• Native Americans have shorter life spans. Better health care isn’t the only answer

    “It’s almost blasphemy for a physician to say,” but “the answer to addressing these things is not hiring more doctors and nurses,” said one doctor. “The answer is having more community-based preventions.”

  • Native Americans have shorter life spans. Better health care isn’t the only answer

    “It’s almost blasphemy for a physician to say,” but “the answer to addressing these things is not hiring more doctors and nurses,” said one doctor. “The answer is having more community-based preventions.”

  • Life and Life Only

    A good memoir should be more than an autobiography and less than a confessional but contain elements of both. As a reader, I am less interested in being overwhelmed with family trauma and pathos except when it informs the greater tale being told. Quite often, it is the memoirs that feature an excess of pathos More

  • The Ghetto-ization Of American Life

    The Ghetto-ization Of American Life Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Behind the facade of normalization, even high-income lifestyles have been ghetto-ized. Consider the defining characteristics of a ghetto: 1. The residents can't afford to live elsewhere. 2. Everything is a rip-off because options are limited and retailers / service providers know residents have no other choice or must go to extraordinary effort to get better quality or a lower price. 3....

  • April is Minority Health Month [opinion)

    Biden administration official touts efforts to help historically disadvantaged communities.

  • Arnot Health raises flag on ‘Donate Life’

    ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) - Arnot Health held a flag raising ceremony April 26, 2024 to encourage members of the community to save lives by becoming organ donors. “If you are able, be an organ donor. it changes lots of lives and it allows a lot of other people to have a second chance,” said Social []

  • Real Americans by Rachel Khong – the lottery of life

    This multigenerational tale travels from China to New York in search of the true meaning of good fortuneIt’s often said that good luck is the result of good planning: you make your own. But is our luck in life ever entirely under our control? And how much luck, and planning, might be enough? Real Americans, Rachel Khong’s second novel, strikes directly at the heart of these questions. Its Chinese-American characters are brought into contact with fabulous wealth – a prototypical stroke of luck....

  • Daily showers could be harmful for skin health, some experts claim

    Daily showers aren’t necessary and may not have any health benefits, according to some experts. Proponents of less frequent showers claim that most people take them every day — or multiple times a day — only because this has become a societal norm. "Why are we washing? Mostly because we’re afraid somebody else will tell

  • Opinion: NYU needs better mental health services

    Growing up under the taxing burden of mental illness, my emotional health was my No. 1 priority in my first year at NYU. Weary of my newfound independence, I sought out university-based resources that I hoped would appeal to my concerns as a young adult and student. Eager to make use of the university’s self-proclaimed This story Opinion: NYU needs better mental health services appeared first on Washington Square News.

  • Confidence of US consumers continues to decline as Americans worry about the future

    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated for the third straight month as Americans continue to fret about their short-term financial futures with prices and interest rates still elev

  • Confidence of US consumers continues to decline as Americans worry about the future

    U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated for the third straight month as Americans continue to fret about their short-term financial futures with prices and interest rates still elevated. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 97 in April from 103.1 in March. Responses to the Conference Board’s survey showed that Americans remain concerned about high prices, particularly for food and gas.

  • Confidence of US consumers continues to decline as Americans worry about the future

    U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated for the third straight month as