Health Rewind: Is Gentrification Bad For Our Mental Health?
Plus, a look at some huge Obamacare news.
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How Gentrification Is Bad for Your Health - Spike Lee’s rant about gentrification is spot on, a new study confirms. Researchers from California study found that gentrification poses mental health issues for residents who stay behind and those who leave their neighborhoods. They also found that gentrification causes financial distress, loss of community services and high rates of homelessness. — (@kelleent) Kellee Terrell(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Study: More U.S. Children Are Severely Obese - Severe obesity among children is on the rise, says a new study. Researchers from North Carolina found that school-age girls and teenage boys were most likely to be severely obese. They also found that overall 34 percent of children and teens were overweight; 17 percent were obese; and 8 percent were severely obese, Health Day writes. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
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Depression Linked to Asthma in Black Women - Can being depressed increase someone’s risk for developing asthma? Perhaps. Researchers found that Black women that reported being depressed and stressed were almost two times more likely to be diagnosed with asthma. Also, Black women taking antidepressants had more severe asthma symptoms than women who didn’t take meds. (Photo: Clive Gee/PA Photos /Landov)
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Survey Finds Serious Gain in Obamacare Enrollees - A week after the White House released their 7 million enrollee mark in Obamacare, a new survey projects that that number is even higher: 9.3 million. The RAND Corporation, the company who conducted this survey, also found that the uninsured rate may drop from 20.5 percent to 15.8, Huffington Post writes. (Photo: Joe Skipper / Reuters)
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Black Seniors at Higher Risk for Alzheimer's - Black seniors are at an increased risk for developing Alzheimer's, says a new study. Researchers found that we are two to three times more likely to develop this debilitating disease and that the disease manifests itself differently in our bodies. It’s believed that genetics, biology and social stressors may play into this disparity, Science Code writes. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Study: Blacks Lag Behind in Clinical Trial Participation - Non-whites make up a 5 percent of all clinical trial participants, says a recent study. Also, cancer trials show 1.3 percent of participation from people of color, despite us being more likely to die from the disease. As Think Progress points out, racial diversity in trials are important given that different races may react to treatment differently. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
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3 Million More Americans Have Medicaid Due to Obamacare - Another sign that Obamacare might be working: 3 million more Americans have Medicaid now. These folks were eligible for this government issued insurance because of President Obama’s Medicaid expansion, which changed the financial requirements, the Associated Press reported. This news is bittersweet, given that only half of the states have accepted this expansion.(Photo: Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images for MoveOn)
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“Too Toned” Woman May Sue Planet Fitness Gym for Discrimination - Weeks after being told to cover up her toned body at a California-based Planet Fitness, Tiffany Austin told The Grio that she might sue. The UC Berkeley law graduate was asked to put on a shirt because her body was intimidating other gym patrons, she claims. Planet Fitness claims Austin was asked to cover up because she broke the dress code. (Photo: Marty Melville/Getty Images)
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Peer Pressure to Stop Teens From Drinking So Much Soda - Maybe the best way to get teens to cut back on drinking sugary drinks is to get their friends involved, a new report found. Researchers from Ohio State found that by creating peer-group-led 30-day challenges, teens cut back drinking sodas and other sugary drinks by 75 percent. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)