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Millions still lack affordable coverage, but young adult gains bode brighter future
From the Commonwealth Fund: Eighty-four million people―nearly half of all working-age U.S. adults―went without health insurance for a time last year or were underinsured because of high out-of-pocket… more →
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Black Celebrities Living With Lupus
wrote 5 minutes ago: The Lupus Foundation of America estimates that 1.5 million Americans, and at least five million pe … more →
Senate Budget Debate Starts Wednesday - Here's Our Amendment Recommendations
wrote 1 day ago: Tomorrow the state Senate will begin debating its version of the state budget for fiscal year 2014, … more →
4000+ Global Nurses in Melbourne to focus on equity & access to health care
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wrote 4 days ago: CHMP Co-directors, Diana Mason and Barbara Glickstein, are attending the International Council of Nu … more →
Healthy eating tips from teens
wrote 5 days ago: About 80 percent of U.S. teens suffer from obesity, according to the National Health and Nutrition E … more →
The Role of Integrated Care in Mental Health: Mental Health Blog Day 2013
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wrote 1 week ago: I’m happy to be participating in blogging for mental health today. I’m joining in on this year’s blo … more →
Don’t allow access to breastfeeding support to be limited! Please act today!
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wrote 1 week ago: The Affordable Care Act requires lactation support to be reimbursed as a women’s preventive health s … more →
The US Health Disadvantage: Part One
wrote 1 week ago: by Kirsten Hartil The United States is the seventh-richest country in the world based on gross domes … more →
Teaching Health-Care Rights to Empower Patients
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wrote 1 week ago: By Nur Afsar I worried that even 25 seats would be too many. But as people flooded through the doors … more →
YES to Fluoridation...
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wrote 2 weeks ago: When the whole issue of fluoridation for Portland water came up recently, I thought, naively, big wo … more →
Trying to find the right PATHS
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I have been heavily influenced by my previous course Technology and Leadership which was about discu … more →
More resources from last week's press briefing
wrote 2 weeks ago: Since most (all?) of our readers are not members of the press, I thought I would share some more res … more →
Health Disparities Research Meets Race, Ethnicity, and Disability at a National Conference
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wrote 2 weeks ago: On April 25th and 26th, 2013, Health Disparities Research at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, an … more →
Intersecting at the Crossroads of Health, Race, Ethnicity, and Disability: A Review of the National Health Disparities Conference
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wrote 3 weeks ago: On April 25th and 26th, 2013 researchers and advocates in the field of health disparities related to … more →
Traumatic Brain Injury with Dr. Heather Walker
wrote 3 weeks ago: Assistant Professor and Program Director for the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency at … more →
Social Factors and the Evaluation of Mental Disorders
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The American Psychiatric Association is set to release the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Stati … more →
Millions still lack affordable coverage, but young adult gains bode brighter future
wrote 3 weeks ago: From the Commonwealth Fund: Eighty-four million people―nearly half of all working-age U.S. adults―we … more →
Sit down and chat for a while!
wrote 3 weeks ago: Tomorrow (Friday, 4/26), Community Catalyst, Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) a … more →
Leading in an Open, Social and Participatory World
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wrote 4 weeks ago: The Internet is being touted as the next great equalizer. Like the expansion of education before it … more →
Medicaid - a Community Based Approach to Fixing the Issue
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wrote 4 weeks ago: Medicaid, a program for low-income Americans, is one of the largest health programs in the country a … more →
