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Section: Health
Policies
Administration Rejects a State’s Request to End Mandate
The federal government rejected the Buckeye State’s request to end the individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said in a letter (PDF) last week that Ohio’s request was incomplete and did not include a plan to ensure the number of people with insurance doesn’t fall. According to the letter, the state […]
May 23, 2018
Other News
Share of African American Men Pursuing Medicine Hits Historic Low
Even as US diversity initiatives try to increase the representation of minority ethnic groups in science and medicine, the proportion of black men pursuing such careers is reaching historic lows. In 1986, 57% of African American medical-school graduates were men — but by 2015 that share had dropped to just 35%, even as the total […]
May 23, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Gag Rule
Dear Secretary Azar, As organizations dedicated to improving access to high-quality, affordable health care for all people, we write to register our grave concerns should your agency consider undermining the Title X family planning program by instituting a domestic “gag rule.” The rule, which was first advanced by the Reagan administration in 1988, is nothing […]
May 21, 2018
Disparities
How Melatonin Works
Researchers have discovered how melatonin suppresses neurons in the brain that keep you awake and alert. Their findings could lead to new therapies for those who suffer from insomnia. An estimated 50 to 70 million Americans have some type of sleep disorder, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Some turn to melatonin supplements to help […]
May 21, 2018
Disparities
Family Trees Based on Medical Contact Could Predict Disease
Who is your emergency contact? The answer to that question, standard in every doctor’s office, has now been used to predict the role of genes in hundreds of conditions, from diabetes to high cholesterol. A new study combined the emergency contact information of 2 million New Yorkers with their medical data to form family trees […]
May 21, 2018
Disparities
Researchers Identify Gene That Helps Prevent Brain Disease
Scientists know that faulty proteins can cause harmful deposits or “aggregates” in neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Although the causes of these protein deposits remain a mystery, it is known that abnormal aggregates can result when cells fail to transmit proper genetic information to proteins. University of California San Diego Professor Susan […]
May 21, 2018
Disparities
Lesbian, Bisexual Women at Greater Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
What you sexually identify as may impact your risk of developing the most common type of diabetes, a study suggests. The findings, published in May 2018 in Diabetes Care, found that women who self-identify as lesbian or bisexual may have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with those who identify as heterosexual. Although previous research on the […]
May 21, 2018
Disparities
Report: Health Disparities Persist for Rural Seniors
A new report benchmarking the health of seniors in America finds poorer health outcomes for rural senior citizens compared with their urban and suburban peers and increased national suicide rates. An analysis within the report also highlights the risk of social isolation and its association with poor health for seniors. The 2018 United Health Foundation’s provides the latest […]
May 21, 2018
Other News
Medicaid Work Rules Would Hurt Urban Blacks
Michigan isn’t the only state where Republicans are pushing a Medicaid work requirement that’s blatantly racist. Ohio and Kentucky are running the same play, passing a work requirement for Medicaid but exempting mostly white, rural counties. The claim is that the exemptions are for places with high unemployment rates where people simply can’t find work—but cities with […]
May 21, 2018
Other News
Therapist Charged with Rape of Sex-Assault Victims
A clinical psychologist who treated military veterans with post-traumatic stress has been charged with raping female service members who were in therapy as victims of sex assaults, officials said Tuesday. Heath J. Sommer was ordered Monday to stand trial on three felony sexual assault charges after authorities said he targeted female service members in 2014 […]
May 21, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Tagging Malaria
As a volunteer physician in a small hospital in Nigeria 30 years ago, I was bitten by lots of mosquitoes and soon came down with headache, chills, fever, and muscle aches. It was malaria. Fortunately, the drug available to me then was effective, but I was pretty sick for a few days. Since that time, […]
May 16, 2018
Disparities
S.T.D. Rates in L.A. Skyrocket
The teenagers tucked their hands into their sweatshirt pockets as they shuffled to form a circle. Some gazed at the asphalt, trying to avoid the game they had been drafted to play. “It’s like hot potato/musical chairs, but with a penis,” said the girl leading the group. The kids gathered on a spring morning in […]
May 16, 2018
Nursing
Nurse Charged in Patient’s Death after a Fall
A nurse was charged Thursday in the death of the father of President Trump’s former national security advisor after authorities said she failed to give him a series of neurological exams after his fall at a Philadelphia senior care facility. Christann Shyvin Gainey, 30, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, neglect and records tampering in the […]
May 16, 2018
Disparities
Native Americans Feel Under Siege
Every time black dust blows through the windswept Moapa River Indian Reservation about an hour’s drive from Las Vegas, residents grow more unnerved. This tribal community of just 225 has seen more than its share of sickness. Tribal council member Vickie Simmons watched her brother, a former coal plant worker, die at age 31 from […]
May 16, 2018
Disparities
For Black Men, Healthcare Begins at the Barber Shop
Last week, a man came in to the Men’s Health and Education Center on Madison’s west side and received a blood pressure screening. His blood pressure was so high that he needed medical attention, but he didn’t have health insurance. He mentioned he’d been suffering from mouth pain for over four years. Just 72 hours […]
May 16, 2018
Policies
The Pandemic We Won’t Be Able to Stop
Health officials warn while they are convinced a deadly pandemic is coming, they still have no idea what it will be. However, experts believe the disease or virus is likely to be respiratory, as not enough research is being put into this area and respiratory issues are difficult to spot once they have begun spreading. […]
May 16, 2018
Policies
200-plus Members of Congress: Don’t Mess with Family Planning
More than 200 members of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday signed letters sent to Alex Azar, head of President Trump’s virulently anti-choice Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), voicing opposition to a so-called domestic gag rule that would place restrictions on federal family planning funding. Both letters refer to a potential “domestic gag rule” championed […]
May 16, 2018
Disparities
Margot Kidder Did Battle With Bipolar Disorder
While Margot Kidder is best known for her recurring role as Lois Lane in the original Superman films, she will also be remembered for her long and courageous battle with bipolar disorder, once known as manic depression. The actress died at the age of 69 on Sunday at her home in Livingston, Montana, PEOPLE confirmed on Monday. Her cause of death […]
May 16, 2018
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