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Publix Markets Will Cover HIV Prevention Drug

The Southeast’s largest supermarket chain announced Tuesday that it is changing its employee prescription plan to cover a drug that helps prevent HIV infections, remedying an omission that doctors and gay rights groups said was highly unusual. Publix announced its change in a Twitter reply to Florida state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, an Orlando-area Democrat […]

Flint Water Crisis Caused Legionnaires’ Outbreak

The city of Flint, Michigan, is still dealing with the fallout of its contaminated water crisis. In 2014, the city switched its water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River — and in addition to the resulting dangerously high levels of lead in the water, two studies published Monday revealed that the change in […]

Noise Pollution Increases Heart Risks, Study Finds

Everyday noise pollution isn’t just hard on your ears. It’s bad for your heart, says a new study. “There is no doubt that noise makes us sick,” investigators told MedicalResearch.com. Read More

NIH: High-Salt Diet Affects Brain

Diets that are high in salt (sodium chloride) have long been associated with high blood pressure. High blood pressure raises the risk for heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and other health problems. Studies have also linked salt intake with brain health, but the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Previous studies suggested that high levels of […]

Study Finds Biggest Black Lung Cluster Ever

Epidemiologists at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health say they’ve identified the largest cluster of advanced black lung disease ever reported, a cluster that was first uncovered by NPR 14 months ago. In a research letter published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, NIOSH confirms 416 cases of progressive massive […]

Researchers Measure Metal Exposure in Native Americans

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers hope to measure the effects of mixed metals and uranium waste exposure on Native American populations living in close proximity to abandoned mines, and better understand how these toxins spread through the environment. That’s the objective of the newly created Superfund Research Center at the University of New Mexico, which is […]

P.R. Med Center, Patients Say U.S. Underfunds Programs

MIAMI (CN) – A medical center in Puerto Rico and two of its patients claim in court that the Trump administration is underfunding the health care programs in the U.S. territory, placing nearly 1 million people at risk of losing their health care coverage. In a federal complaint filed Monday in Miami, the plaintiffs claim […]

Study: Omega 3 No Help for Heart Disease

Supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids, the oils abundant in fatty fish, are ineffective for the prevention of heart disease, a large review of randomized trials has found. The analysis, in JAMA Cardiology, pooled data from 10 randomized trials in people who had had cardiovascular disease or were at high risk for it. There were 77,917 […]

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#BellLetsTalk: Mental Health and Black People

The hashtag movement #BellLetsTalk emerged in 2010 as a segue to open up the conversation surrounding mental illness and to cease the stigma around individuals suffering from depression, anxiety, and other mental ailments. This is great except; the discussion is still a taboo in the Black community. The National Alliance on Mental Health reports that […]

Medical School Expands Diversity Efforts

More than four years into a drive to diversify the medical school, officials say they are enrolling an increasing number of students from underrepresented backgrounds, but the percentage of racial minorities at the school has largely flatlined. After hiring its first diversity-focused administrator, medical school officials and faculty said the school has made a major […]

Opioid Crisis Hits Native American, Rural Women Hardest

Native American females and women in rural communities suffer the highest risk of deaths from opioids and other drugs, advocates and caregivers involved in mental health and trauma said Thursday. The risk is heightened for Native American women, who face a long history of oppression and abuse, turning to opioids as a form of pain […]

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Yale Center Gets $1 M to Study Cancer Disparities

Yale Cancer Center (YCC) has been awarded a $1 million grant by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation (BSMF) to address health care disparities in cancer care and support. The grant will fund the Cancer Disparities Firewall project, a multilevel intervention that focuses on patient and system level factors that contribute to cancer disparities in the YCC/New […]

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