Doctors urged to move beyond BMI alone as a health measure. Here’s what to…
Roughly 200 years ago, a Belgian mathematician and statistician named Adolphe Quetelet, seeking to characterize “normal man,” observed that adults’ body weight in…
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Find Out How Much Opioid Settlement Cash Your Locality Received
Companies that made, sold, or distributed opioid painkillers are paying out more than $50 billion in settlements over nearly two decades. So far, more than $3…
What One Hospital’s Slow Recovery From a Cyberattack Means for Patients
In fall 2021, staffers at Johnson Memorial Health were hoping they could finally catch their breath. They were just coming out of a weeks-long surge of covid-19…
Montana Clinics Chip Away at Refugees’ Obstacles to Dental Care
MISSOULA, Mont. — Yu Yu Htwe had never had dental problems, so she was surprised when a dentist told her she had three cavities at her first appointment in this…
International Rights Group Calls Out US for Allowing Hospitals to Push Millions Into…
Human Rights Watch, the nonprofit that for decades has called attention to the victims of war, famine, and political repression around the world, is taking aim at…
At Least 1.7M Americans Use Health Sharing Arrangements, Despite Lack of Protections
A new report has provided the first national count of Americans who rely on health care sharing plans — arrangements through which people agree to pay one another’s…
Foster Kids in Casino Hotels? It Happened in Rural Nevada Amid Widespread Foster Home…
ELKO, Nev. — Brandy Holbrook spent April driving hundreds of miles across four counties in northeastern Nevada to deliver a plea to local leaders about a smoldering…
On the Brink of Homelessness, San Diego Woman Wins the Medi-Cal Lottery
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Annie Malloy started getting sick in 2020. Fits of uncontrolled vomiting would hit, causing debilitating nausea and severe dehydration that…
Fraudsters Are Duping Homeless People Into Signing Up for ACA Plans They Can’t Afford
MIAMI — Mary Zhelyazkova was surprised when pharmacists at Florida’s largest safety net hospital said they could not fill her prescription.Zhelyazkova, 40, was…
Biden Admin Implores States to Slow Medicaid Cuts After More Than 1M Enrollees…
Too many Americans are losing Medicaid coverage because of red tape, and states should do more to make sure eligible people keep their health insurance, the Biden…