Study by Public Health Institute shows people with diabetes were able to lower A1C levels, better self-manage diabetes, and improve overall diet and food security at 12 months
Abbott’s Healthy Food Rx program provides home-delivered healthy food boxes to help address diabetes; part of broader collaboration to address social barriers and expand access to health in Stockton, Calif.
ABBOTT PARK, Ill. and OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — A study of Abbott’s (NYSE: ABT) Healthy Food Rx, a food as medicine program that provides home-delivered medical prescriptions of healthy food to help address diabetes, showed clinically important benefits for…
The city of Boston unveiled a report on Wednesday detailing increasing mental health issues among city residents — particularly youth — as well as a $21 million initiative to improve services over the next five years.
“Our youth are in crisis,” said Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission. “Many young people in Boston are struggling with their mental health and wellbeing. … An increasing number of high school students have considered and even planned suicide.”
From 2015 to 2021, the percentage of public high school students reporting persistent sadness increased from 26% to almost 44%,…
SALT LAKE CITY — It’s taken a little bit, but most reservoirs across Utah are looking healthy as they reached nearly-full water levels after years of drought conditions.
As of Thursday, over half of the state’s reservoirs were over 85 percent full, with only three (Gunnison, Smith and Morehouse, Yuba) under the 60 percent mark.
When all of Utah’s reservoirs are combined, they are at 84% full, which is a 32% increase over the same time in 2023 and 21% over the median.
The following reservoirs are at full or near-full capacity:
Big Sand Wash – 99.4%
Deer Creek –…
Dr. Chris van Tulleken took part in a month-long experiment. He ate 80% of his calories from ultra-processed food. He explains what happened in his new book, Ultra-Processed People.
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Dr. Chris van Tulleken took part in a month-long experiment. He ate 80% of his calories from ultra-processed food. He explains what happened in his new book, Ultra-Processed People.
Jonny Storey
Eating processed food is nothing new. Humans have been crushing grains to make bread for thousands of years. But in recent decades, our food supply has shifted, with an increasing number of…
People with jaundice can consume foods and drinks that help improve digestion and metabolism, protect the liver from further damage, and improve liver health.
Jaundice is a buildup of bilirubin in the blood. Bilirubin is a yellow pigment released during the breakdown of red blood cells. Too much of this pigment causes the skin, eyes, and gums to turn yellow.
The liver typically filters bilirubin out of the blood, so jaundice indicates the liver is not working correctly.
This article discusses what people with jaundice can eat, drink, or avoid to help protect the liver.
A person’s diet plays a…
If you head to Insure.com to review your health plan options, you’ll find Kaiser Permanente listed as the top health insurer in the nation.
Insure.com recently rated us at the top of its Best Health Insurance Companies of 2024 list. We also earned the top rating for affordability, customer satisfaction, and trustworthiness.
Second year in a row
Insure.com reviewed more than 70 health insurance companies in the US
It used industry data to put together its list. It also used a survey of consumers — a mix of people with health insurance and people looking to buy health insurance.
The…
Making alcohol-free beer more widely available on draft nudges people towards healthier choices, research suggests.
A new study led by the University of Bristol found that making the drinks more visible and easier to purchase in bars led to an increase in sales of non-alcoholic beer.
Alcohol can lead to weight gain, addiction and has been linked to seven types of cancer, including mouth, upper throat, larynx, esophagus, breast and bowel cancer.
Offering alcohol-free options is often seen as a good alternative for people who want to be healthier.
For the new study, researchers from the university’s Tobacco and Alcohol…
Sam Spector is a server at Wells Fargo Center, a field attendant at Lincoln Financial Field, and a bartender at Citizens Bank Park. She hasn’t been to the doctor since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, when she was forced out of work.
Once she got back to work, Spector, 43, made too much money for a government-assisted health-care plan, but not enough to buy health insurance for both herself and her 17-year-old daughter. Diabetes and heart problems run in her family, she said, and she worries that she could have health issues she doesn’t know about.
At the South Philadelphia…