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Fewer Diabetes Patients Are Picking up Their Insulin Prescriptions – Another Way the Pandemic Has Delayed Health Care for Many
Read More: Fewer Diabetes Patients Are Picking up Their Insulin Prescriptions – Another Way the Pandemic Has Delayed Health Care for ManyBy Ismaeel Yunusa, University of South Carolina Insulin is as essential as water for many people with diabetes. Of the more than 30 million Americans with diabetes, approximately 7.4 million rely on insulin to manage their condition. But it is one of the most costly drugs on the market, and the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified…
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Access, Access to health care, Affordability, COVID-19, Health insurance, Obesity, Pandemic, Policy, Weight Loss, Weight management
Celebrating Every Body Requires Access to the Best Weight-Management Care
Read More: Celebrating Every Body Requires Access to the Best Weight-Management CareIf you’ve gained weight during the Covid-19 pandemic, you are not alone. A year into the pandemic, an American Psychological Association survey showed that 45% of women report undesired weight gain, with an average addition of 22 pounds. Gaining weight can make us feel insecure about our appearance or uncomfortable in pants we may have…
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Bone health, Chronic conditions, chronic pain, COVID-19, healthy aging, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Osteoporosis, Pain, Pandemic, Real women real stories
It Wasn’t Muscle Damage: It Was Four Fractures and Osteoporosis
Read More: It Wasn’t Muscle Damage: It Was Four Fractures and OsteoporosisAs told to Liz Sauchelli It had been two weeks since I’d slipped on the front stairs of my home and my back was still in excruciating pain. The emergency room doctor I’d seen after my fall thought I had muscle damage and had sprained my back. He prescribed anti-inflammatories and painkillers without taking an…
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What Young Kids Say Worked – and Didn’t Work – for Them During Virtual Learning
Read More: What Young Kids Say Worked – and Didn’t Work – for Them During Virtual LearningMari Altshuler, Northwestern University On Aug. 30, 2021, my kid joined millions of children in walking through school doors as he began first grade. Despite the ongoing pandemic, school buildings are almost universally open. While there are many voices expressing health and safety concerns, policymakers have decided that the best choice for children’s well-being is…
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Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health disparities, Pandemic, Prevention, Preventive health, Racial disparities, Vaccinations, Vaccines
An Anti-Vaccine Film Targeted to Black Americans Spreads False Information
Read More: An Anti-Vaccine Film Targeted to Black Americans Spreads False InformationBy Will Stone, Kaiser Health News When a filmmaker asked medical historian Naomi Rogers to appear in a documentary, the Yale professor didn’t blink. She had done these “talking head” interviews many times before. She assumed her comments would end up in a straightforward documentary that addressed some of the most pressing concerns of the…
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Coronavirus, COVID-19, exercise, Healthy Eating, mental health, Nutrition, Pandemic, sleep, Weight Loss, Weight management
How to ‘Build Back Better’ Health Habits After the Pandemic Year
Read More: How to ‘Build Back Better’ Health Habits After the Pandemic YearBy Claudia Finkelstein, Michigan State University The U.S. is in far different shape today than it was last Memorial Day, and many Americans are, too. According to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, undesired changes in weight driven by pandemic stress are widespread: 42% of adults reported gaining weight, with a median weight…
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From Haute Cuisine to Hot Dogs: How Dining Out Has Evolved Over 200 Years – and Is Innovating Further in the Pandemic
Read More: From Haute Cuisine to Hot Dogs: How Dining Out Has Evolved Over 200 Years – and Is Innovating Further in the PandemicBy Hannah Cutting-Jones, University of Oregon Dining out has for generations been a fun way to celebrate special occasions, meet friends or just enjoy a quiet evening with someone special. But for many, that ended almost overnight last year as the spread of COVID-19 shuttered businesses and forced people to stay home. The restaurants that…
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Abuse, Anxiety, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Depression, Domestic violence, Health disparities, mental health, Pandemic, Relationships, Research
Domestic Violence Calls for Help Increased During the Pandemic – but the Answers Haven’t Gotten Any Easier
Read More: Domestic Violence Calls for Help Increased During the Pandemic – but the Answers Haven’t Gotten Any EasierBy Tara N. Richards, University of Nebraska Omaha and Justin Nix, University of Nebraska Omaha Domestic violence rose globally in 2020 – so much so that doctors have called it “a pandemic within a pandemic.” The National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice, a team of national experts tasked with assessing the impact of COVID-19…
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Access, Access to health care, Affordability, Birth control, Contraception, COVID-19, Family planning, Health care, Health insurance, Keep the care, Pandemic, Preventive health
Biden Moves to Overturn Trump Birth Control Rules
Read More: Biden Moves to Overturn Trump Birth Control RulesJulie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The Biden administration Wednesday formally proposed the repeal of Trump-era regulations barring abortion referrals and making other changes intended to evict Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from the federal family planning program, Title X. The 2019 rules dramatically limited access to these family planning services for many low-income people.…
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Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pandemic, Prevention, Preventive health, Research, Science, Vaccinations, Vaccines
Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Suspension – What This Means for You
Read More: Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Suspension – What This Means for YouBy William Petri, University of Virginia The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration on April 13, 2021 halted use of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine that has been given to 6.8 million people in the U.S. The pause is due to reports of blood clotting in six…
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Anxious About Going out into the World? You’re Not Alone, but There’s Help
Read More: Anxious About Going out into the World? You’re Not Alone, but There’s HelpBy Claudia Finkelstein, Michigan State University It’s the moment we thought we were all waiting for…or is it? We were cautiously optimistic about the end of the pandemic in view of increasing vaccine availability and decreasing case numbers after the peak in January. Then, whether due to variants, pandemic fatigue or both, cases and case…
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Anxiety, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Diet nutrition, Healthy Eating, Pandemic, Research, sleep, Stress, Weight Loss
Unwanted Weight Gain or Weight Loss During the Pandemic? Blame Your Stress Hormones
Read More: Unwanted Weight Gain or Weight Loss During the Pandemic? Blame Your Stress HormonesBy Lina Begdache, Binghamton University, State University of New York If you have experienced unwanted weight gain or weight loss during the pandemic, you are not alone. According to a poll by the American Psychological Association, 61% of U.S. adults reported undesired weight change since the pandemic began. The results, released in March 2021, showed…
