A new study from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute found that only 1.8% of eligible Americans with commercial insurance received lung cancer screening. Rates were higher but still extremely low for Original Medicare ...
Mar 29, 2023
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It is almost impossible nowadays to listen to the radio, watch TV or scroll through social media without being exposed to an advertisement telling us that all we need for a little happiness and love is a sugary drink or a ...
Mar 29, 2023
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What happens to older adults who do not have close family when they develop dementia? The truth is, we hardly know.
Mar 16, 2023
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Financial disruption as a result of pandemic containment policies in the United States adversely influenced children's mental health, according to a new study co-led by Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University investigators. ...
Mar 13, 2023
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A recent series of three papers authored by Caitlin Lombardi demonstrate the effects of publicly funded health insurance for parents on three different metrics of children's health and development. The newest, published in ...
Mar 13, 2023
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March 11 marks three years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. As the virus spread, a pattern emerged: communities with a lower socioeconomic status tended to be disproportionately impacted.
Mar 8, 2023
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Living closer to outdoor spaces and water sources may reduce older people's risk of having serious psychological distress, which can lead to mild cognitive impairment and dementia, according to a preliminary study released ...
Feb 22, 2023
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For parents, the decision to vaccinate their kids against SARS-CoV-2 is complex, influenced by scientific evidence, political and social pressures, and views about individual versus collective benefits of vaccination, according ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Eleven top international addiction scientists argue that the 2022 statement on e-cigarettes issued by Australia's peak health and medical body, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), fails to meet the high ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Experts from Harvard, Columbia University, the University of Miami, and the University of Massachusetts detailed the health implications of sleep in a conversation with CNN health reporter Jacqueline Howard on Thursday at ...
Feb 20, 2023
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