An ounce of prevention … well, you know the rest. In medicine, prevention aims to spot problems before they worsen, affecting both a patient’s health and finances. . One of the more popular parts of the Affordable Care Act, which allows patients to get certain tests...
Studying population-level patterns is important for identifying where disparities exist, but that doesn’t mean people’s bodies innately function differently. Read the Full Article.
Rutgers operates the New Jersey Hopeline, the state’s first suicide prevention hotline. It’s one of 12 national backup centers that will triage overflow calls made to 9-8-8, a new national hotline for mental health crisis and suicide prevention. Read the Full...
Hospitals must list the cash prices for services like X-rays or medical tests online, according to federal law. A new study finds the rule is largely ignored. The Hospital Price Transparency Law is intended to make the hidden costs of services such as X-rays, medical...
A notorious Superfund site gets new legal challenge New Jersey has recently begun to focus on the environmental and social damage done by industrial pollution in what are known as environmental justice communities, frequently poor and largely communities of...