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Hazards Found in Beauty Products Targeting African-Americans

(CNN) — One in 12 beauty and personal care products marketed to African-American women in the US contains highly hazardous ingredients, according to research released Tuesday by the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit environmental organization in the US specializing in research and advocacy. The organization analyzed more than 1,100 products marketed to black women — […]

December 12, 2016

Faith Can Be Part of Care for Post-Partum Depression

Churches and other faith-based communities are an untapped resource that health-care providers should consider when suggesting treatment options for African-American and Latina mothers who have histories of postpartum depression. “There is nothing ambiguous about it,” says Robert Keefe, associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo. “Church, religion, and spirituality […]

December 12, 2016

World Health Organization Urges Obamacare Expansion

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to expand Obamacare and ensure all Americans have access to healthcare. The real estate magnate takes office next month after promising to repeal outgoing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare policy which helped millions more Americans get medical insurance but has been a target […]

December 12, 2016

GOP: Repeal Health Care, Then What?

WASHINGTON — Republicans are eagerly planning initial votes next month on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, a cherished GOP goal. But many worry that while Congress tries to replace it, the party will face ever-angrier voters, spooked health insurers and the possibility of tumbling off a political cliff. Republicans have said they first […]

December 12, 2016

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About Donald Trump’s Cabinet Picks

Have you heard of the acronym H.I.R.E? I’m sure most of you haven’t unless you’ve heard me on radio or read old columns of mine. H.I.R.E is an acronym I created to describe four political topics that could potentially pose an existential threat to America from within. H.I.R.E stands for health care, immigration, regulation and […]

December 7, 2016

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U of A Studies Cancer in Firefighters

TUCSON, Ariz.— Medical researchers at the University of Arizona’s College of Public Health will use new funding from the federal government to design a long-term study of the causes of cancer in firefighters. The $1.5 million Department of Homeland Security grant announced Wednesday will allow researchers to add firefighters at departments in Boston and southern […]

December 7, 2016

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N.J. Community OKs Medical Marijuana in Schools

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. — A New Jersey town’s school board has adopted a medical marijuana policy that falls in line with recent legislation signed by Gov. Chris Christie. The Record reported that board members adopted a measureNovember 30 that permits medical marijuana on school grounds in Ridgefield Park. Christie signed a bill into law last […]

December 7, 2016

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Professor Helps Others With Food Addiction

CALIFORNIA, Pa.— Dr. Christina Fisanick-Greer reached her breaking point in 2013. Greer, an English professor at California University of Pennsylvania, recalls sitting in her living room at 3 a.m. watching “The Notebook,” and crying as she ate her fourth bowl of buttercream icing. She wasn’t crying about the movie. “I was so sad and depressed […]

December 7, 2016

Michigan State Opens Medical Clinic in Detroit

DETROIT — Gifts of property to universities often are sold and endowments are established in the donor’s name, but the family of Dr. Michael Popoff had other ideas for the Detroit clinic where he practiced for nearly a half-century before his death last year. The gift to Michigan State University came with a stipulation: The […]

December 7, 2016

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Digitized Records Create Need for Medical “Scribes”

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Electronic medical records have spawned a new health care profession: medical scribe. Working alongside doctors, scribes enter information into a computer, their fingers furiously typing away so the doctors’ digits don’t have to. “I feel like it benefits me, but it benefits the patients more,” said Dr. Meena Agarwala of St. Luke’s […]

December 7, 2016

Aging Boomers May Need Wider Network of Kin, Friends

NEW ORLEANS–Family members already form an “invisible workforce” that cares for America’s frail elders. But changes in policy and family structure — from later-life divorce to smaller families — suggest that friends and extended family will play even more important roles as caregivers in coming years. Eighteen million Americans already care regularly for a fragile […]

December 7, 2016

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Patient’s Suit Alleges Rape at Mental Hospital

HELENA, Mont. — A woman who was criminally committed to Montana State Hospital has sued the state, alleging that she was sexually assaulted and impregnated by another patient at the psychiatric facility. In the lawsuit filed in District Court in Helena, the woman said the hospital failed to supervise her adequately, leading to the rape […]

December 6, 2016

Michigan Pushing to Make Flint 11th Promise Zone

Lawmakers in Michigan are pushing to make Flint the state’s 11th Promise Zone to help residents get back on their feet as they cope with an ongoing water crisis and to encourage young people to stay in the city.

December 5, 2016

Loss of Obamacare Will Hit Poor, White Voters

Donald Trump has chosen GOP Rep. Tom Price of Georgia, a longtime critic of the Affordable Care Act, as his secretary for Health and Human Services. This likely means that, at best, the health law will be repealed and replaced by something that covers far fewer people, or that, at worst, it will get repealed […]

December 5, 2016

Mobile Clinic Helps Cancer Patients

McALLEN, Texas — Many of the patients who come to Paul Toscano’s free mobile clinic are jobless. Uninsured. Undocumented. Desperate. The Houston Chronicle reports that the physician’s assistant treats so many inside this retrofitted RV that it’s impossible to remember them all. Some he’ll never forget. He closes his eyes and thinks of a woman […]

December 5, 2016

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Md. Democrats Vow Fight for Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON — Baltimore resident Annie Sageng relied on Planned Parenthood for many different reasons while growing up. In high school, she drove her friends there to pick up birth control and pregnancy tests. Eventually she was the one picking up the birth control. Then she was a volunteer. Now, the 28-year-old is the Maryland Planned […]

December 5, 2016

N.J. County Equips School Nurses to Use Narcan

TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Ocean County has become the first county in New Jersey to supply all of its high school nurses with Narcan, the drug that is used to reverse opioid overdoses. County prosecutor Joseph Coronato says he made the decision to equip nurses with the life-saving antidote after hearing about a recent overdose […]

December 5, 2016

Journal: Implicit Bias Matters in Health Care

The #BlackLivesMatter movement arose almost three years ago on social media, prompted by what many saw as law enforcement’s unfair and biased handling of blacks. Substantial evidence also shows parallels of biased treatment within health care, limiting access and quality of care because of racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. We understand the problem better, but […]

December 5, 2016

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