Mar 04 Watch New study links pre-existing risks to rise in Army suicides By PBS News Hour Roughly 18 out of every 100,000 Army soldiers commit suicide every year, while many more attempt or consider killing themselves. A new study on the rise in suicides found that 1 in 10 soldiers could be diagnosed for an anger… Continue watching
Mar 04 Will the Affordable Care Act spur reform of inmate health care? By Zachary Treu Inmates with a history of mental health problems – and that’s almost 65 percent of them – or another long-term medical problem, like substance abuse, receive care on a regular basis while incarcerated. But upon release, which is often after… Continue reading
Mar 04 Is an HIV vaccine on the horizon? By Robert Pursell and Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Researchers at the University of Miami may have made a modest breakthrough in the search for an HIV vaccination. A vaccine developed at the school has been shown to prevent mice from becoming infected with HIV. The findings were published… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Teaching students how to combat traumas of poverty on the yoga mat By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 03 Note-takers volunteer to help the elderly during doctor visits By Susan Jaffe, Kaiser Health News It used to be difficult for Edith Couturier, an 85-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, to explain to her adult children on the West Coast all the details of her medical appointments. But now she doesn't go alone —… Continue reading
Mar 01 Fighting social media 'thinspiration' with messages of self-acceptance By Colleen Shalby Type the terms #thinspiration, #thinspo or #ana into various social media networks, and a disturbing underground world comes into focus. Images of emaciated legs and protruding ribs are flanked by words like "starving for perfection" and drastic tips to drop… Continue reading
Feb 28 Can tweets help curb the spread of HIV? By Geoffrey Lou Guray A new article in the journal Preventive Medicine says researchers might be able to learn more about HIV outbreaks -- and even help to prevent them -- by coupling location data from certain tweets with location data… Continue reading
Feb 28 States that reject Medicaid expansion could create disparity between legal immigrants and citizens By Kaiser Health News Could Medicaid Expansion Debate Turn Into An Immigration Issue?… Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch Why U.S. nutrition labels will be getting a makeover By PBS News Hour When the Nutrition Facts label was introduced 20 years ago, fat was the primary concern of the American diet. But as our eating and drinking habits -- and knowledge -- have shifted, the Food and Drug Administration is making significant… Continue watching
Feb 27 FDA proposes new food labels to emphasize sugar, sodium and calories By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed changes to food nutrition labels that emphasizes calorie counts, changes serving sizes and emphasizes added sugars. Continue reading