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A Former Surgeon General On The Need For Health …

WebA Former Surgeon General On The Need For Health Equity. Dr. David Satcher, CDC director from 1993-1998. Credit: CDC. When a public health crisis strikes, …

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Social Activity And Connections Boost Our Health As We …

WebSociology researcher Dr. Linda Waite has been tracking the social health of thousands of research participants ranging in age from 50 to over 100, for 15 years. The …

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Rachel Levine, First Openly Trans Senate Appointee, On …

WebDr. Rachel Levine speaking at a COVID-19 press conference in Pennsylvania in March 2020. Credit: Governor Tom Wolf/flickr/CC BY 2.0 The American healthcare system is …

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What Would American Healthcare Look Like If It Were …

WebThe four overarching goals of Healthy People 2020 are: To attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death; …

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How We Arrived At Current Standards Of Care For Trans …

WebS o far this year, 16 states have moved to restrict or completely ban transgender kids access to gender affirming care. And 17 other states are considering …

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A Harrowing Misdiagnosis And A Doctor’s Quest For …

WebDr. Uché Blackstock is an emergency physician based in Brooklyn, New York, the founder & CEO of Advancing Health Equity, and the author of Legacy: A Black …

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Why Gender-Affirming Healthcare Is ‘Lifesaving Care’

WebThe American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the Pediatric Endocrine Society have all condemned bills like Arkansas’ AB1570, which …

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What Does HIPAA Actually Do

WebHIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is name dropped a lot, but frequently misunderstood. Many are surprised to find that the “P” …

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With Roots In Civil Rights, Community Health Centers …

WebDelta Health Center, in northwestern Mississippi, was founded in the 1960s as the first rural community health center. Delta's leaders say community health centers …

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How Your Brain Constructs Your Mental Health

WebThis segment is part of the The Science Of Mental Health spotlight. In “The Balanced Brain,” Dr. Camilla Nord explores the relationship between physical and mental …

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There Is Such a Thing As Too Much Medical Care

WebThe following is an excerpt from Less Medicine, More Health by H. Gilbert Welch. We Americans consume a lot of medical care. By some metrics, we are the most …

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The Surgeon General Warns About Loneliness And Social Media

WebI n a recent advisory, the United States surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, warned that the negative health effects of loneliness and isolation are comparable to …

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Healthcare Is Hard Enough To Get. If You’re A Trans Youth, It’s …

WebIt can be hard enough to find a trans-friendly provider in your area, but even harder to find a pediatric endocrinologist, which is the kind of doctor that can prescribe gender-affirming …

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Getting To Know The Fungus Among Us (In Our Guts)

WebThe fungus Candida albicans, a type of yeast, lives in the gut microbiota and plays a role in health and gastrointestinal disease. The scanning electron micrograph …

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Smart Toilets Stop You From Flushing Your Health Data

WebThat’s the goal of the smart toilet—a device that gets all up in your business to tell you more about your health. Ira talks with the inventor of the PH Smart Toilet, Dr. …

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How A Deaf Advisory Group Is Changing Healthcare

WebIn 2022, University of Utah Health and Litchman partnered with the advocacy group Deaf Diabetes Can Together to create the hospital’s Deaf Community Advisory Board. The …

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An Argument For The Benefits Of Not Bathing

WebAside from saving water though, I think one of the best positives of this is that because I don’t commute to work very often anymore, I spend more time taking care …

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Are Aspartame And Other Artificial Sweeteners Hurting Us

WebAspartame, a popular sugar substitute found in sodas and diet snacks, has been classified as a “possible carcinogen.” Credit: Shutterstock The World Health …

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Is a Healthier English Bulldog Possible

WebCredit: Science Friday. The loveable, wrinkly, squishy-faced English bulldog is the fourth most popular purebred in the United States. The breed is also notorious for health …

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