KFF/ESPN Survey of 1988 NFL Players

The Survey of 1988 NFL players, conducted by KFF in partnership with ESPN, looks at the overall health and well-being of former professional football players who played in the 1988 NFL season. While many are grappling with the immense toll the sport has taken on their physical and neurological health, most say they would do…

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Your New Therapist: Chatty, Leaky, and Hardly Human

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Vince Lahey of Carefree, Arizona, embraces chatbots. From Big Tech products to “shady” ones, they offer “someone that I could share more secrets with than my therapist.” He especially likes…

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Harris and Trump Are Ready To Take on Big Pharma

Former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are both eager to take on high drug prices, leaving pharmaceutical companies on the defensive as they spend millions of dollars this election season. When Harris was California’s attorney general, she joined cases that resulted in almost $7.2 billion (about $22 per person in the United…

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MedCity FemFwd: How Doulas Can Improve Maternal Health Outcomes

In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Tiffany Inglis, national medical director for women and children’s health at Carelon Health, a subsidiary of Elevance Health. Inglis discusses a paper Elevance Health Public Policy Institute recently published about doulas. The post MedCity FemFwd: How Doulas Can Improve Maternal Health Outcomes appeared first on MedCity News.

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