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Unraveling an oral health mystery leads to rare autoimmune diagnosis

NC Health News

. “My mouth burst into blisters everywhere,” Letsky-Anderson told NC Health News in a recent phone interview. ” Letsky-Anderson’s journey is illustrative of a growing refrain in the oral health and broader medical community: the mouth is a window into overall health. Even drinking water was painful.”

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The Pivot with Nashmia Khan

UNC Epidemiology Blog

What’s your role in public health? I’m a second-year Master of Public Health student in the Health Behavior concentration. Now that I’m in my third semester, I feel like I’ve gotten my bearings and have more flexibility to explore everything both public health and the Triangle area have to offer.

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What Is a Global Health Professional?

Tulane Public Health Blog

Quality health care should not have borders. While healthcare organizations around the globe work to improve access to quality care, global health professionals work to bring together national and international efforts to address health inequity. The fields differ, however, in their area of focus.

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Patients Couldn’t Pay Their Utility Bills. One Hospital Turned to Solar Power for Help.

KFF Health News

He’d been counting on the solar panels to help the hospital shift to renewable energy, but sharing the power with patients felt as if it fit the health system’s mission. “Boston Medical Center’s been focused on lower-income communities and trying to change their health outcomes for over 100 years,” Biggio said.

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‘No one can see you now’: What states are doing to boost primary care

Association of Health Care Journalists

Evidence abounds that access to primary care improves health and lowers costs. And yet, only 5% of health care spending in this country goes to primary care, less than in any other Western democracy. Freyer is a health care journalist based in Rhode Island. Prior to that, he was CEO of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island.

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Researchers Hammond and Shields receive awards, opportunities to expand research

Washington University in St. Louis - Institute for

Written by Kim Furlow, communication programs manager, Institute for Public Health Two Public Health Faculty Scholars, who are also collaborators with WashUs Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research, have recently received honors and opportunities to help expand their research.

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November 1, 2024

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

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.