Climate Change Magnifies Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke in Care Deserts
By Julie Appleby and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
Smoke- and ash-filled air can trigger or exacerbate severe respiratory conditions. But the medical specialists who treat these illnesses are often scarce where they are most in need.
BMI: The Mismeasure of Weight and the Mistreatment of Obesity
By Julie Appleby
The human body mass index — a simple mathematical equation — is tied to a measure of obesity invented almost 200 years ago. On the downside, it can stand between patients and treatment for weight issues. It particularly mismeasures Black women and Asians.
Votantes, más motivados para ir a las urnas tras prohibición del aborto, revela encuesta
By Emmarie Huetteman
El sondeo también mostró que la mayoría de los votantes, ya sean demócratas o republicanos, no cree que el aborto deba prohibirse en casos de violación o incesto, ni apoyan las leyes que establecen condenas para los proveedores de abortos y las mujeres que abortan.
Índice de masa corporal: una medida errónea del peso que afecta el tratamiento de la obesidad
By Julie Appleby
Los tratamientos actuales para la obesidad y los trastornos alimentarios, y sus costos, muchas veces se basan en esta medida que no está amparada en la ciencia.
Watch: What Experts Advise for Seniors Living Under the Long Shadow of Covid
For older people, the pandemic is as taxing and worrisome as ever. Experts in geriatric care, mental health, social services, and infectious disease joined a KHN-Hartford Foundation panel to talk about a third covid winter and its outsize toll on seniors.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Tuesday’s roundup covers Medicaid, heat deaths, covid, birth control access boosters, MPX, opioids, infant mortality, suicide, and more.
‘Separate and Unequal’: Critics Say Pricey Medicaid Reforms Leave Most Patients Behind
By Angela Hart
MLK Community Hospital in South Los Angeles is surrounded by poverty, homeless encampments, and food deserts. Even though California Gov. Gavin Newsom is funneling billions of taxpayer money into an ambitious initiative to provide some low-income patients with social services, hospital executives and other critics say it won’t improve access to basic care.
Hospitals Have Been Slow to Bring On Addiction Specialists
By Martha Bebinger, WBUR
Hospitals have specialists ready to offer consult and care for concerns from cancer to childbirth but often no one with expertise in addiction medicine. Patients with a history of substance use — who are discharged without care — are at risk for overdose.
Reporter Follows Up on ‘Cancer Moonshot’ Progress and the Bias in Digital Health Records
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
Daily Edition for Friday, October 7, 2022
Friday’s roundup covers veteran deaths, covid cases, boosters, MPX, suicide, Ebola, election propositions, human composting, and more.
