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P.R. Med Center, Patients Say U.S. Underfunds Programs

MIAMI (CN) – A medical center in Puerto Rico and two of its patients claim in court that the Trump administration is underfunding the health care programs in the U.S. territory, placing nearly 1 million people at risk of losing their health care coverage. In a federal complaint filed Monday in Miami, the plaintiffs claim […]

February 5, 2018

Study: Omega 3 No Help for Heart Disease

Supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids, the oils abundant in fatty fish, are ineffective for the prevention of heart disease, a large review of randomized trials has found. The analysis, in JAMA Cardiology, pooled data from 10 randomized trials in people who had had cardiovascular disease or were at high risk for it. There were 77,917 […]

February 5, 2018

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#BellLetsTalk: Mental Health and Black People

The hashtag movement #BellLetsTalk emerged in 2010 as a segue to open up the conversation surrounding mental illness and to cease the stigma around individuals suffering from depression, anxiety, and other mental ailments. This is great except; the discussion is still a taboo in the Black community. The National Alliance on Mental Health reports that […]

February 5, 2018

Planned Parenthood Slams Rule on Moral Objections

Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, is encouraging their supporters to tell the Department of Health Human Services (HHS) that a proposed rule to strengthen conscience protections for healthcare providers is “dangerous” and “encourages discrimination.” The rule requires health care providers to notify their employees of protections against religious discrimination on job applications and […]

February 5, 2018

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Half of Post-9/11 Vets Lack Mental Care

About half of U.S. veterans who served during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq don’t get the mental health care they need, according to a new report that recommends changes to improve the care delivered by the Veterans Affairs health system. While many veterans receive good mental health care through the VA , it’s inconsistent […]

February 5, 2018

Religious Freedom

On January 18, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the formation of a new “Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom within the HHS Office for Civil Rights. As the chief clinical officer at Howard Brown Health, the largest LGBTQ health care organization in the Midwest, I am alarmed by this assault on […]

February 1, 2018

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Wear Red for Heart Health Day

The American Heart Association is urging everyone to wear red on Friday to help shine a light on the number one killer of men and women — heart disease. “This is such a simple way to make a difference in our community. Every red heart, red ribbon or red dress in a store window reminds […]

February 1, 2018

Dr. Klasko: “Stop Waiting for Government”

Dr. Stephen Klasko currently serves as president and CEO of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health. He wears other hats as well. He has coauthored multiple books, including The Phantom Stethescope and We CAN Fix Healthcare: The Future Is Now. Klasko has another book — Bless This Mess: A Pictorial Primer for the […]

February 1, 2018

Medical School Expands Diversity Efforts

More than four years into a drive to diversify the medical school, officials say they are enrolling an increasing number of students from underrepresented backgrounds, but the percentage of racial minorities at the school has largely flatlined. After hiring its first diversity-focused administrator, medical school officials and faculty said the school has made a major […]

February 1, 2018

Federal Judge Wants to Settle Opioid Suits

The goal is impressive: Hammer out a legal deal that starts guiding the nation out of an epidemic of opioid addiction. How and when that can happen, if at all, is the subject of talks scheduled to begin Wednesday in a federal courthouse in Cleveland. The judge is bringing together lawyers for governments across the […]

February 1, 2018

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HHS Applauds Rollbacks, Other “Accomplishments”

A new report released by the Department of Health and Human Services highlights the greatest hits of the Trump administration in 2017, including its responses to the opioid crisis and the devastating hurricanes that hit Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, as well as regulatory rollbacks to reduce the burdens on providers. Read More

February 1, 2018

State of Union Touts End to Mandate

In his State of the Union address, President Trump seemed to attempt to declare victory in the Republican effort to eliminate Obamacare, stating that “we repealed the core” of it. But the Affordable Care Act, the law’s expansion of Medicaid benefits for the poor and subsidized private individual coverage known as Obamacare are still covering […]

February 1, 2018

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Healthcare Groups Welcome Alex Azar at HHS

HHS again has a permanent leader as former Eli Lilly executive Alex Azar was sworn in as the department’s secretary on Jan. 29—four months to the day after his predecessor, Tom Price, MD, resigned over his use of publicly-funded charter flights. Azar was sworn in at the White House by Vice President Mike Pence. In […]

February 1, 2018

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Black History Month: Opportune Time for Health Emphasis

In celebration of Black History Month, we remember Booker T. Washington as the founder of a historic initiative focused on addressing Black health disparities. Washington founded Tuskegee University, an HBCU formerly named Tuskegee Institute. What many do not know is that he also was the founder of National Negro Health Week, an annual observance in the United States from 1915 to 1951 dedicated to improving overall health in Black communities.

January 30, 2018

Black Stress

As we leave behind a year that was notable for its combination of natural and human disasters, no one can deny that we live in stressful times. But stress is not equitably distributed, and neither are stress-related health outcomes. Individuals living below the poverty level have poorer mental health, are diagnosed with more chronic health […]

January 29, 2018

Opioid Crisis Hits Native American, Rural Women Hardest

Native American females and women in rural communities suffer the highest risk of deaths from opioids and other drugs, advocates and caregivers involved in mental health and trauma said Thursday. The risk is heightened for Native American women, who face a long history of oppression and abuse, turning to opioids as a form of pain […]

January 29, 2018

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Yale Center Gets $1 M to Study Cancer Disparities

Yale Cancer Center (YCC) has been awarded a $1 million grant by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation (BSMF) to address health care disparities in cancer care and support. The grant will fund the Cancer Disparities Firewall project, a multilevel intervention that focuses on patient and system level factors that contribute to cancer disparities in the YCC/New […]

January 29, 2018

Are Cognitive Biases Hurting Your Health?

It’s human nature to have cognitive biases. These tendencies to think in certain ways or process information by filtering it through your personal preferences, beliefs and experiences are normal, but they can offer a skewed perspective. “We all have these biases – they are the lenses through which we process information and they are a […]

January 29, 2018