A study by the Stanford Prevention Policy Modeling Lab (PPML) finds that almost 30% of privately insured individuals in the United States, or nearly 40 million people, use at least one of the free preventive health services ...
Apr 17, 2025
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General practitioners are now "prescribing" parkrun for their patients as part of a social prescribing initiative to promote preventive care. But in The BMJ, Dr. Margaret McCartney argues that turning parkrun into a prescription ...
Apr 8, 2025
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Spending cuts, immigration and Medicaid are at the top of the Washington agenda. That climate provides fertile ground for misinformation and myths to multiply on social networks. Some of the most common are those surrounding ...
Mar 19, 2025
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Evidence relating to barriers to and facilitators of clinical preventive service use in people with disabilities is limited, according to a review published online March 11 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Mar 11, 2025
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Many health experts say that U.S. primary care is in crisis, with demand for appointments rising and doctors scarce. A new five-year experiment might prove part of the solution.
Feb 19, 2025
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If you've tried to get an appointment to see a GP or specialist recently, you will likely have felt the impact of Australia's doctor shortages.
Feb 11, 2025
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When it comes to health insurance, prescription drugs and other health costs, January 2025 was not a boring month.
Feb 5, 2025
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Patients are having difficulty finding or keeping a primary care provider. They're experiencing long waits to see a doctor, relying more on emergency rooms and urgent care clinics when sick, and having trouble scheduling ...
Feb 3, 2025
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A new study found that injury rates among transgender women are significantly higher than injuries among cisgender women, based on radiological imaging. The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...
Dec 4, 2024
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British lawmakers on Tuesday voted in favor of a world-leading ban that aims to gradually phase out smoking by preventing young people from ever being able to buy cigarettes.
Nov 26, 2024
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