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Lil Jon Wants Us To “Get Low” To Check For Colon Cancer

Black Health Matters

He has recorded and released Get Low #2, a version of the hit dedicated to encouraging people to use the Cologuard kit to get informed about their health. Black and Brown people, we do not like to go to the doctor until something’s wrong, Lil Jon told Black Health Matters in an interview. I’m all about health, he said.

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Connecting With Patients About Insomnia & Gaining Weight

Black Health Matters

” This has major health implications, including the potential for gaining weight. How Lack of Sleep Impacts Black Patients in Particular There is a proven link between poor cardiovascular health, something that can contribute to difficulty reversing obesity, and insomnia. But in our community, numbers are even higher; 45.4%

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High Blood Pressure Is a Growing Problem Among Children and Teens

Mercola

High blood pressure is a health concern that middle-aged adults and the elderly usually contend with, however, new research suggests that this silent killer is now affecting the lives of American children at an alarming rate. These include "low education, low income, no health insurance, food insecurity and no or limited employment."

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Public health by any other name…

Public Healthy

By Steve Senior , Siobhan Farmer and me — In a recent blog , David Buck and Toby Lewis gave some thought to how ‘population health’ and ‘public health’ can work best work together. Each can have profound benefits for health, but each is also a means to a different, entirely legitimate end.

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Ending Black Maternal Mortality

Exploring Health

She was an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with a focus on how racial inequality, trauma, and violence result in poor health. Irving passed away at home in January 2017. think a lot about that in public health: how do we get public health to people where they are?

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Call for Entries: Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research

The Official PLOS Blog

The annual €350,000 Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research in cooperation with the QUEST Center for Responsible Research at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) is inviting applications and nominations again. The BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research was founded in 2017.

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4 million could lose health insurance if ACA tax credits expire

Association of Health Care Journalists

Congress could also repeal the Affordable Care Act (known as Obamacare or the ACA), as it did in 2017 during Trumps first term, but that attempt failed. If the credits end, 4 million Americans could lose their ACA health insurance and 7.2 million enrolled in 2020, according to this Health Affairs article.