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Section: Health
Policies
Sewage Leaks Plague Elite Washington Hospital
āA black, grainy foul-smelling substanceā coated the floorĀ of an operating room at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center, which also suffered from at least one āactive leakā of sewage, according to a review by the District of Columbia health department last August. That health department report was cited in a lawsuitĀ filed against the hospital by the [ā¦]
April 2, 2018
Policies
Soda Industry Fighting Back on Local Taxes
Watch out public health advocatesĀ ā as soda tax campaigns are bubbling up in cities across the nation to combat obesity, diabetes and other serious health conditions ā the beverage industry is working to choke off this expression of local democracy. A state billĀ banning localities from taxing food and beverages came out of nowhere in Michigan [ā¦]
April 2, 2018
Policies
States Need More Rules to Protect Insurance Market
Without more rules in place, state regulators wonāt be able to fully protect the individual health insurance market from adverse selection when the individual mandate penalty ends in 2019 and if the Trump administration expands association health plans (AHPs) and short-term catastrophic plans, according toĀ a new Commonwealth Fund report. States can āensure a level playing [ā¦]
April 2, 2018
Disparities
Report: Minority Women Undertreated for Perinatal Depression
In a new position paper, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University urge federal policymakers to appropriate funds toward diagnosis and treatment of perinatalĀ depressionĀ in minority women ā a group they say has been lacking in such care. Such a move would include increasing the number of medical providers who are trained [ā¦]
April 2, 2018
Policies
Sanders: āWe Know Nothing About VA Pickā
Sen. Bernie Sanders wouldnāt commit to supporting President Donald Trumpās pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, on Sunday. In an interview on CBSā āFace the Nation,ā the Vermont independent noted that Jackson, Trumpās personal physician, is a virtual unknown on veterans issues. He also expressed concerns the Trump administration [ā¦]
April 2, 2018
Disparities
Researchers Double Effort to Enroll Women in Breast-Disease Study
Leaders of a landmark study aimed at heightening the focus on family medical history and genetic drivers that put some women at higher risks than others for developing breast disease are ramping up efforts to add Black females to their hoped-for pool of 100,000 participants. So far, Black women, who tend to be diagnosed later [ā¦]
April 2, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Speak Up!
Kudos to tennis superstar extraordinaireĀ Serena WilliamsĀ for insisting on being heard relative to her recent medical needs. Though she has reached celebrity status and money is no object, she was forced to insist that her medical team listen to her and act accordingly. In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther KingĀ Jr. was quoted as stating, āOf all the [ā¦]
March 28, 2018
Disparities
Canadian Experts Say Ibuprofen Could Stall Alzheimerās
A Vancouver-based research team led by Canadaās most cited neuroscientist, Dr. Patrick McGeer, has successfully carried out studies suggesting that, if started early enough, a daily regimen of the non-prescription NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) ibuprofen can prevent the onset of Alzheimerās disease. This means that by taking an over-the-counter medication, people can ward off a [ā¦]
March 28, 2018
Policies
Institute Supports Conscience Rules in Healthcare
First Liberty Institute attorneys today submitted publicĀ commentsĀ on behalf of several religious ministries in support of new United States Health and Human Services (āHHSā) guidelines that ensure the protection of conscience rights for health care professionals. āWithout conscience protections, health care professionals across America risk discrimination for refusing to perform, facilitate, or refer for procedures that [ā¦]
March 28, 2018
Policies
Why Take the Risk of Skipping Insurance?
In tiny Marion, North Carolina, the Buchanans decided that $1,800 a month was too much to pay for health insurance, and are going without it for the first time in their lives. In Harahan, one bend of the Mississippi river up from New Orleans, the Owenses looked at their doubling insurance premiums and decided no [ā¦]
March 28, 2018
Disparities
Learning Native Traditions Helps Soldiers Transition
Michael Carroll served 18 months in Iraq for the United States Army. After coming home in 2004, doctors found that he suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Mental health experts say the disorder develops in some people who have experienced a shocking or dangerous event. Such persons may feel frightened even when they are [ā¦]
March 28, 2018
Policies
Insurance Spurs Increase in Sex-Change Surgery
When Gaines Blasdel decided in 2012 that he wanted surgery so his physical identity would match the male character heād long had in his head, his health insurance wouldnāt cover it ā not even student coverage at Hampshire College, which he admits with a laugh is the āsocial justice warrior capital of the world.ā Blasdel [ā¦]
March 28, 2018
Policies
Mental Health Experts Condemn Transgender Ban
On Friday night, President TrumpĀ announced that he would once again attempt to banĀ transgender people from serving in the military, based on recommendations that their health concerns undermine military readiness. Since then, the nationās two biggest mental health organizations have come forward to condemn that decision. The American Psychiatric Association responded Saturday withĀ a statementĀ from APA CEO [ā¦]
March 28, 2018
Disparities
Kids With Autism Less Likely to Be Vaccinated
Doctors say that there isĀ no scientific evidenceĀ suggesting a link between vaccines that infants and young children receive in the first few years of life and the risk of autism, but that has not stopped parents from questioning the connectionĀ āĀ and in some cases, forgoing vaccinations for their kids. In theĀ latest study published inĀ JAMA Pediatrics, researchers led [ā¦]
March 28, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Executing Dealers
Vengeance is not a public health policy. But itās implicit in a policy measure coming out of the White House, which would attempt to solve the opioid crisis with a plan that includes sentencing some high-intensity traffickers to death. It may feel good, and for some segment of the population, vengeance may even look good. [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Disparities
Analysis Reveals Why Asthma Inhalers Fail Minority Children
The largest-ever whole-genome sequencing study of drug response in minority children has revealed new clues about why the front-line asthma drug albuterol does not work as well for African-American and Puerto Rican children as it does for European American or Mexican children. Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease in the world, according toĀ World [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Disparities
R.I. Foundation Offers $28 M for Work on Disparities
TheĀ Rhode Island FoundationĀ is offering $2.8 million in grants to nonprofit organizations to address heath disparities in communities around the state. The deadline to apply is April 2. āThe foundation will give priority to proposals that bring together clinical organizations, community-based organizations and residents to improve the health of communities with high rates of illness, chronic [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Disparities
2-Year-Old Has Rare āVanishing Boneā Disease
An Ottawa County boy is battling a disease so rare, less than 300 cases have been reported in the entire world. Two-year-old Leo Aguillon went to the doctor for pneumonia a couple weeks ago, but a chest x-ray and CT scan showed the unimaginable: half of the bones in his chest were gone. āThey found [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
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