1. Poor Are Healthier With Medicaid. Enrolling patients in Medicaid increases their use of healthcare services, but doing so reduces financial strain on these impoverished patients and improves their sense of well-being. 2. CDC Fears Rising Treatment Resistant Gonorrhea. Gonorrhea may be losing its susceptibility to cephalosporins, the only available antibiotic class remaining to treat [...]
John Wayne movies may be bad for men’s life expectancy, if a new study in the Journal of Health and Social Behaviour is any indication. In this month’s issue, researchers report that the more men endorse stereotypically macho ideals, the less likely they are to seek preventative health care. Read full post…
WASHINGTON The Obama administration, expanding a program created by the new healthcare law, moved Tuesday to make health insurance more affordable and accessible for Americans who have been denied coverage because they are sick. Across the country, the federal government is reducing premiums on special coverage available to uninsured people with preexisting conditions such as [...]