Racial discrimination and health
Frequently experiencing the stress caused by racial discrimination can significantly impact peoples’ mental and physical health.
Frequently experiencing the stress caused by racial discrimination can significantly impact peoples’ mental and physical health.
Exposure to community violence may put the health of youth born with HIV infection at risk, according to a new study led by Harvard … Continue reading “Among youth born with HIV, those recently exposed to violence may have poorer clinical outcomes”
A number of innovations to make medical care more nimble and accessible—such as offering vaccinations in supermarkets—were pioneered for the homeless before making their … Continue reading “Trends from homeless medicine in use in mainstream health care”
Conflicting statistics about guns—such as how many people in the U.S. use guns for self-defense each year, and whether or not the crime rate … Continue reading “Do guns make us safer? Science suggests no”
In Defense of Food, a PBS documentary based on the book of the same name by Michael Pollan, has been nominated for an Emmy … Continue reading ““In Defense of Food” nominated for Emmy”
Surgeon, writer, and public health researcher Atul Gawande recently spoke on “The Ezra Klein Show,” a podcast on Vox, about how all the different … Continue reading “Atul Gawande on surgery, writing, health policy—and more”
A study of men with testicular cancer found that those who didn’t have any health insurance or who were on Medicaid were less likely … Continue reading “Testicular cancer outcomes may be worse for uninsured or those on Medicaid”
Most Americans say they’d drop their aversion to late-term abortions in cases where the Zika virus has likely harmed a developing fetus, according to … Continue reading “Poll: Most in U.S. OK with late-term abortions if Zika harms fetus”
For the first time ever, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a travel advisory to a part of the continental U.S.—a one-square-mile … Continue reading “Zika infections in Miami prompt CDC travel advisory”
Dessert shouldn’t have to be a tradeoff between unhealthy ingredients and flavor, according to Walter Willett of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. … Continue reading “Building a better dessert: the ‘Three Pleasures’”