News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Canada's current national screening guidelines for breast cancer are less appropriate for women of certain race and ethnicity groups since they are diagnosed at younger ages with more advanced stages of the disease.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Reporting on alcohol use and alcohol use disorder: Data, disparities, and responsible journalism Moderator: Naseem Miller , senior health editor, The Journalist’s Resource Jordan Gass-Pooré , podcast producer and investigative journalist Nasim Maleki, Ph.D. Maleki also noted the racial, ethnic and regional disparities of the harms of alcohol.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 22, 2023

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Researchers analyzed health information on middle-aged and senior participants in the UK Biobank. This held true for both Caucasian people and those of other ethnicities. Adult education also appeared to help preserve nonverbal reasoning performance and fluid intelligence.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Maria Glymour Maria Glymour , chair and professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health; Jacqueline Torres, associate professor of epidemiology & biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco; and Paola Gilsanz, research scientist II at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, have received a $28.8

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Frontiers

AUGUST 3, 2023

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer In an observational study, researchers showed that consuming more added sugars is consistently associated with greater odds of developing kidney stones in the US, especially for ethnicities such as Native Americans or Asians, or for people with a relatively higher income.

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The Health Care Blog

JULY 5, 2022

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, health, and the pursuit of Happiness. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

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The Health Care Blog

JULY 19, 2022

I read the Stat News investigative piece “ Health care’s high rollers ,” by Bob Herman and colleagues, with interest but not much surprise. As Kaiser Family Foundation’s CEO Drew Altman told them, “Health care has become big business. As Kaiser Family Foundation’s CEO Drew Altman told them, “Health care has become big business.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In honor of the international day of Older Persons (October 1st) we spoke to the first onboarded Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Aging , Dr. Morten Scheibye-Knudsen, and the most recently joining Specialty Chief Editor Dr. Richard Siow.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

birth Lower Neighborhood Opportunity May Increase Risk for Preterm Birth A new study suggests that neighborhoods with fewer educational, health, environmental, and socioeconomic resources may increase one’s risk for preterm birth and contribute to the racial gap in preterm birth in the Commonwealth.

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Big Cities Health Coalition

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), representing the leaders of health departments serving nearly 61 million Americans, calls on the incoming Administration and Congress to enhance support for local public health systems.

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Science Daily - Public Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The study introduces a new framework that incorporates socioeconomic status (SES) factors -- such as income, education, and ethnicity -- into epidemic models.

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Black Health Matters

AUGUST 13, 2024

Increasingly, people under the age of 50 are being diagnosed with various forms of cancer. Today, a woman in her 30s faces a higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer compared to her grandmother at the same age, according to Scientific American. Taking Action This is a reminder that cancer doesn’t discriminate by age.

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Frontiers

MAY 10, 2022

Besides BMI trajectory group and season (fall or spring), the authors used the school, the child’s age in months, gender, race or ethnicity, and relative body weight or height compared to peers as explanatory variables to model seasonal changes in height, weight, and BMIz, as well as their modifying statistical interactions.

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Black Health Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2024

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. The twenty-somethings standing on nightclub couches when the original song was released in 2002 are now forty-somethings at the prime age to get screened. Watch the full video below.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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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Black Health Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Health Education Advocacy and Learning (HEAL) is a non-profit collaborative created to provide every community with access to resources that will help them thrive. The post Advocating For Chronic Kidney Disease Policy Change appeared first on Black Health Matters.

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Research America

JUNE 25, 2024

and its devastating effects on people of all ages through patient stories in our discussion. It also highlighted the fact that folks at urgent care weren’t tuned in to this being potentially more dangerous, so that comes down to health care provider readiness and training. Several countries do, so we’re pushing for the U.S.

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HEALTHBEAT

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Burnham, an assistant professor at the Morehouse School of Medicine, has long thought that standard clinical guidelines don’t match the needs of Black men, as her father was diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 50. But the U.S.

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Black Health Matters

JUNE 13, 2024

A special report by the Alzheimer’s Association indicates that 19% of Black adults aged 65 and older have Alzheimer’s dementia compared with 10% of white older adults. Ethnic and cultural bias often influences our healthcare experiences, and unfortunately, Alzheimer’s disease is not an exception.

