Chronic diseases are quietly shaping the health landscape of the United States. They claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year, drain the healthcare system, and increasingly affect younger ...
Prospective parents often worry about issues like affording child care and other expenses, maintaining a career, and ...
Health plans have been pouring resources into data analytics for years. They’ve mapped chronic disease trends, pored over prescription data, and chased cost-savings across every corner of the ...
Food scarcity—the unreliable access to adequate, nutritious food—affects approximately 44 million Americans, including 13 million children. While hunger’s physical consequences receive significant ...
Some fitness trackers may detect signs of heart disease, sleep problems, and chronic stress. However, there are limitations ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Globally: The ...
Research shows evictions are a public health problem. Can eviction prevention be a solution? Housing rights advocates have long argued that housing instability is a public health crisis, and that ...
Electronic Health Record (EHR) problem lists are central to modern clinical practice as they constitute a structured compilation of a patient’s diagnoses and health issues. Traditionally derived from ...
The National Academy of Medicine selected 26 organizations to participate in the Change Maker Accelerators program. Parkland was one of only two Texas organization in the program — joined by its ...
Recently, we asked people in the BuzzFeed Community to share the health issues they ignored that eventually grew into major problems down the line. I ended up learning about several symptoms I didn't ...
After a random shooting in Austin, Texas, left three people dead, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said that the suspect had past criminal offenses and “serious issues.” The 32-year-old suspect was ...