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L.A. Care Health Plan and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan held a grand opening ceremony on Friday for their Community Resource Center in West Los Angeles. The new Center, which opened in October 2023, provides customized programs and services for local residents, based on population needs and health issues. By year’s end, the two health plans are part of their five-year, $146 million commitment announced in 2019 in an effort to address local health, behavioral and social needs.
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1 year ago Read more at Blue Shield of California | News Center

Physical fitness among children and adolescents may protect against developing depressive symptoms, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The study also found that better performance in cardiovascular activities, strength and muscular endurance were each associated with greater protection against such mental health conditions. These findings come amid a surge of mental health diagnoses in the United States and abroad.
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1 year ago Read more at The New York Times

Yarelis Wilson, RN, recently joined UConn Health’s Office of Patient Experience in the fall of 2023. "I was hooked to work with this amazing team," says Wilson. The Patient Experience team is known for its excellent patient experience. This April 29 to May 3 marks the celebration of national Patient Experience Week.
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1 year ago Read more at University of Connecticut

Physicians Anonymous is a 24/7 free peer-to-peer service that allows physicians to talk about everything from their own mental health, burnout to mistakes. In 2018, researchers found that doctors who self-reported having made a mistake were twice as likely to also report struggling with burnout. For now, Amy King says grassroots efforts like PhysicianS Anonymous are providing doctors a lifeline and protecting patients, too.
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1 year ago Read more at WHYY

A fire broke out at a building belonging to the Kings County Department of Public Health. It was first reported shortly before 3 am Monday on Campus Drive and Lacey Boulevard. The fire department got an alert about a sprinkler system that had turned on.
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1 year ago Read more at KFSN-TV

Discrimination on the basis of gender identity includes any denial of care or coverage related to gender transition or refusal of treatment that is typically associated with one gender because an individual’s gender may be different from what is listed in their medical records. The original rule also provided protections based on sex stereotypes. Examples of discrimination that will now be explicitly prohibited include: Denial of coverage for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) that transgender people regularly need.
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1 year ago Read more at Human Rights Campaign

Section 1557 "prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in any health program or activity that receive Federal financial assistance" The new rule also reinstates strong language access provisions requiring availability, training, and notification of translation services for 15 languages. The rule applies to health care services including receiving medical care in doctors’ offices, hospitals or other settings.
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1 year ago Read more at GLAD

The USDA is setting new limits for salmonella in poultry. When the regulation takes effect next year, salmonella will be considered an adulterant in frozen breaded chicken and stuffed raw chicken. Trade groups say the change won’t have much of an impact on public health, but it could cost jobs. Nearly half the cases were in eastern Europe; the U.S. has had 128 cases so far.
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1 year ago Read more at KWCH

ECMC Medical Minute – Dr. Improta – Mental Health Awareness Month – 04/29/24 Join us every Monday morning between6:00 AM and 6:30 AM during WGRZ-TV, Channel 2 Daybreak. You’ll be able to be part of the discussion and make suggestions for future shows.
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1 year ago Read more at ECMC Hospital | Buffalo, NY

Jerry Mande has worked on major health initiatives with some major players in Washington, D.C. But all this work began at UConn when Mande was an undergraduate student studying nutritional sciences. In 1976, the FDA banned products that used amaranth, the basis for Red Dye No. 2. This ban was because of the link between this dye in foods like red M&Ms to an increased cancer risk. Currently 42% of the U.S. population is obese, more than tripling since the
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1 year ago Read more at University of Connecticut