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What Is Step Therapy?
Sometimes insurance companies want you to try certain medications before others. Watch this video to learn more about step therapy and getting the treatment you need for your atopic dermatitis.
No, Latinos Don’t Actually Have Less Heart Disease – a New Large Study Refutes the Longstanding ‘Latino Paradox’
For at least three decades, studies have shown that Latinos have better heart health than other people, but new research calls that into question
How Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Complicates Other Health Conditions
Superbugs can increase infection risks
HealthyWomen's 2020 Policy Survey Shows That Knowledge Is Power
How access to scientific studies and policies informs women’s health choices.
Dangerous Counterfeit Drugs Are Putting Millions of US Consumers at Risk, According to a New Study
Rogue online pharmacies frequently use social media platforms to reach potential customers
Race, Gender and the Ways These Identities Intersect Matter in Cancer Outcomes
Cancer care research usually overlooks the multiple identities of individual patients
A Quest for Significance Gone Horribly Wrong – How Mass Shooters Pervert a Universal Desire to Make a Difference in the World
There have been 213 mass shootings in the United States so far this year
15 Minutes With: Dr. Neel Shah Talks to HealthyWomen About Racism in Healthcare
One of the experts from Oprah’s new documentary, “The Color of Care” discusses racism in the healthcare system and how it especially harms Black Women
Should You Worry About Data From Your Period-Tracking App Being Used Against You?
A 2019 study found that 79% of health apps available through the Google Play store regularly shared user data. The data could conceivably be used in a criminal prosecution.
Women Having Surgery Get Better Results if Their Surgeon Is a Woman
Recent research finds that women are less likely to have complications or die when their surgeon is a woman
Rick Bright Talks to HealthyWomen About Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
The doctor who resigned from the Trump administration to raise the alarm about Covid-19 is now raising the alarm about AMR
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