Category: Healthy News

Utah reservoirs looking healthy with near-full water conditions

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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 –…Continue Reading

A Parent’s Guide > News > Yale Medicine

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Mental health issues among teens have been rising for more than a decade, and some experts wonder how much social media use is to blame. If you’re a parent questioning if—and how—you should monitor the way your teenager uses social media, you’re not alone. In the spring of 2023, United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, released an advisory called Social Media and Youth Mental Health, in which he says there is growing evidence that social media is causing harm to young people’s mental health. Soon after, the American Psychological Association (APA) issued its own health advisory. The issue…Continue Reading

Named Best Health Insurance Company of 2024

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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…Continue Reading

Claims hospital staff at The London Clinic tried to access Kate Middleton’s private health records referred to police

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In short: UK Health Minister Maria Caulfield says she’s told police to probe “severe and serious” allegations about the conduct of staff at the hospital where the Princess of Wales had abdominal surgery earlier this year. Claims that hospital staff attempted to access the princess’s private health information hit the British press on Tuesday What’s next: The UK’s data-protection watchdog has also announced it is probing the allegations. Britain’s health minister says she’s asked police to investigate claims that staff at the hospital where Kate, Princess of Wales, had surgery in January, attempted to access her private medical records. The…Continue Reading

Eskenazi to open east side Indianapolis health center April 17

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Eskenazi Health’s new east side health center will open April 17 to patients, offering everything from primary care and mental health services to financial planning and wellness programs. Built to be easily accessible by walking and bus, the $75 million center is part of a broader effort to revitalize the area, which includes Cook Medical’s manufacturing plant, a locally-owned grocery store and the development of IndyGo’s purple line. The 95,000-square-foot center at the corner of East 38th Street and North Arlington Avenue will be the largest of Eskenazi’s more than a dozen outpatient clinics. “The growth and development and changes…Continue Reading

Alcohol-free beer on draft ‘helps people make healthy choices’

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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…Continue Reading

$24M NIH grant extends Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans

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(SACRAMENTO) Researchers at UC Davis Health and Kaiser Permanente Division of Research have received a $24 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue the Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR) for an additional five years. STAR, which launched in 2017, follows a group of approximately 750 older adults to understand how behaviors and lifestyle may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias for Black and African Americans. The study is also trying to better understand the factors that may protect brain health. Black Americans have…Continue Reading

Listen to your gut: Using microbiota analysis for precision health care

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The human body harbors approximately 30 trillion microbes, known collectively as the microbiota. These microorganisms influence various bodily functions, including digestion and metabolism to immune response, according to Pak Kin Wong, Penn State professor of biomedical engineering and of mechanical engineering. Analysis of microbiota holds potential for informing disease diagnosis, prognosis predictions and treatment, Wong said, but has yet to be adopted into clinical decision-making. Penn State News spoke to Wong about his recent paper, published in Nature Reviews Bioengineeringthat discusses the methods available for incorporating microbiota analysis into clinical decision-making, the challenges of doing so…Continue Reading