Should You Ever Tell Your Boss You Have Depression?
Westend61 via Getty Images Disclosing a mental health condition to a manager can be tricky to navigate. Depression is a mental health condition that affects millions of people every day. One in five people reported having been diagnosed with depression at some point in their life, according to a 2023 report from the Centers for […]
Opinion | Time to Incorporate Quality Measures Into Telemedicine
David Nash is founding dean emeritus and the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy at the Jefferson College of Population Health. Follow Although remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of telecommunication technology may seem like something new, that is not the case. Fun facts: The idea was discussed […]
Opinion | The Supreme Court Delivers an Unexpected Win for Medicaid Recipients
Andrew J. Twinamatsiko, JD, is an expert in health law and policy. Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, is a leading figure in national and global health law. The Supreme Court’s decision in Health and Hospital Corporation v. Talevski, holding that beneficiaries of government entitlements can bring civil rights actions to vindicate their rights, is a major […]
Biden Picks Next CDC Director
On Friday, President Biden announced his intent to choose former top North Carolina health official Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, to lead the CDC. “Dr. Cohen is one of the nation’s top physicians and health leaders with experience leading large and complex organizations, and a proven track record protecting Americans’ health and safety,” Biden said in […]
Study Finds Heart Attacks May Affect Another Major Part Of Your Body Too
FG Trade via Getty Images The connection between your heart health and brain health is underscored in a recent study. We know heart attacks can take an immediate toll on our cardiovascular system, and potentially a long-term toll as well. Now new research is highlighting another part of the body that may be affected: our […]
Should Students Carry Naloxone? AMA Members Debate Policy Stance
Should students be allowed to carry naloxone (Narcan)? Is the height of the border wall a health issue? Can connecting formerly incarcerated persons with healthcare stop the revolving door into prisons and jails? These and other questions were debated at the American Medical Association’s (AMA) annual House of Delegates meeting on Saturday. Final policy decisions […]
Americans With Heart Disease Less Likely to Use Wearable Devices
Fewer Americans with or at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) used a wearable health monitoring device than the general population, according to a nationally representative sample using 2019-2020 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) data. Only 18% of adults with CVD and 26% of those at risk for CVD reported using a wearable device to […]
Opinion | ‘You Can’t Yoga Your Way Out of This’: What We Heard This Week
“You can’t yoga your way out of this.” — Lindsey Myers, MPH, of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, on a pilot program designed to fight burnout among the public health workforce. “We don’t recommend this to our patients.” — Marzena Gieniusz, MD, of Northwell Health in New York, on trendy NAD+ injections […]
Eat right, live longer: Could a moderate protein diet be the coveted elixir of youth? Researchers decode the correlation between dietary protein intake and improved metabolic health in mice
Consuming nutritious food can improve metabolic health and delay aging. But what are the appropriate quantities of dietary macronutrients that can help achieve this? To answer this, researchers from Japan fed isocaloric diets with varying amounts of protein to young and middle-aged male mice. They found that the mice were metabolically healthier when fed moderate-protein […]
Addressing Burnout in an Invisible Part of the Health Workforce
Much has been written about the burnout of frontline health workers during the COVID pandemic and what must be done to help them. But what about public health workers — those operating behind the scenes who are also navigating long hours and increased stress? Helping those workers is the idea behind the Public Health-Hope, Equity, […]