When one thinks of healthcare, an image of a doctor helping a child with a broken bone or an oncologist helping an elderly patient with their cancer may come to mind. Health encompasses things past physical condition, however. Mental health … Read more

Racial bias in healthcare is a systemic problem that has significant impacts on patient outcomes, damages the levels of communication that are only reached with a healthy doctor-patient relationship, and stigmatizes future interactions between non-white patients and white doctors. One … Read more

Healthcare in the United States has proven to have many flaws. In 2021 alone, “27.5 million non-elderly individuals were uninsured,” with “64% of uninsured adults saying that they were uninsured because the cost of coverage was too high” (Tolbert & … Read more

While social support looks different for everyone, it is a necessity in maintaining mental health and ultimately physical health. When dealing with difficulties, especially medical ones, it is imperative that the one suffering has an active and supportive social group, … Read more

Behind every hospital visit, emergency responder interaction, insurance co-payment, and much more, governmental and corporate policies play a leading role in determining how these facets of life operate. Unfortunately, these policies have not been working for the country, especially for … Read more

Everyday, Dr. Denise Hunter, an internist at Caswell Community Health is visited by patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, COPD, hypertension, obesity, and more. “Because about eighty percent of chronic medical illnesses are solely lifestyle related…People are just eating … Read more

“Just think about it, honey. What do we have on this side of town that has healthy food? Only thing we have, we have fried food. We have Kentucky Fried Chicken, Bojangles’, McDonald’s, Hardee’s, and Gardner’s, as far as right … Read more

When you think of food, what do you think of? The last meal you ate, perhaps, or your favorite dish. Maybe you think of the diet you’re on, or the food you’re cooking for your next dinner party. No matter … Read more

Food Insecurity is when individuals don’t have sufficient access to the food they need to live a healthy life. Hunger can play a role in food insecurity when impoverished communities simply do not get enough access to sufficient quantities of … Read more

In North Carolina, around 40% of the population lives in rural areas, or regions where the population is under 2,500. And given that rural America is not particularly privileged in having access to proper medical treatment, it is to observe … Read more