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States That Expand Medicaid Detect More Cases Of Diabetes

by Hillary Regan | Apr 1, 2015 | Learn

­ In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that states could choose whether to expand their Medicaid programs under the ACA. In January 2014, about half the states expanded and about half did not. This created  a natural experiment — an opportunity to compare the impact of...

TONIGHT on PBS: Druker is ready for his close-up in the new Ken Burns cancer documentary

by Hillary Regan | Mar 30, 2015 | Learn

Dr. Brian Druker, director of the Knight Cancer Institute will make an appearance in the new multi-part Ken Burns cancer documentary series “Cancer: The Emperor Of All Maladies” tonight at 9pm on PBS.  Druker developed Gleevec, the first targeted cancer...

Zip Code-Decode: How Where You Live Matters To Your Health

by Hillary Regan | Mar 30, 2015 | Learn

Public health researchers like to say that your zip code is more important than your genetic code. The Takeaway is putting that idea to the test, utilizing data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s County Health Rankings Report and The American Communities...

The Potential Impact of a Health Insurance Subsidy Shutdown

by Hillary Regan | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog, Learn

The Potential Impact of a Health Insurance Subsidy Shutdown  With oral arguments for the King v. Burwell case beginning tomorrow, The Commonwealth Fund has a variety of resources to help you understand the real-world impact of a potential Supreme Court decision to end...

Do You Have a Mediterranean Diet?

by Tangerine Bolen | Mar 6, 2013 | Act, Learn, Uncategorized

This is an interesting quiz on diet just published in the New York Times.
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