by Dr. Terry Fulmer, President, The John A. Hartford Foundation. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. When it comes to health care, what matters varies from person to person and differs depending on your state of health or illness. For one person, it might...
by Jacqueline García. This article was originally published on La Opinión. To read the original article in Spanish, click here. || por Jacqueline García. Este artículo fue publicado originalmente en La Opinión. Para leer el artículo original en español, haga clic...
By Christine Nguyen, MD. This story originally appeared on KALW FM's “Crosscurrents.” In 2006, my Mom had a dream. Grandma sat above her, perched on a black stone wall so high her feet didn’t touch the floor. “Mother,” Mom called, “You’re up so high. You might fall to...
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system, making it difficult to fight off diseases, infections and certain cancers. HIV specifically attacks the body’s CD4+ cells, a type of T-cell that has a critical role in our adaptive...
Fifty years ago this June, the global movement for LGBTQ rights was born at New York City's Stonewall Inn, and the people who started that movement -- first a riot, then a revolution -- are responsible for the access that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer...
by Kerry Hannon. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. I recently attended a Milken Institute Future of Health Summit panel in Washington, D.C. called Race, Gender, and Work: The Economics of Healthy Aging. The experts’ insights whizzed across a range of...