Dr. Katina Kennedy shares an underrated health tip to prevent diabetes

Dr. Katina Kennedy has made an effort to help the community with it comes to health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Read More

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrong about a ban on NIH research about mass shootings

"Any honest research that was not rigged to produce results that helped promote gun control could be funded by CDC," said Gary Kleck, a Florida State University criminologist. But CDC officials, ... Read More

Pros and cons of universal health care

The NHS is an example of a single-payer system, funded by taxation. Other countries, such as France and Japan, provide universal health care through mandatory but low-cost health insurance schemes, in ... Read More

April is Minority Health Month

April is recognized as Minority Health Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about the ongoing health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, including American Indian and Alaska Native ... Read More

Don’t Let Diabetes Shortchange Your Golden Years

Dianne Mattiace shows that managing diabetes shouldn’t get in the way of enjoying your retirement, thanks in part to a game changing new technology ... Read More

Op-ed: Here are 6 health-care stocks to watch now, amid a bumpy recovery

Health care, long an ailing stock market sector, has recovered over the past six months, with currently robust vital signs and strong growth projections. Read More

Native Americans have shorter life spans. Better health care isn’t the only answer.

In addition to bolstering medical care and fully funding the Indian Health Service — which provides health care to Native Americans — there needs to be a greater investment in case management, ... Read More

Lee Health: New hope for pancreatic cancer patients

Many people do not equate pancreatic cancer with a lot of hope because this type of cancer is often detected late and spreads rapidly ... Read More

‘The most momentous time in global health security since 1948’

With a deadline looming in May, experts say the stakes of failing to reach agreement on a global pandemic accord are immeasurable. Read More

What is health equity? How the idea grew – and why it matters

Health equity seeks to address that. "Health equity means that we achieve health that is as equal as possible, within the constraints of things we can fix," said Dr. Sandro Galea, dean of the School ... Read More

How stress affects your body and mind – and how to manage it

Stress is such an innate part of our existence that all of us will be exposed to some form of it over our lifetimes. We sometimes need a degree of stress in our lives to perform. Some research has ... Read More

Census change will lead to more data on health of Middle Eastern, North African people in US

Before the successful, healthy birth of her son, recalls Germine Awad — an Egyptian American who is a psychologist at the University of Michigan — clinicians told her that her hormone levels were too ... Read More