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17/09/2022

Jade Ladue spent last weekend celebrating her son's 13th birthday with him. And despite the stereotype of her age of her, when children are said to turn into unruly teenagers - she's actually thriving, she says. “He has many hobbies. He loves sports, hanging out with friends, fishing and even going to school, "she said. But he knows his experience of coming of age could have been much worse....

Jade Ladue spent last weekend celebrating her son's 13th birthday with him. And despite the stereotype of her age of her, when children are said to turn into

17/09/2022

A long and healthy life is the goal of many Americans, but according to a study published in September 2022 in Bmj, the average life expectancy in the United States fell from 78.8 years in 2019 to 76.1 in 2021, marking the steepest two-year decline in a century. Research shows that the risk of many chronic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, dementia and osteoporosis, also increases with age....

17/09/2022

The inclusion of community health workers (CHW) and promoting services such as a Medi-Cal benefit it's just part of California's larger efforts to make these services more accessible across the state, according to Carlina Hansen, Senior Program Officer of Improving Access at the California Health Care Foundation. Get the latest information on state-specific health care policies right in your inbox....

17/09/2022

Wichita, Kansas - Federal pandemic programs that bolstered health insurance rates nationwide in 2021 ultimately did not lead to increased coverage in Kansas - meaning that, for the first time in decades, it is significantly less likely that Kansan have health insurance with respect to the US population as a total. As millions of Americans have lost their jobs and with it their employer-based health insurance, the federal government has enacted extensive relief measures to help people access coverage....

17/09/2022

A new study finds that in different races and ethnicities, metabolites from healthier diets can help protect brain health. Diet is an important source of many metabolites, which can be indicators of various aspects of our health. Previous research has found that some metabolites, including lipids, amino acids, and steroids, are linked to cognitive decline and dementia. New research by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital has further confirmed what is already known about the link between diet and cognition: what we eat can impact the health of our brains....

17/09/2022

Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA: Let's talk about access and convenience. It's great to have wonderful heart failure therapies, but if patients aren't able to fill them or don't stick with these therapies, we won't see those positive health benefits. How do you discuss population health management approaches for heart failure, but do you also identify an opportunity to improve care?...

17/09/2022

Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA: Let's talk about access and convenience. It's great to have wonderful heart failure therapies, but if patients aren't able to fill them or don't stick with these therapies, we won't see those positive health benefits. How do you discuss population health management approaches for heart failure, but do you also identify an opportunity to improve care?...

16/09/2022

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up-to-date on the top Texas news. For the first time, a state report detailing the latest data on how many Texans die from pregnancy or childbirth complications won't be ready before the Texas legislature meets next year. The delay in the state's maternal mortality report - what would have been the fourth since 2014 - was first revealed two weeks ago by Dr....

16/09/2022

Play, increase brain power? It may sound too good to be true, but playing games like the ones you might find on your phone could help you stay awake for years to come. "There has been a lot of research in this area and there is definitely a link between mental stimulation and reducing the risk of cognitive decline with age," says Gary Small, MD, president of psychiatry at Hackensack University Medical....

16/09/2022

Governor Greg Gianforte met with local law enforcement, public officials, and mental health and addiction care providers in Kalispell on Thursday, where they reviewed ways to combat the fentanyl crisis and state health department leaders introduced a safe haven program called the Montana Angel Initiative. The initiative, currently used in Yellowstone, Cascade and Lewis and Clark counties, would allow those suffering from addiction to access law enforcement offices where authorities can link people to treatment....

16/09/2022

Sexual and reproductive health and rights. It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, does it? But without knowing it, you are probably already familiar with several cases that focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), such as Britney Spears who wants more children but has been prevented from removing her intrauterine device (IUD), or overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States....

16/09/2022

In a report today of 313 health workers (health workers) exposed to monkeypox in Colorado, none of them contracted the virus, despite few wearing recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) or receiving post-prophylaxis vaccination. exposure (PEP). The study, led by a researcher from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was published in…...

16/09/2022

"These realities translate into access to endangered services and that deserves the immediate attention of policymakers," said Rick Pollack, President and CEO of the American Hospital Association. Increasing pressure on healthcare workforce and resources is turning 2022 into one of the worst financial years on record for hospitals and healthcare systems. More than half of the hospitals and health systems surveyed by Kaufman Hall are expected to operate in the red for the remainder of the year, limiting access to patient care and causing billions of dollars in losses for these organizations....

16/09/2022

Healthcare is consistently high on the list of American voters' concerns and is likely to stay there. In fact, in the latest Americans for Prosperity health care survey, conducted on June 22 by Public Opinion Strategies, health care is in the top three, right after inflation and employment. The overwhelming majority of voters reject a government takeover of health care - they want to keep what works and fix what isn't....

16/09/2022

If anything, the last few years on planet Earth have shown us how complex, fragile and unpredictable public health can be. But the years have also shown us how interconnected we are. This kind of epiphany turns out to be good timing for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), as the agency is in the first few weeks of its statewide community health needs assessment survey....

16/09/2022

WASHINGTON - Dr. Suzy Fitzgerald recalls looking out the windows as the flames of fires surrounded the hospital where she worked. "We had fire in all three directions," Fitzgerald recalled. “I thought, 'Oh God, this is serious. We have to get these people out '”. Fitzgerald helped evacuate 122 patients from Kaiser Permanente's Santa Rosa Medical Center that night nearly five years ago, when the fire engulfed homes and buildings across Northern California....

16/09/2022

Recruitment and retention issues are the obvious and above the surface topics when it comes to the staffing of home care providers. But the trends below the surface could be just as important and are becoming evident. For example, home health workers must manage increased PTO use and decreased worker productivity. In general, the profile of a pre-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 worker is different....