Health
People on food stamps aren't feasting on filet mignon
There is a popular myth that welfare recipients are using food stamps to purchase luxurious food items such as filet mignon and lobster.
Jun 25, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Food program breaks the link between food insecurity and obesity in children
Food FARMacias could be one part of the solution to the nation's growing food insecurity problem, according to a new study by pediatricians at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian.
Mar 20, 2023
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Medical economics
Elderly, disabled Texans wanting to stay in their homes threatened by low home care pay
For 40 hours a week, Angela Blankenship takes care of Rick Frame, who's been paralyzed from the neck down since a 1999 motorcycle accident.
Apr 5, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Don't blame food stamps for obesity in America
Politicians and scholars sometimes cast obesity as a problem that largely afflicts the poor. But as most obese adults aren't poor and most low-income adults aren't obese, this is a misconception.
Sep 5, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer mortality rates correlate to geography as well as known behavioral risk factors
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found that risk factors historically linked to cancer mortality vary regionally across the United States (lower 48 states)—such that they believe those differences should ...
Sep 14, 2022
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Medical research
Invention makes biopsies less invasive and more informative
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel technology that could sensitively and accurately detect and classify cancer cells, as well as determine the disease aggressiveness ...
Sep 10, 2019
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Health
Even before COVID-19, many adults over 50 lacked stable food supply
Even before the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc with the nation's food supply and economy, one in seven adults between the ages of 50 and 80 already had trouble getting enough food because of cost or other issues, a new ...
May 11, 2020
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Health
Lack of information impedes access to food pantries and programs in Utah
Utah residents who have difficulty keeping their families fed could be missing a key ingredient: information. A University of Utah Health study finds that poor communications in at least 22 Utah communities could be hampering ...
Mar 9, 2020
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Health
BMC pediatricians find increase in SNAP benefits associated with healthier children
Pediatric researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC), in partnership with Children's HealthWatch investigators in Boston, Minneapolis, Little Rock, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, have found that higher benefit amounts in ...
Oct 12, 2011
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Food stamp customers buy more at farmers' markets when point-of-sale system is available
Record numbers of Americans are receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, as food stamps are now known, and many SNAP participants live in neighborhoods with little or no access to healthy food. ...
Mar 15, 2012
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