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Section: Health

Catholic Hospitals and Access

Almost as soon as President Trump took office, he began rolling back health care rules that had angered religious groups for much of the last decade. First, Trump signed an executive order declaring that his administration would protect religious freedom. Then, his administration ruled that health insurance plans offered by large employers don’t have to […]

July 30, 2018

Severe Bleeding Prompts Warnings About Synthetic Cannabinoids

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WFMY)– Several cases of severe bleeding following synthetic cannabinoid use have identified in North Carolina. A recent case of severe bleeding, in the Triad, has prompted state health officials to issue a warning to the public about the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids. Read More

July 30, 2018

Jewish Doctor, Removed from Duty, Apologizes for Posts on White Nationalist Sites

NEW YORK — A New York doctor says he is sorry for posting comments online supporting a white-only nation and armed racial conflict. Dr. Dov Bechhofer, a resident radiologist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, was removed from duty this week after an anonymous article on the blogging site Medium identified him as an […]

July 30, 2018

AP-NORC Poll: 6 in 10 Latinos Face Barriers to Care

WASHINGTON — Nearly 6 in 10 Hispanic adults have had a difficult time communicating with a health care provider because of a language or cultural barrier, and when they do they often turn to outside sources for help, according to a new study conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey […]

July 30, 2018

House Votes to Delay Obamacare Insurance Tax

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday on bills to delay an Affordable Care Act tax and allow consumers broader use of health savings accounts. In a 242-176 vote, House Republicans joined one dozen Democrats to support a bill that would postpone the health insurance tax through 2021. The tax, which already had been delayed through […]

July 30, 2018

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Top Administrator Slams ‘Medicare For All’

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s Medicare chief slammed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ call for a national health plan, saying “Medicare for All” would undermine care for seniors and become “Medicare for None.” The broadside from Medicare and Medicaid administrator Seema Verma came in a San Francisco speech Aug. 25 that coincided with a focus on health […]

July 30, 2018

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Lynchings of the past affect health today

Counties with higher rates of lynching between 1877 and 1950 showed higher mortality rates between 2010 and 2014. A new study by researchers from the University of South Carolina in the US, led by Janice Probst and Saundra Glover, looks into the relationship between past occurrence of lynching – unpunished, racially motivated murder – and […]

July 30, 2018

How Being Black in America Is Bad for Your Health

On an overcast, humid morning, Antonice C. Woodfork grabs an umbrella and sets out from her home in a far-from-gentrified neighborhood in the District of Columbia and starts marching to the nearest grocery store, seven-tenths of a mile away. Woodfork, 42, who is African-American, could take a bus with one transfer, but the buses don’t […]

July 30, 2018

Breastfeeding and Race

When the United States threatened Ecuador with trade and aid restrictions if it did not withdraw a World Health Assembly breastfeeding promotion resolution that most people considered benign, if not banal, reactions ranged from shocked to amused. Experts explained that the U.S. resistance, although extreme, was nothing new. The United States previously demonstrated its allegiance to the formula […]

July 25, 2018

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Inclusion Clinic to Serve LGBT Patients

There are more than 100 specialties in the field of medicine. However, few providers and clinics focus their care on the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning/queer) community. LGBT Community Health Centers operate in only 37 of the 50 states, and many of those do not offer comprehensive services. A lack of access to care, or […]

July 25, 2018

Cluster of 11 Legionnaires’ Cases Evolves around a Church

Authorities are investigating 11 cases of Legionnaires’ disease, including one death, linked to St. Columbkille Parish Catholic Church in Parma. Ten patients were hospitalized, and a 93-year-old woman from Parma died, according the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. All of the illnesses took place between early June and mid-July, and all were connected to the parish […]

July 25, 2018

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Trump Opens Insurance Options to Small Business

Thanks to a new federal rule, small businesses could find it easier to band together to buy health insurance, but some experts worry about the implications of these new insurance plans.e Following an October 2017 executive order issued by President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Labor last month announced reforms to association health plans […]

July 25, 2018

Despite Progress, HIV Racial Disparities Persist

By the time Arthur Harris turned 17, he had already endured a childhood of grinding poverty in Hartford’s North End, the death of his mother, and the rejection of a community that viewed homosexuality as a sin. It should have come as no surprise to anyone, then, that he went searching for love and acceptance […]

July 25, 2018

Goal: 10,000 Black Men for Large-Scale Prostate Study

It’s a medical mystery with fatal consequences: African-American men with prostate cancer are more likely to get and twice as likely to die from the disease than their white counterparts, and no one knows exactly why. Uncovering reasons behind these stark health disparities is the goal of an ambitious $26.5 million study commencing this month and backed by the […]

July 25, 2018

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Study Questions Why Women Are More Prone to Dementia

At the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Chicago this week, researchers are exploring biological and social differences that might explain why more women than men develop Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia. A study to be presented at the conference found a link between a lower risk for dementia and the number of births a woman has. […]

July 25, 2018

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Mets Pitcher Out with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. What Is That?

New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard was recently placed on the disabled list because he contracted hand, foot and mouth disease. It’s a short-term infection that’s mostly found in children younger than 5 years old, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common viral illness caused by several […]

July 25, 2018

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Federally Funded Programs Are Not Enough to Diversify the STEM Workforce

Despite billions of dollars being invested on hundreds of programs that are created to increase the number of minorities who enter STEM fields, data from Change the Equation, indicates that today’s STEM workforce is no more diverse than it was 15 years ago.

July 24, 2018

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Hospitals Closing

By the time Copper Basin Medical Center launched a GoFundMe campaign in May last year, the hospital in the Appalachian foothills was buried in debt. It had been forced to suspend inpatient operations; many of its nurses and staffers had gone weeks without paychecks. The campaign aimed to raise $100,000, but when only $5,559 came in, Copper Basin […]

July 23, 2018