HEALTH

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health presented survey results at a Thursday press conference, painting a stark portrait of the racial disparities in Angelenos’ health. Dr. Rashmi Shetgiri presented this slide on the rise of Diabetes. Asian residents, in general, had among the best health outcomes, but reported the highest rates of loneliness and serious thoughts of suicide. The community health survey has been conducted every two to four years since 1997.
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2 years ago Read more at LA Daily News

Maternal age is a well-documented factor for preterm birth, with women ages 40 and older at the greatest risk. But as the saying goes, age is just a number, says a world-renowned maternal health expert. In the U.S., the rate of Preterm birth — giving birth at 37 weeks or earlier — among Black women is 50% higher than white or Hispanic women.
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2 years ago Read more at UCF

2,6-DHNPs, a group of disinfection byproducts (DBPs), are raising alarm bells for public health. They pack a powerful punch, being significantly more harmful to marine life and cells than similar pollutants. Found in places like sewage, swimming pools, and our drinking taps.
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2 years ago Read more at News-Medical.Net

Cancer inside the rectum and cancer inside the colon are often referred to together as colorectal cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. At 64 years old, Carole now had to battle a second type of cancer in a matter of months. The lifetime risk of developing cancer is about 1 in 23 for men and 1 in 25 for women.
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2 years ago Read more at Mayo Clinic Health System

Professor Lidia Morawska led the appeal to the World Health Organization to recognize the airborne transmission of the virus early in the pandemic – and help minimize it. Now, in a paper published by the journal Science, Professor morawska recommends setting standards for ventilation rate and three key indoor pollutants: carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and PM2.5.
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2 years ago Read more at News-Medical.Net

Employment is a recognized determinant of health, and different aspects of a job can be beneficial or deleterious to mental health. Employers with greater job flexibility and higher job security were less likely to experience serious psychological distress or anxiety. This study is the first nationally representative analysis of these job characteristics and their effects on employee mental health, work absences, and mental healthcare use.
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2 years ago Read more at Boston University School of Public Health

Loren Brown has served as interim director of Washington State University Pullman’s Counseling and Psychological Services since August 2023. Brown has over a dozen years of experience providing mental health services in higher education. He came to WSU in 2016 to work as faculty psychology resident and biofeedback coordinator in CAPS.
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2 years ago Read more at WSU News

Oregon Specialty Group had to revert to paper billing following a cyberattack that disrupted billions in payments nationwide. The attack took Change Healthcare offline, based in Nashville. Change’s largest clearinghouse went back online the weekend of March 23, and insurers have been reconnecting to it since.
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2 years ago Read more at Oregon Public Broadcasting

The Malford Thewlis Lecture on Gerontology and Geriatrics will be held on Wednesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. The lecture is free, but registration is requested. Dr. Prakash is known for her research on the role of mindfulness in cognition, emotional regulation and brain health.
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2 years ago Read more at The University of Rhode Island

Federal health officials are warning doctors to be on the lookout for rare bacterial infections on the rise in the United States. A Republican-backed plan to partly extend Medicaid in Mississippi passed the state Senate. But first... A ‘divinely created’ being: States try to define fetal personhood When is a human embryo not a clump of cells but a person with distinct legal rights? A Georgia law enacted in 2022 considers people to be “Homo sapiens at any stage of development
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post