LocalHealthGuide - Part 176

July 16, 2019 Nutrition

WIC program to replace paper checks with shopping cards

WIC participants will no longer need to keep track of multiple paper checks or purchase all foods on their benefit at one time.

July 16, 2019 HIV/AIDS

Despite treatment, HIV persists in spinal fluid, linked to cognitive deficits

After nearly a decade of treatment, cells sheltering the virus could be found in the cerebrospinal fluid of half of participants in a trial of people with HIV.

July 16, 2019 Environmental Health / Mental Health

Climate fears take toll on American’s mental health

At North Seattle Therapy & Counseling in Washington state, they’re seeing patients with anxiety or depression related to climate change and the Earth’s future.

July 16, 2019 Medicare

Medicare Advantage Overbills Taxpayers By Billions

Health insurers that treat millions of seniors have overcharged Medicare by nearly $30 billion the past three years alone.

July 15, 2019 Measles

New case of measles in King County

Case visited locations in Kenmore and Seattle while contagious. This brings the total to ten measles cases in King County residents since the beginning of May

July 15, 2019 Cancer / Genetics

UW researchers turn back the genetic clock to see how cancer evolves

It’s possible to take precancerous cells back in time, so to speak, to identify the genetic mutations that triggered their transformation.

July 15, 2019 Environmental Health / Occupational Heatlh

As Temperatures Climb, A New Push To Keep Workers Safe

Over the past decade, more than 350 workers nationwide have died from heat-related illness. Tens of thousands more have had serious heat-related illnesses.

July 14, 2019 Health Insurance

Did Your Health Plan Deny You Care? Fight Back.

If you do appeal, your chance of getting the health plan’s decision overturned is a lot better than you might think.

Ixodes Pacificus Tick on a blade of grass

July 14, 2019 Infectious Disease

Ticks spread a lot more than just Lyme disease

The number of tick-borne disease cases is on the rise. They’re spending new diseases. And new, invasive tick species keep turning up.

Picture of an elderly man's hands resting on a cane.

July 14, 2019 Aging

How long can humans live?

The longest-lived person was Jeanne Calment of France. She died on August 4, 1997, aged 122 years, five months. But she’s unlikely to hold it for much longer.

July 12, 2019 Marijuana

Cannabis & vaping: What’s in that vape?

The aerosol of a cannabis vape pen is more than just “water vapor:” it can contain residual solvents, pesticides, and other toxic by-products.

July 12, 2019 Health Insurance

Hospitals Block ‘Surprise Billing’ Measure In California

Citing fierce pushback from hospitals, California lawmakers sidelined a bill Wednesday that would have protected some patients from surprise medical bill.