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How Racism Affects Your Health as a Black American

Writer George Johnson has watched his grandmother fight multiple bouts of cancers, as well as diabetes and other health conditions throughout her life. Health challenges have always played a large role in his family. But in his recent VICE Magazine story, Johnson explains that this is not simply because of bad luck. Rather, it may […]

State wants to launch a full-blown study of health risks of dust blowing from Point of Mountain

The Utah Health Department has strongly urged Lehi not to base any policy decisions on the state’s hastily completed and far-from-conclusive recent study of possible health risks from blowing dust from construction and mining at the Point of the Mountain. A letter from Sam LeFevre, manager of the state’s environmental epidemiology program, said his agency […]

Report on racial disparity sparks discussion about media and race

On Monday, News 5 reported on newly-released data from the Center for Community Solutions, a Cleveland-based nonpartisan think tank that focuses on solutions to health, social and economic issues. The conclusion? It is more challenging to be black in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County when it comes to health, economics, criminal justice, infant mortality and more. […]

Accepting Alzheimer’s, One Lost Memory at a Time

With a slow moving disease like Alzheimer’s, there’s still time for doubt. Perhaps the diagnosis is wrong and the memory holes and struggle for words are just normal aging. Deep in your psyche, there’s still a little spark of hope. Read More

Loma Linda University School of Public Health Study Finds Railyard…

Loma Linda University School of Public Health researchers released the first study assessing all 18 major freight railyards in California and found a link with freight-railyard pollution to asthma-related emergency room visits in children. The study was recently published in Preventive Medicine Reports. This large-scale railyard study is a follow-up to the i nitial study […]

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University Health CEO resigns amid bacterial outbreak

University Hospital President and CEO John Kastanis resigned Thursday amid a deadly bacterial outbreak at the hospital’s neonatal intensive-care unit. Four premature babies in the neonatal ICU have contracted the Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria since September, three of whom died, according to public health officials. Read More

More College Students Report Mental Health Conditions

The number of students coming to college with a mental health condition continues to increase. The 2018 College Student Health Survey of University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMTC) found a 29 percent increase in mental health conditions among students since 2015, with nearly half of all female students reporting a diagnosis in their lifetime. Read […]

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Student-led USC Group Aims for Diversity Among Physical Therapists

The physical therapy profession has a bit of a diversity problem, one might say. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5 percent of all practicing physical therapists are African-American. And only 3 percent of all physical therapy students this year were African-American, while 6 percent were Hispanic, according to the Commission on Accreditation […]

U.S. Relies Heavily on Foreign-Born Healthcare Workers

(Reuters Health) – More than one in four doctors in the United States were born in another country, and a new study suggests many nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and home health aides are also immigrants. Researchers who analyzed U.S. census data on 164,000 health care professionals found that overall, almost 17 percent weren’t born in America […]

Bi Women, Gay Men at Highest Risk of Opioid Misuse

Bisexual women and gay men are reporting higher rates of opioid misuse compared to people of other sexual orientations, a new NYU study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, has revealed. The study, which surveyed more than 42,000 people of various sexual orientations — but not gender identities — in all 50 states, […]

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Event Highlights the Importance of Self-Care for People of Color

On Friday, Nov. 30, Ithaca College’s Peggy Ryan Williams Center lobby was filled with students ready to learn ways people of color (POC) can practice self-care on a predominately white campus. The event, “Engaging Mental Health in People of Color,” was held by IC BOLD Women’s Leadership Network. Founded by IC president Shirley Collado, the […]

Black and Hispanic Americans Have a Harder Time Quitting Cigarettes. Will This Penn Study Find a way to Help?

Black and Hispanic Americans are less likely to smoke cigarettes than white Americans. Yet once they’ve started, they’re more likely to stay hooked. National data show they successfully quit only about half as often as white smokers. These communities often have less access to nicotine-replacement therapy and counseling that can help them quit. But experts […]

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