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Free Health Clinics Make a Comeback

After eight years of stagnant growth during Obamacare’s coverage expansion, free and charitable health clinics are experiencing a major growth spurt amid Republican efforts to slash health coverage for the poor. A safety-net health care provider for low-income Americans, the nation’s 1,200-plus free clinics typically are underfunded, understaffed and overwhelmed by an outsized mission that […]

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Roxane Gay’s Memoir: Journey into Obesity

At her heaviest, Roxane Gay weighed 577 pounds. In her powerful, at times harrowing, new memoir, “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body,” Gay explains how she got that way and what it’s like to live “trapped in a cage.” It’s the story of a “carefree young girl … who felt safe in her body” until […]

Shortage of Native American Doctors Raises Concern

PHOENIX — Dena Wilson never doubted what she wanted to do with her life while growing up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Her mother worked at the Indian Health Service as a social worker, and aside from a brief desire to be a bird in kindergarten, Wilson knew she wanted to […]

Researchers Closer to Early Autism Diagnosis

Research shows that the roots of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) generally start early—most likely in the womb. That’s one more reason, on top of a large number of epidemiological studies, why current claims about the role of vaccines in causing autism can’t be right. But how early is ASD detectable? It’s a critical question, since […]

Study: Racial, Ethnic Minority People Get Less Care

America is a melting pot of diversity. Having the ability to meet people from any part of the world is one of America’s biggest assets and one that has made it into the country it is today. It is estimated that racial and ethnic minorities represent 28 percent of Americans, but according to a new […]

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Valedictorian, Twin with Cerebral Palsy, Hopes to Fight Disease

Asked if there will be anything special about high school graduation, Lizbeth Gomez glances down and shyly shares, “I’ll be valedictorian.” After chatting with this 17-year-old senior for nearly two hours, it’s an astonishing accomplishment to reveal so late in an interview. But when you get to know Gomez, you come to understand that being […]

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GOP Plan Will Hit Native People Harder

As Senate Republicans attempt to produce their own health care blueprint this week, beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act are left wondering: what will happen to me? But one community is especially vulnerable if Congress repeals the ACA: Native Americans and Alaska Natives. The American Health Care Act, the Republican bill currently making its way […]

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Rural America Braces for Alzheimer’s Crisis

June Aman no longer laughs when her husband teases her, which he does fairly often. When she complains about how long it takes Dave to fix something, he says she never told him she was in a hurry. When she says he has no one else to pick on, he responds, “You poor thing.” Sometimes, […]

LabCorp Worker Files Discrimination Suit

BURLINGTON, N.C. — A Laboratory Corporation of America worker says in a lawsuit that the company discriminated against him because of his race and passed over him for a raise because he complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The Times-News of Burlington reports Dwayne Muhammad said in the lawsuit that he received a written […]

Texas Lawmakers Slow to Act on Maternal Deaths

AUSTIN, Texas — Lawmakers in Texas largely failed to take any significant action to address the state’s skyrocketing rate of pregnancy-related deaths just months after researchers found it to be the highest in not only the U.S., but the developed world. Legislators introduced proposals to address the issue after a University of Maryland-led study found […]

Alzheimer’s Affects 5.5 Million in U.S.

The most common type of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease affects about 5.5 million Americans of all ages, according to Alzheimer’s Association. It is a progressively debilitating disease that slowly affects memory and thinking skills. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia, which is the loss of thinking, remembering, and reasoning. According to National Institute on […]

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N.M. Schools Link Efforts to End Doctor Shortage

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The University of New Mexico and a private Las Cruces college are working to address the state’s doctor shortage in hopes of improving access to care in rural areas. Valencia, Lea, Otero, Torrance and Luna counties have the greatest shortage of primary care doctors in the state, according to a 2016 […]

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