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2022-10-29 Knoxville’s Black Community Endured Deeply Rooted Racism. Now There Is Medical Debt. Noam N. Levey KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When Dr. H.M. Green opened his new medical office building on East Vine Avenue in 1922, Black residents of this city on the Tennessee River could be seen only in the basement of Knoxville […]
3 Steps to Take for Better Health This Fall (StatePoint) As people return to their fall routines, economic concerns are top of mind, and many are finding themselves spending more time worrying about the health of their things than the health of themselves. According to new research by MDLIVE, an Evernorth company and […]
Dog Day Saturday 2022-10-29 Owning and interacting with pets, according to studies, can be a form of therapy for many. We have dedicated Saturday to dogs and Wednesday to cats, when we will post an article on each of those days. We will also post articles on occasion about other animals people may have as […]
2022-10-28 Employers Are Concerned About Covering Workers’ Mental Health Needs, Survey Finds Michelle Andrews Almost three years after the covid-19 pandemic upended workplaces, mental health coverage remains a priority for employers, according to an annual employer survey fielded by KFF. Nearly half of surveyed large employers — those with at least 200 workers […]
2022-10-28 Lawmakers and Public Health Advocates Call for Congress to Finally Ban Asbestos by Neil Bedi and Kathleen McGrory ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Toxic Burden How American Chemical Regulations Failed the Public Days […]
Mental Health Friday 2022-10-28 On Mental Health Friday, we post, in alphabetical order, one per week, information on mental health disorders. Mental Health Friday is for informational purposes only, and is in no way meant to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please do not self diagnose and seek professional help for what […]
2022-10-27 $38,398 for a Single Shot of a Very Old Cancer Drug Arthur Allen Dr. Josie Tenore and Paul Hinds were introduced by a mutual friend in 2017 and hadn’t been going out long when she laid down the law: He had to get a physical. “I don’t date people who don’t take […]
2022-10-27 Science Needs Better Fraud Detection – And More Whistleblowers by Aman Majmudar In July, news that shook the field of Alzheimer’s disease research emerged: Matthew Schrag, a neurologist at Vanderbilt University, tipped off the scientific community that a groundbreaking 2006 study may have falsified data and images, calling its findings — and much of […]
2022-10-26 Hospitals Said They Lost Money on Medicare Patients. Some Made Millions, a State Report Finds. Fred Clasen-Kelly CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atrium Health, the largest hospital system in North Carolina, has declared publicly that in 2019 it provided $640 million in services to Medicare patients that were never paid for, by far the […]
2022-10-26 EPA Calls Out Environmental Racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley by Lisa Song, ProPublica, and Lylla Younes, Grist ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Louisiana must examine how polluters imperil the health of Black residents, the Environmental Protection […]