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Health equity
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U.S. children lacking in dental care, other preventive treatments
A newly published federal study finds that millions of American young people have been missing out on key preventive health…
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Blaming moms: How miscommunication on epigenetics is a threat to women’s health
Laura Pemberton was in labor and ready to give birth at her home in Florida when a sheriff arrived at…
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What’s really driving health inequalities
The U.S. and other wealthy nations have practically eliminated all of the infectious diseases that seemed to account for the…
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Cultural perceptions of aging affect health status, caregiving
A new study out of the United Kingdom reinforces the influence that culture and societal attitudes can have on the…
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How social position affects health behavior
People whose socioeconomic status is low are more likely to act in ways that harm their health compared with those…
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Radio series looks beyond medical care for New York’s least healthy county
The Bronx has ranked as the least-healthy county in New York State for several years running. The news team at…
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Connections between housing, health: Finding stories and getting the reporting right
Megan Sandel, M.D., M.P.H., an expert on the impact of housing on child health, says journalists would do well to…
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New key concept: The inequality of violent injury and death
The statistics are hard to believe. The most dangerous counties in the United States have rates of violent death that…
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Missing context in reports on diabetic amputations
People with diabetes in the lowest income neighborhoods of California were 10 times more likely to lose lower extremities to…
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Is your community fighting tooth decay with school-based dental sealant programs?
Have you visited a school-based dental sealant program in your state or community? There may be a good story there.…