Reagan, Deregulation and America’s Exceptional Rise in Health Care Costs
Though shifting more responsibility to the investor-owned private sector seemed to backfire as a cost-control measure, it was consistent with broader deregulation in the 1980s. “We need to see the...
View ArticleMarriage equality votes a key to LGB health disadvantage
UQ research has revealed that lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) Australians suffer more health problems in areas where most people voted against same-sex marriage. The study – among the first of its kind...
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Brisk ten-minute walk just as good as 10000 steps, says Public Health England
Forget 10,000 steps! A brisk ten-minute walk is just as good if you want to stay fit and healthy, says Public Health England Brisk ten-minute walk, around 1,000 steps, can increase mortality by 15 per...
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Mother’s late-stage breast cancer cured by breakthrough treatment
A woman given months to live after all treatments for her breast cancer failed has been completely cured by a breakthrough injection. Judy Perkins had tumors the size of plums in her liver after cancer...
View ArticleCancelled My Health Record data to be kept in limbo
The federal government is automatically signing people up to its My Health Record scheme, with the goal of having issued a digital medical file to all Australians by the end of this year. Individuals...
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New report finds no evidence that having sex with robots is healthy
Heads of “smart” sex dolls on display in a factory in Dongguan, China, in April. (REX/Shutterstock) Sex sells, and robots are no exception. One of the most expensive consumer robots under development,...
View ArticleMental health services expanding for all students in Fresno County – KFSN
Mental health services will be expanding for more than 200,000 kids at over 300 schools in Fresno County. “Today is one of those moments in Fresno County history that we can all be very proud of,” says...
View ArticleReagan, Deregulation and America’s Exceptional Rise in Health …
Though shifting more responsibility to the investor-owned private sector seemed to backfire as a cost-control measure, it was consistent with broader deregulation in the 1980s. “We need to see the...
View ArticleCounty names new behavioral health director
Sevet Johnson(Photo: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO) Sevet Johnson will lead the Ventura County Behavioral Health Department as its director, county leaders announced Tuesday. Johnson, of Moorpark, is a licensed...
View ArticleMental health services: How to get treatment if you can’t afford it
Private therapists will often work on a sliding scale — as low as $10/hour Recently I found a few therapists who are taking new clients but not insurance. I was discouraged by their steep hourly rates...
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Apple’s Health Record API released to third-party developers; is it safe?
Apple at its Worldwide Developers Conference this week released an API that allows developers and researchers to create applications that connect to Health Records, a feature released with iOS 11.3...
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Trump Launches Revamp of Veterans’ Health Care. Can a Rudderless VA Carry It...
The VA Mission Act, which Congress passed with bipartisan support before Memorial Day, was designed to overhaul the way veterans get private-sector care, close or consolidate underused facilities and...
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Geisinger CEO David Feinberg is not going to lead the...
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Suicide rates rise sharply across the United States, new report shows
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. (David Goldman/AP) This post has been updated. Suicide rates rose in all but one state between 1999 and 2016, with increases seen...
View ArticleJustice Department Won’t Defend Affordable Care Act in Lawsuit Brought by States
The department, in a brief it filed Thursday in a lawsuit brought by 20 state attorneys general, asks the court to halt ACA protections that Republicans in Congress sought to preserve when they...
View ArticleHow Suicide Quietly Morphed Into a Public Health Crisis
According to Matthew Nock, a professor of psychology at Harvard, the wide majority of people who die by suicide “explicitly deny suicidal thoughts or intentions in their last communications before...
View Article‘You’ve handed us an issue’: Democrats pounce on Trump administration’s...
The Trump administration’s startling decision to abandon one of the Affordable Care Act’s most popular provisions — protections for people with preexisting medical conditions — put Republicans on the...
View ArticleFocus on Health Care Jolts GOP Ahead of Midterms
The filing came in a case where a group of 20 Republican state attorneys general is seeking to strike down the law. Moderate GOP lawmakers said the Justice Department’s brief, which supports much of...
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Democrats’ October ‘surprise’ in the midterms? Hint: It has to do with health...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The October ritual of checking new health insurance rates has never been fun for Karl Quist, who runs a tech startup. But last year, he said when his rate for a plan through...
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Small-town home health aide a big-time mob associate
Caption Close Gilboa In rural Schoharie County, Jerry and Patricia Gauthier knew her as “Anna,” an invaluable home health aide and member of their family. In Brooklyn, Nazo Gaprindashvili carried...
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