Mental health is the overall wellness of how you think, regulate your feelings and behave. A mental disorder may be present when patterns or changes in thinking, feeling or behaving cause distress or disrupt a person's ability ...
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Not everyone who qualifies for health insurance signs up for it. Consider Medicaid, the national health insurance plan for low-income people. Across the U.S., about 14% of eligible adults and 7% of eligible children are not ...
Aug 9, 2022
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Most people who have had a knee replacement would agree that the procedure brings relief from pain.
Jul 20, 2022
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In current policy texts, medical guidelines and educational materials, the dominant discourse surrounding women who give birth later in life largely focuses on the negatives: the health risks to mother and child, for instance, ...
Jun 22, 2022
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Adult vaccination rates and social determinants of health—or the social and economic conditions in which families live and work—have played an important role in children's mental health during the pandemic, according ...
Apr 27, 2022
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About 5.8 million Americans miss or delay medical care annually because of transportation barriers. This has a major impact on their ability to take care of their health. Na'amah Razon, assistant professor of family and community ...
Apr 6, 2022
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(HealthDay)—To live healthier and longer in the United States, it helps to have money and education—and if you live in Hawaii or California, your odds are even better, according to a new government report.
Feb 10, 2022
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Crowdfunding is sometimes touted as a "safety net" for people who can't afford to pay their medical bills.
Feb 3, 2022
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Tricia Poreda recently walked inside a COVID-19 testing center on Chicago's Northwest Side and was immediately appalled by the facility's lack of basic health and safety protocols.
Jan 21, 2022
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Individuals from sexual minority populations, including members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer communities, are more likely than heterosexual individuals to engage in behaviors to reduce medication costs such as ...
Jan 3, 2022
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