At Clinic, Poverty Magnifies Health Problems, Baltimore, US

Lauren Burns, Capital News Service In Baltimore’s poorer neighborhoods, where problems are plentiful and solutions scarce, Total Health Care strives to correct disparities in access and treatment long faced by people who struggle to get by. Rhonda Jones began seeing doctors at a Total Health Care clinic in West Baltimore in the 1970s, when she… Continue reading At Clinic, Poverty Magnifies Health Problems, Baltimore, US

US Obesity Trends Still On The Rise, But Intervention Is Possible, Study Finds

Alana Pockros, Kaiser Health News The US’s high obesity rate and its relationship to other chronic diseases is not new information to most public health scientists and physicians, but a new analysis suggests that prevention strategies exist that could counter this trend if they were pursued as a public health priority. A research letter published… Continue reading US Obesity Trends Still On The Rise, But Intervention Is Possible, Study Finds