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Faith Can Be Part of Care for Post-Partum Depression

Churches and other faith-based communities are an untapped resource that health-care providers should consider when suggesting treatment options for African-American and Latina mothers who have histories of postpartum depression. “There is nothing ambiguous about it,” says Robert Keefe, associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo. “Church, religion, and spirituality […]

Professor Helps Others With Food Addiction

CALIFORNIA, Pa.— Dr. Christina Fisanick-Greer reached her breaking point in 2013. Greer, an English professor at California University of Pennsylvania, recalls sitting in her living room at 3 a.m. watching “The Notebook,” and crying as she ate her fourth bowl of buttercream icing. She wasn’t crying about the movie. “I was so sad and depressed […]

Michigan State Opens Medical Clinic in Detroit

DETROIT — Gifts of property to universities often are sold and endowments are established in the donor’s name, but the family of Dr. Michael Popoff had other ideas for the Detroit clinic where he practiced for nearly a half-century before his death last year. The gift to Michigan State University came with a stipulation: The […]

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Md. Democrats Vow Fight for Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON — Baltimore resident Annie Sageng relied on Planned Parenthood for many different reasons while growing up. In high school, she drove her friends there to pick up birth control and pregnancy tests. Eventually she was the one picking up the birth control. Then she was a volunteer. Now, the 28-year-old is the Maryland Planned […]

Journal: Implicit Bias Matters in Health Care

The #BlackLivesMatter movement arose almost three years ago on social media, prompted by what many saw as law enforcement’s unfair and biased handling of blacks. Substantial evidence also shows parallels of biased treatment within health care, limiting access and quality of care because of racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. We understand the problem better, but […]

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Kansas Dementia Research Focuses on Exercise

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Ann Poehler’s strides quicken on the treadmill. Her feet pound. Her heart races from 150 to 160 beats per minute and more. A plastic tube jutting from the Prairie Village woman’s mouth feeds carbon dioxide levels to a computer here inside the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Center. The computer records every […]

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Study of Promising HIV Vaccine Begins

The first HIV vaccine efficacy study to launch anywhere in seven years is now testing whether an experimental vaccine regimen safely prevents HIV infection among South African adults. The study, called HVTN 702, involves a new version of the only HIV vaccine candidate ever shown to provide some protection against the virus. HVTN 702 aims […]

World AIDS Day: Positive Spin

In his 2013 Executive Order establishing the HIV Care Continuum Initiative, President Obama called upon Federal agencies implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy to prioritize addressing the HIV care continuum, including by accelerating efforts to increase HIV testing, services, and treatment along the continuum. In 2013, AIDS.gov developed two videos to help educate Americans about the […]

Better Data, Lifting Barriers to Improve Access

In order to address racial and ethnic health inequities among Medicare beneficiaries, healthcare organizations must gather better data, provide patients with information in their native language and make it easier for people with disabilities to enter healthcare facilities. Those are some of the top findings in a new report released last week by the CMS. […]

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Funding Indian Health in the Trump Era

TRAHANT REPORTS— A few years ago I had a chance to ask President George Bush what he thought about tribal sovereignty in the 21st century. His answer went viral: “Tribal sovereignty means that. It’s sovereign. You’re a … you’re a … you’ve been given sovereignty and you’re viewed as a sovereign entity.” Think about that […]

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Feds Showcase Rural Telehealth Service

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Federal health officials are highlighting the telemedicine services offered by Sioux Falls-based Avera Health during National Rural Health Day. Avera Health providers offered a live, simulated telemedicine demonstration Thursday as part of a series of events organized by federal health officials to highlight the best practices, resources and challenges of […]

Infant Deaths Rise in Ohio, Widening White-Black Gap

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state saw an uptick in its infant mortality rate last year, with black babies dying at a rate approaching three times that of whites, new data show. Ohio’s overall infant mortality rate rose to 7.2 deaths per 1,000 births last year, according to new numbers released November 16 by the Ohio […]

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