating disease from raw oysters she ate on a trip to Louisiana. KLFY reported that Jeanette LeBlanc fell ill after consuming the oysters on a crabbing trip with family and friends. Both LeBlanc and her friend, Karen Bowers, consumed nearly two dozen oysters, but only LeBlanc […]

January 11, 2018

Book: To Avoid “Obese” BMI, Trump Exaggerates Height

A new book claims that President Trump has been lying about his height in order to avoid being categorized as obese. “An overweight seventy-year-old man with various physical phobias (for instance, he lied about his height to keep from having a body mass index that would label him as obese), he personally found healthcare and […]

January 11, 2018

Trump to Act on Medicaid Work Rules

The Trump administration is preparing to release guidelines soon for requiring Medicaid recipients to work, according to sources familiar with the plans, a major shift in the 50-year-old program. The guidelines will set the conditions for allowing states to add work requirements to their Medicaid programs for the first time, putting a conservative twist on […]

January 11, 2018

What Happens When a Grocery Opens in a Food Desert?

Pittsburgh’s Hill District hasn’t had a full-service grocery store in 30 years. Nestled in the heart of the city, the Hill was once a vital center of jazz, black culture, and civic life, earning it the nickname “Little Harlem.” The neighborhood had its own newspaper and radio station. Thoroughfares were lined with black-owned clubs, restaurants, […]

January 11, 2018

3 Tribes Sue Opioid Industry for Damages

Three Native American tribes from the Dakotas filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against major opioid manufacturers and distributors, seeking monetary damages for an epidemic that has had devastating impacts for tribal members. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate filed suit in U.S. District Court in South Dakota […]

January 11, 2018

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Deportation Fears Fuel Heart Health Risks for Latinas

A recent study conducted by researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley’s Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health (CERCH) found that worry about deportations was associated with multiple cardiovascular health risk factors in Latinas from California’s Salinas Valley, an area with a large immigrant community. The study was published in the journal, Annals […]

January 11, 2018

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For the Poor, Stress Brings Worse Health

MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2018 (HealthDay News) — In a finding that will surprise few, new research shows that minorities and the poor suffer more stress than their wealthy, white peers. That additional psychic burden may translate into poorer mental and physical well-being, and longevity is ultimately affected, the American Psychological Association report suggests. Read More

January 11, 2018

Housing as a Health Issue

Envision a society that fully connects the usually disparate worlds of health and housing. Clinicians would implement strategies that feature “housing as a vaccine” to prevent illness and disability. Professionals from both worlds would routinely link lodging with counseling, case management, and other services to ensure that supportive housing more robustly meets the needs of […]

January 8, 2018

Race Could Matter in Outcomes for Preemies

(Reuters Health) – Among the tiniest preemies, black and Hispanic infants are more likely than white babies to be born at hospitals with worse death and complication rates, a study in New York City suggests. In the study of 7,177 very preterm infants born at 39 hospitals citywide, 28 percent of the babies died or […]

January 8, 2018

Initiative on Mental, Physical Health Goes Global

A successful New Zealand initiative which encourages those working with the mentally ill to also consider their patient’s physical well-being has been exported overseas. Equally Well is a group of people and organisations with a common goal of reducing physical health disparities between people who experience mental health and addiction problems, and people who don’t. […]

January 8, 2018

Experts: Social Media Contacts Could Hold Key to Stopping Disease Spread

Facebook accounts and telephone records can be used to pinpoint the best individuals to vaccinate to stop a disease outbreak in its tracks, researchers said Wednesday. Such people would be “central” in their social networks, and thus likelier to spread disease-causing germs from one group to another. Assuming there is an outbreak, and not enough […]

January 8, 2018

Trump Rule Could Let More People Drop Obamacare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration proposed a rule on Thursday to allow Americans who are self-employed or work for small businesses to buy health insurance that does not comply with all Obamacare requirements in an effort to unwind the 2010 healthcare law. The rule, put forward by the Department of Labor, would allow individuals […]

January 8, 2018

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Snopes: Hurricane Maria and the IV Bag Shortage in U.S.

On 28 December 2017, a tweet from a man in California focused attention on one of less-reported aftereffects of the damage caused by the massive Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico on 20 September 2017. Ben Boyer’s post criticized the Trump administration’s response to the disaster while describing a recent hospital visit: My wife’s nurse […]

January 8, 2018

Obamacare Faces Challenges in 2018

It’s a New Year — but not a happy one for ObamaCare’s defenders. Two recent developments could lead to the collapse of the health law’s exchanges. First, the Trump administration will soon announce that it will allow insurers to sell “short-term” health plans that last up to 364 days. Currently, insurers can only sell these […]

January 8, 2018

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Did Racism Kill Erica Garner?

After 43-year-old Eric Garner was killed by an illegal NYPD chokehold on Staten Island in 2014, his daughter Erica cried out for police reform in America. Her dad’s alleged offense—selling loose, untaxed cigarettes—fit into a pattern of law enforcement preying on communities of color for minor offenses, and Erica, like thousands of others, demanded accountability […]

January 8, 2018