by Hillary Regan | Apr 15, 2015 | Learn
For many years, researchers speculated that what they couldn’t explain about disparities must be the fingerprint of some mysterious genetic component. But since they are now able to scan the entire genome, this speculation appears both lazy and wrong. When it comes to...
by Hillary Regan | Apr 10, 2015 | Learn
A new Commonwealth Fund study suggests that some of the differences in insurance coverage rates and affordability of care among the nation’s four largest states may be attributable to health insurance policies in these states before and after the Affordable Care Act...
by Hillary Regan | Apr 7, 2015 | Learn
Among 118 accredited schools of medicine and osteopathic medicine, the report found that 82 percent of the schools reviewed did not require students to take any exercise-related courses, and that fewer than half of the physicians trained in the United States enrolled...
by Hillary Regan | Apr 6, 2015 | Learn
At Champion’s barbershop in Northeast Portland men can get a “frohawk, a razor shave, or a mustache trim. They can also get their blood pressure checked, thanks to a new heath partnership called Cuts and Checks. Read and Listen to the OPB story...
by Hillary Regan | Apr 6, 2015 | Learn
Each year more than 15,000 women under the age of 55 die of heart disease in the United States. And younger women are twice as likely to die after being hospitalized for a heart attack as are men in the same age group. Studies show that women tend to wait much...
by Hillary Regan | Apr 6, 2015 | Learn
Some physicians feel that the annual physical should be eliminated and that patients should really only go to the doctor if something is wrong. Meanwhile, other physicians believe in the importance of developing a relationship with their patients; and say that they...
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