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Better Health For All

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

We recently published a joint blog between the Social Care and Musculoskeletal (MSK) Special Interest Groups at the Faculty of Public Health. To influence systems, we (in Public Health) need to understand and articulate the context and issues for MSK health and adult social care.

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Black Health Matters

AUGUST 12, 2024

The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology reports that “Fibroids are more common and more severe among African American women, and African American women have fibroids diagnosed at earlier ages, are more likely to be symptomatic, and are likely to have different responses to medical treatment than White women.”

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Frontiers

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Regardless of age, body weight, ethnicity, gender expression, gender identity, nationality, race, sexual identity, or financial status, eating disorders and related anxieties about appearance can afflict anyone. Leading this article collection is Dr. Jason M Lavender , from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU).

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Call for New AMCHP Association Committee Members is Open Through November 8 Are you interested in effecting meaningful change nationally and have your voice heard on maternal and child health (MCH) matters? MacQueen Lecture Award : For innovation in the field of maternal and child health.

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Maternal Health Task Force

MARCH 18, 2024

She is currently a Fellow in the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy and is enrolled in the Harvard School of Public Health MPH-45 program in Health Policy with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. By: Jodian Pinkney , Infectious Diseases Physician.

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Fund for Public Health NYC

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Years NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan today unveiled “ HealthyNYC , ” an ambitious plan to improve and extend the average lifespan of all New Yorkers. Read “ Using Law to Advance Population Health Planning ” in Health Affairs.

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The Hill

DECEMBER 14, 2024

The study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum found that obesity nationwide has dropped from 46 percent in 2022 to 45.6 percent last year.The researchers also discovered that obesity has declined substantially in the South, including among women older adults, ages 66 to 75. The obesity rate among U.S.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

influenced by race, ethnicity, and geography, affecting education, income, and lifespan. A study reveals significant disparities in wellbeing across the U.S.,

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The Health Care Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided important lessons regarding the structure and delivery of health care in the United States, and one of the most significant takeaways has been the need to shift to value-based models of care. That figure rose to nearly 20% in 2020 during the pandemic.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

For journalists who want to track trends in the quality of maternal health, a more useful gauge may be the rate of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) , which affects tens of thousands of women annually. It’s associated with both adverse maternal and infant health outcomes and higher healthcare costs. per 10,000 in 2016 to 87.2

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Frontiers

MAY 19, 2022

We encountered numerous cancer patients who asked us whether medical cannabis treatment can benefit their health,” said co-author Gil Bar-Sela, associate professor at the Ha’Emek Medical Center Afula.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has published a new study published in The Lancet that finds significant disparities in well-being among racial and ethnic groups, and across sex and age groups.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Property costs can vary wildly, influenced by a number of factors as well as the larger economic health of the nation. Real estate marketing is a constantly changing, often volatile and unpredictable landscape. Despite this, property remains an attractive and popular investment option for many people.

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The Hill

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Latinos in the United States are less likely to have adequate health insurance than Americans overall, according to a new survey from health research nonprofit The Commonwealth Fund. of working age have health insurance for the whole year and are not underinsured, according to the surveypublished Tuesday.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The child tax credit currently provides up to $2,000 per qualifying child under 17 years of age for the 2024 tax year, with a refundable portion of $1,700 available to families whose tax liabilities are lower than the credit amount. This improvement in food security can have long-lasting effects on child health and development.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. New HIV diagnoses ticked slightly upward in New York City in 2023, but the estimated number of new infections fell, suggesting possible progress in HIV testing efforts, city health officials said Wednesday.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 19, 2024

If the credits end, 4 million Americans could lose their ACA health insurance and 7.2 Also, hospitals, physicians and other professionals who deliver health care could see a rise in uncompensated care. million enrolled in 2020, according to this Health Affairs article. The enhanced premium tax credits were among the reasons 21.4

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HEALTHBEAT

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. The day after Donald Trump secured a second presidential term, New York officials pledged to protect residents’ reproductive rights and access to health care — and experts braced for a likely assault on local public health systems. “No

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