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Jenny Manrique Ethnic Media Services Miami, Fl. – Estephania Plascencia struggled with chronic depression and anxiety from when she was in grade school until her mid-20s when she finally sought help. The anxiety attacks had become so frequent, she hardly left her bed. A friend convinced her to see...
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Yvonne Vigil-Calderon, an osteopathic medicine student at Touro University California, went to the doctor earlier this year with such severe exhaustion that she thought she was anemic. Her lab results came back normal. “‘When was the last time you took a day off?’” her doctor asked. She realized she...
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Colorado’s community health centers are joining a national effort pushing back against Big Pharma’s recent moves making it harder to provide discounted medicines to people living in severe poverty. Donald Moore, chief executive officer of the Pueblo Community Health Center, said a federal program known as 340B has helped...
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Junio es el Mes de la Salud Masculina, y algunos proveedores todavía están tratando de convencer a más hombres para que dejen espacio para las visitas de bienestar en su calendario. Un médico de Dakota del Sur dice que ignorar las cosas eventualmente podría llevarle a un entorno médico...
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June is Men’s Health Month, and some providers still are trying to convince more men to make room for wellness visits on their calendar. A South Dakota physician says shrugging things off eventually could land you in a medical setting more frequently. Mark Beard, a specialist in family medicine...
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Unos 40 millones de niños inscritos en Medicaid o CHIP (Programa de seguro médico para niños) en todo el país, corren el riesgo de perder su seguro médico debido a la expiración de la Emergencia de Salud Pública (PHE en inglés) por el COVID-19. La PHE ofreció garantía federal...
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Some 40 million children currently enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) nationwide are at risk of losing their health insurance once the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expires. Declared in early 2020, the PHE provides a federal guarantee of continuous Medicaid coverage during the pandemic. Initially...
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Desde el comienzo de la pandemia, los estadounidenses han estado posponiendo los cuidados rutinarios. Con más estadounidenses vacunados contra la COVID-19, los expertos médicos están instando a los pacientes a que vuelvan a la atención médica de rutina y se pongan al día con los exámenes de salud preventivos...
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Since the start of the pandemic, Americans have been postponing routine care. With more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, medical experts are urging patients to return to routine health care and get caught up on delayed or foregone preventive health screenings. “While we know that prevention is the best medicine,...