Prescription drug manufacturing company Eli Lily announced last week that it was cutting the price of some of its insulin products. This comes after a public pressure campaign called “very successful” by Democratic senator Bernie Sanders when individuals who depends…
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Most Americans Don’t Understand Nutrition
Now, that Halloween has passed, the holiday season is jus around the corner. And in American, holidays mean food. New data from nutrition and food tracking app, MyFitnessPal’s Nutrition IQ survey indicates that 81% of Americans claim to know basics…
Cutting Carbs Can Help Fight Diabetes
New research from Tulane University says a low-carb diet can help people with unmedicated diabetes and those who are at risk for diabetes lower their blood sugar. Published in the JAMA Network Open journal, the study compared two groups. One…
Abortion to be Bigger Issue in 2022 Midterms, Polling Indicates
In the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that is expected to overturn Roe V. Wade, abortion rights are poised to take center stage for many voters in the upcoming 2022 Midterm elections. Twenty-Seven percent of voters say…
More Than Half of Employed Americans Believe Their Employer is Not Doing enough to Support Their Mental Health as Global Crises Fare On
A new U.S. study conducted online by The Harris Poll, among over 950 employed adults on behalf of Blueboard, an innovator in the employee recognition and rewards space, reveals a gap between the levels of stress that employees are feeling and…
COVID Cases in U.S. Are Rising Again, but Worries Are Not
The steady increase in COVID-19 cases this past month is not disconcerting to Americans, as they are less worried now about the coronavirus than they were at the start of the year, and fewer are social distancing. Fewer than one…
Most People 29 and Under AreLikely to Wear a Mask Around Elderly and Vulnerable People
A recent study conducted by AirPop on YouGov Direct uncovers the future of masking in the United States. The study found that over 49% of Americans will continue to wear masks. Care for others is a key driver with 89% of…
Nearly Three in Four Adults Concerned When Physicians Aren’t There to Lead Care
Physicians are the trusted medical professionals that a vast majority of adults prefer to lead their care, this according to a new poll from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). In fact, nearly three in four adults (72%) would…
Pandemic Outlook in U.S. Drastically Improved
Two years after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic and forced widespread closures in the U.S., Americans are more optimistic about the trajectory of the pandemic than they have been since last June before the delta and omicron variants of…
Majority of Affected Americans Approve of Psychedelics as an Alternative Treatment to Address Anxiety, Depression and PTSD
Nearly two thirds of Americans who suffer from anxiety/depression/PTSD (65%) believe that psychedelic medicine (i.e. ketamine, psilocybin and MDMA) should be made available to patients with treatment-resistant anxiety, depression or PTSD, this according to e new survey conducted by The…