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Are Cognitive Biases Hurting Your Health?

It’s human nature to have cognitive biases. These tendencies to think in certain ways or process information by filtering it through your personal preferences, beliefs and experiences are normal, but they can offer a skewed perspective. “We all have these biases – they are the lenses through which we process information and they are a […]

Memories of 1918 Flu Epidemic Linger in Santa Fe

This year marks the 100th anniversary the influenza pandemic of 1918, known as the Spanish flu, that killed one out of every 20 people in the world and over 1,000 people in New Mexico. As the flu swept across the country, officials in New Mexico tried to minimize the threat, thinking it might damage the […]

Pill That Can Prevent HIV Infection Underused

NEW YORK — From gritty neighborhoods in New York and Los Angeles to clinics in Kenya and Brazil, health workers are trying to popularize a pill that has proven highly effective in preventing HIV but which — in their view — remains woefully underused. Marketed in the United States as Truvada, and sometimes available abroad […]

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About That Cognitive Fitness Test Trump Took

Can you recognize a lion? How about remembering a list of five words, right away and five minutes later? President Donald Trump can. He got all the usual tests as part of his annual physical exam as president. But he also added an extra exam — a cognitive screening test for memory loss or early […]

Judge Sentences Gymnastics Doctor to 40-175 Years

Disgraced former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar was sentenced to a minimum of 40 years and up to 175 years in a Michigan state prison Wednesday, bringing an end to a marathon sentencing hearing that featured statements from more than 150 girls and women who asserted he sexually abused them. The […]

HHS Protects Workers Who Object to Medical Procedures

The Trump Administration’s Health and Human Services Department is creating new protections for moral and religious health care workers that will allow them to opt of out participating in medical procedures that violate their spiritual beliefs like abortions and assisted suicides. However, activists and liberal politicians fear such policies will also allow medical professionals to […]

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Drug Under Study Could Stop Cancer

A cancer drug is in development that could stop the disease in its tracks. The unnamed medication targets a specific enzyme that fuels the spread of tumours, new research reveals. It does this by binding to the membrane of rapidly multiplying cells, a European study found. Read More

Smoking, Obesity Fuel Increase in Diabetes in South

Rising obesity rates in several Southern states are leading to a rapid increase in new cases of diabetes among both black and white adults. A new study led by investigators at the University of Texas Health Science Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) found the risk of diabetes is double for black patients. Read […]

Why Are Thousands of Babies Dying in U.S.?

The U.S. is one of the wealthiest and most influential nations in the world. Yet, for some reason, it’s still struggling in meaningful ways with protecting our children. A new study, which analyzed childhood mortality rates of 19 economically similar countries between 1961 and 2010, revealed that, despite making improvements, the U.S. is lagging behind. […]

Black Children Face Higher Death Risk After Surgery

Memphis, Tenn. – A recent study, Race, Preoperative Risk Factors, and Death After Surgery, has found that black children are more than twice as likely to die following surgery than white children and describes race-specific models to predict surgical outcomes. The study has been published online, and will be published in the February 2018 issue […]

Podcast Examines Myths about Black Males

The Black Boys & Men: Changing the Narrative podcast series brings together thought leaders from the public and private sectors to analyze stereotypes and dispel myths concerning Black boys and men, while providing facts and best practices for those working with these often marginalized populations. The series calls into question issues of systemic racism and […]

For Poorest Students, a College Degree Makes Health Worse

A new UNC study may help debunk the traditional rags to riches narrative surrounding upward mobility and its relationship to higher education. Published in fall 2017, the study, titled “College completion predicts lower depression but higher metabolic syndrome among disadvantaged minorities in young adulthood,” was authored by a team led by UNC sociology professor Kathleen […]

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