The coronavirus pandemic catapulted the country into one of the deepest recessions in U.S. history, leaving millions of Americans without jobs or health insurance. There is a lot of evidence that economic hardship is associated ...
Jul 7, 2020
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(HealthDay)—The annualized total medical expenditures for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are $7 billion and $5 billion among U.S. workers, respectively, according to research published in the July ...
Jul 6, 2020
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When surveyed in February and early March—on the brink of the coronavirus pandemic—Houstonians expressed a deeper sense of mutual trust, empathy and solidarity than ever before, with growing numbers of people calling ...
May 19, 2020
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Like many Americans, bartender Danjale Williams is worried about the growing threat of the novel coronavirus.
Mar 1, 2020
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On a frosty January morning in a Minneapolis suburb, Abigail Hansmeyer leaves her car engine running and takes out a brown paper bag carrying needles and a vial, handing it over to its recipient in an anonymous shopping center ...
Jan 30, 2020
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Discount cards for brand-name drugs provided to patients increased private insurer costs by 46% and varied in their impact on out-of-pocket payments by patients, found new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Nov 11, 2019
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provided health insurance for an estimated 1.9 million people with diabetes, according to a newly published study.
Sep 23, 2019
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Quitting smoking is difficult and quit attempts are less likely to be successful without treatment. Many smokers want to quit and nearly half make a quit attempt each year, but most do so without the benefit of proven treatments.
Sep 5, 2019
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"Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies," wrote John Keats, in his acclaimed "Ode to a Nightingale." His words probably summarized his struggle against tuberculosis (TB), an ancient disease that killed millions ...
Mar 22, 2019
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Childhood and adolescent cancer survival in the United States does not vary by rural/urban residence at the time of diagnosis, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Oct 23, 2018
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