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Experts: Colleges Have Role in Battling Opioid Epidemic

Experts say combatting this public health crisis will take concerted initiatives at the federal level, through public and private partnerships, and in schools, colleges and communities across the nation.

October 24, 2017

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West Virginia University Researcher Lessons Learned in Iceland

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University researcher is working in two counties to apply lessons about peer groups from Iceland where he says teenage use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco has been “virtually eradicated.” Alfgeir Kristjansson, assistant professor in WVU’s School of Public Health, says the island nation pushed to replace unsupervised, aimless leisure […]

October 23, 2017

Cynical Sabotage

“If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.” For years, Republicans used that exaggerated pledge to thrash the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and President Obama for not keeping his promise. Politifact labeled it as “lie of the year” in 2013. Read More

October 23, 2017

Probe Finds Practices at V.A. Dental Clinic Delayed Care

BILLINGS, Mont. — Practices at the Billings Veterans Affairs dental clinic led to delays in care and in some cases risked patients’ health, according to a federal investigation. Billings dentist Kelly Hale complained in 2016 that former chief of dental services Robert Bourne didn’t allow staff dentists in Billings to access a computerized system to […]

October 23, 2017

Study: Healthy Lifestyle Cuts Risks after Gestational Diabetes

Women who have had gestational diabetes may be able to reduce or even eliminate their risk for cardiovascular disease by following a healthy lifestyle in the years after giving birth, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The researchers analyzed data from the Nurses’ Health Study II (link is external), […]

October 23, 2017

Uninsured Rate Rises to 12.3 Percent

WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. adults without health insurance is up nearly 3.5 million this year, as rising premiums and political turmoil over “Obamacare” undermine coverage gains that drove the nation’s uninsured rate to a historic low. That finding is based on the latest installment of a major survey, released Friday. The Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being […]

October 23, 2017

Harvard Will Host Webcast Forum on Discrimination

BOSTON — The Harvard School of Public Health is holding a discussion on discrimination in America. The discussion to be webcast at noon on Tuesday (Oct. 24) is part of the school’s Forum series and will focus on the African-American experience with discrimination in everyday life. (12 p.m.-1 p.m. ET ForumHSPH.org https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/discrimination-in-america/ ) It is […]

October 23, 2017

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Democrats Reject White House Demands for Health Deal

WASHINGTON — Top Senate Democrats rejected White House demands Friday to add provisions weakening the Obama health care law to a bipartisan deal on steadying unsettled insurance markets. The compromise already faced an uphill path and this was the latest blow. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Trump administration was involved in the […]

October 23, 2017

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Scouts Kick Out Child Who Questioned Politician on Guns, Race and Health

DENVER — A Cub Scout was kicked out of his den after he questioned a Colorado state lawmaker about her position on gun control and previous comments she made about African-Americans’ health and eating fried chicken. It was the latest political flashpoint for the Boy Scouts after President Donald Trump used his speech at the […]

October 23, 2017

Gender Disparities in Medicine

In the era of booming feminism whereby women demand rightful recognition in a wide array of aspects, the field of medicine has to face the facts. Until roughly two decades ago, aside from differences in reproductive systems, the male body has been the universal model for anatomy – as there was little knowledge that gender […]

October 18, 2017

How Birth Control Order Affects Women’s Health

Trump’s birth control order, announced on Friday, is devastating news. Previously, under a mandate from the Affordable Care Act, most employers were required to provide their employees with birth control coverage without copayments. On Friday, Trump rolled back that mandate. Now the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor will make it easier […]

October 18, 2017

Program Supports Women of Color Who Breastfeed

When Angela Mercado gave birth to her daughter nine weeks ago, she set the intention of breastfeeding for one year – a decision she felt confident in after meeting that goal with her son, now 3. Mercado gave birth to her first child in Germany during a military deployment. She recalled receiving advice from fellow […]

October 18, 2017

D.C. Residents Protest Food Deserts

For long-time Ward 8 resident Delois McNeal, 70, the weekly task of restocking her refrigerator is a challenge. “I have to walk across the street to catch the W3 bus,” McNeal said. “It’s a shuttle bus that runs once every half an hour. If you miss that, you have to wait another half an hour […]

October 18, 2017

Indian Health Deal Goes to Man Linked to Accusations

A company chosen to potentially operate emergency departments at four Native American hospitals in the Great Plains is led by a man whose former company paid $10 million to settle allegations of submitting false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs. John Shufeldt is the chief executive officer and chief medical officer of Tribal […]

October 18, 2017

Senator Offers Bill to Repeal Opioid Law

Legislation introduced by a top Senate Democrat would repeal an Obama-era bill that critics say has dramatically restricted the ability of the Drug Enforcement Administration to crack down on opioid distributors suspected of wrongdoing. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), the ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said her legislation is being […]

October 18, 2017

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Hurricane Exposed “Inequalities and Injustices”

In rural and impoverished areas of Puerto Rico, a new day means a new search for food and safe water as the humanitarian crisis there continues to escalate. More than three weeks after Hurricane Maria, more than a quarter of homes in the U.S. territory lack clean water, about 85 percent are without electricity, and […]

October 18, 2017

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Trump Backs Away from Deal on Obamacare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan deal from two U.S. senators to stabilize Obamacare by restoring subsidies to health insurers ran into trouble on Wednesday with President Donald Trump sending mixed signals and the speaker of the House indicating no interest in taking it up. The deal announced on Tuesday by Republican Lamar Alexander and Democrat […]

October 18, 2017

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Warped Idea of Freedoms

The week began with the biggest gun massacre by a single person in American history. Fifty-eight more families know the shock and trauma that goes with a loved one dying in a hail of bullets. Over five hundred people were injured, and join the thousands whose lives will never really be the same. Tuesday was […]

October 16, 2017

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