Mobile mental health apps for Veterans aim to reduce suicide risk
(Source – www.blog.va.gov) VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System staff are working to reach more Veterans using mobile mental health apps. VA’s
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Month: April 2021
Early retirements could be drastic in healthcare
(By Molly Gamble for Becker’s Hospital Review) Just as millennials of certain socioeconomic status are exiting the workforce or shaking up
Read MoreCVS To Offer In-Store Mental Health Counseling
(By Yki Noguchi for NPR) Barber shop owner Angela Miller always hears about clients’ family dysfunctions and financial struggles, but
Read MoreFDA says it will ban all menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will ban all menthol
Read MoreCovid Forces Cohousing Communities to Examine Shared Values and Relationships
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Tensions were running high at PDX Commons, a cohousing community for adults 55
Read MoreCOVID-19 antiviral pill could be ready by end of year, Pfizer CEO says
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) An oral drug to treat COVID-19 at the first sign of illness, made
Read MoreBig Investors Push Nursing Homes to Upgrade Care and Working Conditions
(By Harris Meyer for Kaiser Health News) Nursing homes and long-term care facilities, where 182,000 Americans perished during the covid
Read MoreHealth Spending for 60-64 Year Olds Would Be Lower Under Medicare Than Under Large Employer Plans
(By Matthew Rae, Juliette Cubanski, and Anthony Damico for Kaiser Family Foundation published April 27, 2021) Medicare currently offers health
Read MoreDrug costs continue to outpace inflation
A recent survey conducted by the IT company Scripta Insights found 66 percent of Americans think they pay too much
Read MoreTemporary inability to retrieve a memory is called blocking
We all have said it “it’s on the tip of my tongue” when we cannot recall a certain word or
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