Nurses at Howard Brown Health approve potential strike amid contract talks
Union nurses at Howard Brown Health have voted to allow their bargaining team to call for a strike as the two sides continue contract negotiations.
Jessica Bari
Meet Jessica Bari Jessica Bari is a senior producer for Call to Mind from American Public Media, an initiative that fosters new conversations about mental health. She leads production for the series’ nationally distributed broadcast hours. Jessica is an award-winning journalist with a specialty in longform storytelling for radio, television, live summits and events. Her […]
American Cancer Society rally to reduce cancer burden
Cancer advocates rallied in Springfield this week to call on state lawmakers to improve access to colorectal cancer screenings and to support taxing other tobacco products at an equal rate to cigarettes.
Advocates call on lawmakers to increase DSP wages
Advocates took to Springfield Wednesday to call on more support for those who work with the intellectual and developmental disability community. Several lawmakers joined members of AFSCME Council 31 to support a $2 per hour wage increase for direct service personnel. “An investment in DSP wages is an investment in improving the lives of people […]
‘We Call This Scope-a-Dope’: What We Heard This Week
“We call this ‘scope-a-dope.’” — Ray Callas, MD, a Texas Medical Association delegate at the American Medical Association’s annual meeting, discussing the American Academy of PAs announcement that it’s changing the name of the profession from physician assistant to physician associate. “Get vaccinated. Good for your health. Good for your sex life.” — Bradley Anawalt, […]
Can Food Actually Lift Your Mood When You’re Feeling Down?
Westend61 via Getty Images There’s a reason we call certain foods “comfort foods” ― they have the power to temporarily elevate our spirits. But is there any science behind certain ingredients’ ability to affect our emotions? “The term ‘comfort foods’ is code for foods that spike your blood sugar and dopamine levels, which can bring […]
Opinion | You Choose: Food or Medications?
The phone rings at 2 a.m. The resident doctor on call that night is contacted to discuss a Latinx patient who presented with seizures. He had missed his medication for about a week. He had recently been laid off and lost insurance coverage. He couldn’t afford to refill his eslicarbazepine acetate (Aptiom) prescription. This was […]
One in eight Americans over 50 show signs of food addiction: Much higher percentages of possible addiction to processed food seen among older adults who are overweight or experiencing poor mental health or isolation
Whether you call them comfort foods, highly processed foods, junk foods, empty calories or just some of Americans’ favorite foods and drinks, a sizable percentage of older Americans have an unhealthy relationship with them, according to a new poll. In fact, about 13% of people aged 50 to 80 showed signs of addiction to such […]
Parents, Providers Still Not Following Guidelines for Early Peanut Introduction
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — NIH guidelines call for introducing babies to peanut products at around age 6 months to reduce allergy risk, but most U.S. parents said they waited much longer to introduce peanuts to their child’s diet, according to a nationally representative survey. Only about one in 20 caregiver responders said they introduced peanuts before […]
A New Congress Will Face Pressing Healthcare Issues, Regardless of Who Is in Control
WASHINGTON — With some midterm election races too close to call and at least one Senate race headed for a December runoff, it remained unclear on Wednesday which political party would take control of the House or the Senate in 2023. However, observers said that some predictions could still be made about Congress’s potential health […]