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Study: Colon Cancer Screenings Are More Effective than Previously Understood
By Peter Dizikes | MIT News Screening for colon cancer reduces cancer rates by substantially more than previous analyses of randomized trials suggest, according to a study co-authored by an MIT...
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Does “Food as Medicine” Make a Big Dent in Diabetes?
By Peter Dizikes | MIT News How much can healthy eating improve a case of diabetes? A new health care program attempting to treat diabetes by means of improved nutrition shows a very modest impact,...
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Retro-Evolution in Food and Health Care and Its Impact on Modern Culture
By Dr. Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson Dr. Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson is a Registered Doctoral Psychologist with expertise in Counselling Psychology, Educational Psychology, and Human Resource Development. He...
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Come for the Black Bears and Huskies. Stay to ‘Transform How We Deliver...
By Maria Raveendran On a blisteringly hot morning following Canada Day, I travelled over two days by train, plane and boat to the shores of Moose Factory Island, an unassuming island off the coast of...
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Are Ontarians Suffering From Outrage Fatigue?
By Erin Ariss Anyone paying attention to the goings on at Queen’s Park will know that a growing list of legislative moves are clearly aimed at both hollowing out our not-for-profit, cherished Ontario...
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Rising Health Insurance Costs Have ‘Robbed’ American Workers
By Tufts University The new research shows that increasing health insurance costs are eating up a growing proportion of worker’s compensation, and have been a major factor in both flattening wages...
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A Small Town Struggles to Survive in the Heart of Mississippi’s Hospital Crisis
By Devna Bose/Mississippi Today BELZONI — Deep in a crumbling building, there is a room filled with folders. Just a sliver of the room’s walls peek over the top of the manila piles. There are too...
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Doctors Have More Difficulty Diagnosing Disease when Looking at Images of...
By Anne Trafton | MIT News When diagnosing skin diseases based solely on images of a patient’s skin, doctors do not perform as well when the patient has darker skin, according to a new study from MIT...
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Navigating the Health-Care System Is Not Easy, but You’re Not Alone
By Maxime Lê Hello, dear reader! This is my first column for Healthy Debate as a Patient Navigator. This column will be devoted to providing patients with information to help them through their journey...
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How to Get Medical and Education Services When You Don’t Speak English
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett Mary Rios quickly realized the mom speaking to her on the phone in Spanish had hit a familiar roadblock. Like many parents who have a child with disabilities, the mother...
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Opinion: Older Adults and People With Disabilities Need Better Access to...
By Emily Bridges It’s common for people with disabilities to have trouble accessing health care, but this problem is often overlooked. These challenges can affect people as they move from pediatric to...
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‘Behind the Times’: Washington Tries to Catch up With AI’s Use in Health Care
By Darius Tahir Lawmakers and regulators in Washington are starting to puzzle over how to regulate artificial intelligence in health care — and the AI industry thinks there’s a good chance they’ll mess...
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A Rallying Cry for Family Medicine – And Other Health-Care Professionals
By Maria DiDanieli Arecent opinion piece in the Toronto Star that discourages family medicine doctors from starting a practice in Ontario at this time has me deeply troubled. For one, I find it...
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Project Tests Drones for Rural Health Care
By Liz Carey A new project in West Texas will test if drones can help deliver health care to rural communities. Working with Matador UAS Consortium, academic and industry partners accelerating the use...
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Texas Passes on $450 Million Summer Lunch Program for Low-Income Families
By NINA BANKS, The Texas Tribune “Texas passes on $450 million summer lunch program for low-income families” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that...
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Lifestyle Choices Are Within Your Control
We are often defined by our choices and some of those choices can have a big impact on our health. As former attorney Emily Gold Mears shifted her advocacy efforts to seek information on optimizing...
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The State of Virtual Mental Health Care in 5 Stats
By Kayla Levy Since the onset of the pandemic, telehealth has become ubiquitous within the health care landscape, including in mental health care. In some parts of the United States, the proportion of...
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Neglected and Exposed: Toxic Air Lingers in a Texas Latino Community,...
By ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ AND WENDY SELENE PÉREZ, The Texas Tribune “Neglected and exposed: Toxic air lingers in a Texas Latino community, revealing failures in state’s air monitoring system” was first...
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Healer Heal Thyself: Health Care Professionals Need Help Too
By Jed Diamond In Part 1, I discussed some of my own challenges as a health care professional who has been working in the field for more than fifty years. I also described the challenges facing...
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Texas Libraries Work to Bridge State’s Mental Health Services Gap
By STEPHEN SIMPSON, The Texas Tribune “Texas libraries work to bridge state’s mental health services gap” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that...
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