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Bozeman Health donates human tissue to Gallatin Co. search dog program
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Bozeman Health is supporting Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue’s canine program with surgical tissue donations to be used for training. In 2021, Montana passed House Bill 641, which allows Search and Rescue to obtain donated human tissue for canine rescue training purposes. Bozeman Health will donate tissue from patients to help…
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Climate change is our greatest health crisis. The same investments can often address both threats
We are living in a climate emergency. Climate-related disasters have surged five-fold over the past 50 years, impacting our environments, health, and societal well-being. Let’s be clear: The climate crisis is a health crisis–and it’s killing us. This year in the U.S., wildfires killed 97 people in Maui. Last year, floods submerged hundreds of villages in…
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The Open Enrollment Mixing Bowl
The Host Autumn is for pumpkins and raking leaves — and open enrollment for health plans. Medicare’s annual open enrollment began Oct. 1 and runs through Dec. 15. It will be followed shortly by the Affordable Care Act’s annual open enrollment, which starts Nov. 1 and runs until Jan. 15 in most states. But what…
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Free women’s health screenings Thursday and Saturday in Morehead
Women’s health is the focus of an event Thursday evening in Morehead called Health Hope Healing. St. Claire HealthCare, Doves of Gateway and UK HealthCare Women’s Health are partnering to provide health screenings and information about breast cancer. Dr. Amy Tefft, a surgeon at St. Claire, said recent advancements in breast cancer screenings will soon…
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Too much red meat is linked to a 50% increase in type 2 diabetes risk
Enlarge this image People who consume higher amounts of red and processed meat are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than people who consume less. LauriPatterson/Getty Images LauriPatterson/Getty Images People who routinely eat a lot of red meat may be increasing their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Processed…
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What to know about castor oil health claims
It is intriguing to imagine that the solution for countless health concerns can be purchased at the grocery store or pharmacy. Castor oil, a vegetable oil made from castor beans, has been touted as one such product. It is Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved as a laxative, but recently, social media posts have claimed…
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As temperatures rise, songbirds struggle to keep young healthy, researchers find
Songbirds like cardinals and sparrows follow the same schedule every year. In spring, they build nests and raise their young from nestlings to fledglings — but as springtime temperatures get warmer due to climate change, scientists have observed bird populations struggling to keep their offspring alive. A study published Thursday in the journal Science examined…
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New smartphone app quickly analyzes human motion to aid physical
Media Advisory Thursday, October 19, 2023 NIH-funded researchers suggest app is 25 times faster than current techniques, at a small fraction of the cost. What A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health has developed a smart phone app that can track and analyze a person’s ability to move from one place to…
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10 Medicaid holdout states scramble to improve health coverage
The Republican-led states that have refused to expand Medicaid are trying a variety of strategies to save struggling hospitals and cover more people without full expansion, which was one of the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Georgia passed a partial expansion of Medicaid, the federal-state program that provides health coverage to low-income and disabled Americans,…
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There’s Almost No Research on the Health Impact of Plastic Chemicals in the Global South
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. Some 13,000 chemicals are associated with plastic production, of which only 7,000 or so have been investigated for their health and environmental impacts. Nearly half of those studied have elements deemed hazardous to human health, but the research—spanning 50 years, multiple languages,…
