What might happen if Medicare and Medicaid covered 30% of healthy food purchases? A team of researches from Tufts University, lead by Yujin Lee, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy modeled two different scenarios.The…
Breaking bad news to patients
Breaking bad news is always a complex and sensitive task that requires practice and a considerate, tactful approach. In addition to the verbal component of providing medical information, it also requires other skills such as responding to patients' emotional reactions, involving…
World Haemophilia Day – Living with Haemophilia –
Today is World Haemophilia Day! Since 1989, World Haemophilia Day is the day the whole bleeding disorders community comes together to celebrate the continuous advances in treatment while raising awareness and bringing understanding and attention to the issues related to…
No Vaccine, No Admittance?
Vaccine hesitancy has become a complex global problem. This hesitancy threatens to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-preventable diseases. And as such, more doctors have implemented policies of dismissing families who refuse to vaccinate their children.Doctors who do decide to…
Ten threats to global health in 2019
The World Health Organization recently compiled a list of some of the biggest threats to global health in 2019. Millions of lives could be in jeopardy unless these threats are addressed.Here's a snapshot of ten urgent health issues, according to…