Health Rewind: Rihanna Teams Up With UNAIDS to Help Provide HIV Treatment
Plus, Obamacare can raise your income.
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MAC AIDS Fund and Rihanna Want to Help Young People with HIV/AIDS - Superstar and Viva Glam spokesperson Rihanna has teamed up with UNAIDS to provide HIV treatment around the world. Treatment 2015 aims at helping 15 million people living with HIV have access to life-saving anti-retrovirals. To help jump-start this program and reduce AIDS deaths, MAC AIDS Fund has granted UNAIDS $2 million. —Kellee Terrell (@kelleent)(Photo: Viva Glam MAC)
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9 Million Have Enrolled in Obamacare, POTUS Says - During the State of the Union speech, President Obama spoke about the success of Obamacare thus far. Since its implementation, 9 million Americans have enrolled in health care reform or Medicare and 3 million young people have care under their parents’ insurance. Yet, POTUS urged that he wants every American to enroll by March 31. (Photo: AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
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Country Folks Die Sooner Than City Folks - A recent study found that the life-expectancy gap between rural areas and urban areas continues to widen, with country folks dying a lot sooner. Researchers from U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration found that 70 percent of this gap was because of higher rates of heart disease, lung cancer and COPD in rural areas. (Photo: BRIAN FRANK/LANDOV)
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Believing You Slept Well, Even If You Haven’t, Improves Your Day - A new study found that thinking or being told you slept well could actually make you work harder. By conducting fake tests, researchers tricked college students into believing they had slept well or slept poorly. Those who believed they had deeper sleep scored better on their tests than those who didn’t, The Atlantic wrote.(Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images)
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Study: Many College Students Suffer From Food Insecurity - What freshman 15? A new report suggests that almost 60 percent of college students suffer from malnutrition and food insecurity. Looking at students from Western Oregon State University, researchers found that 62 percent of them reported that they cannot afford to buy vegetables, fruits and lean meats given the high costs of attending school, Time.com writes. (Photo: dpa/Landov)
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Study: Gun Violence Causing More ER Visits Among Youth - Each day, 20 young people are admitted into the hospital for gun violence, says a new study. Researchers from Boston Medical Center found that 7 percent of these hospitalizations resulted in death; the highest rates were among teens 15-19; and Blacks accounted for almost half of these cases, USA Today writes. (Photo: GettyImages)
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Are Docs Biased When It Comes to Black Patients With HIV? - Blacks living with HIV/AIDS are more likely to be “chastised” for not taking their AIDS medications and reminded why adherence is important compared to white patients, says Brown University researchers. Their report suggests that doctors may talk more about adherence to patients of color because past data shows we are less likely to do so. (Photo: GettyImages)
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Would HPV Vaccine Rates Increase If More Docs Suggested Them? - Given that HPV vaccine rates are lower than expected, a new study suggests that this might change if doctors recommended the vaccine to their patients more often. Yet, this may not be happening. Between the years 2009-2011, there was no real increase in doctors recommending the vaccine to their female patients 13-26, says MedPage Today. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)