Psychology & Psychiatry
What is mental health?
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about mental health and mental illness.
May 19, 2023
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News tagged with health insurance coverage
Health
Ranks of U.S. uninsured fell by 18% during COVID pandemic
Public health officials announced Tuesday that a lot fewer Americans were without health insurance after the COVID-19 pandemic than before it.
May 16, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social vulnerability has direct link to suicide risk, study shows
More than 45,000 Americans died by suicide in 2020, a 30% increase over 2000, making it the 12th leading cause of death in the U.S. Studies have shown that the social and environmental factors where people live, like exposure ...
Apr 26, 2023
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Pediatrics
Biden to expand access to health care for undocumented immigrants brought to U.S. as children
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children may soon be eligible to receive federally funded health care.
Apr 14, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 stigma and mental health: Who hid their illness, who shared and why it still matters
More than a third of Michigan adults who have had COVID-19 report being treated badly due to their infection, say University of Michigan researchers.
Apr 14, 2023
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Addiction
Millions with opioid addiction don't receive residential treatment, finds study
Approximately 7 million adults in the U.S. are living with opioid use disorder (OUD). Yet a new Northwestern Medicine study that measured residential treatment use among Medicaid enrollees across nine states found only 7% ...
Apr 13, 2023
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Medications
Study exposes barriers, safety concerns for medical cannabis use in Canada
A majority of Canadians who require medical cannabis are obtaining their products through the recreational market rather than the medical system, raising health and safety concerns, according to a massive new study led by ...
Apr 5, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Court ruling on PrEP could lead to more than 2,000 HIV infections in the next year, say researchers
A recent U.S. federal court ruling that removes a requirement for employers to provide insurance coverage for the HIV prevention medications known as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, or PrEP, could result in more than 2,000 entirely ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Medical economics
Medicaid health plans try to protect members—and profits—during unwinding
The federal COVID-19 pandemic protections that have largely prohibited states from dropping anyone from Medicaid since 2020 helped millions of low-income Americans retain health insurance coverage—even if they no longer ...
Mar 15, 2023
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Health
Medication abortions are under fire: Here's how they work
Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. They usually involve taking two prescription medicines days apart—at home or in a clinic.
Mar 15, 2023
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