Health

'GoFundMe' has become a health care utility

GoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting "ideas and dreams," and, as GoFundMe's co-founders, Andrew Ballester and Brad Damphousse, once put it, "for life's important moments." In the early years, it funded ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Shielding from COVID-19: Unraveling the policy

A new study by Swansea University's Medical School has explored the rationale behind the creation of the COVID-19 shielding policy for clinically vulnerable people and found that while policymakers intended it make a positive ...

Medical economics

Using SNAP benefits may slow memory decline in older adults

Eligible older adults who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the United States may have slower memory decline than eligible people who do not participate, according to a new study at Columbia ...

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