The high cost of health care is persisting during the pandemic, even for people lucky enough to still have job-based insurance. The average annual cost of a health plan covering a family rose to $ 21,342 in 2020, according to the latest survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit group that tracks employer-based coverage.… Read More: Workers With Health Insurance Face Rising Out-of-Pocket Costs – The… »
For example, orthostatic hypotension is when a person experiences a fall in blood pressure with standing. 80 may climb 10 to 30 mm. Do You Know the Benefits of Walking? It all depends on your age, but generally speaking there are three levels of high blood pressure, the normal rate, and what causes blood pressure… Read More: What causes blood pressure to keep rising »
A recent study charts a rapid increase in teen e-cigarette use, or vaping, with a 10 percent rise among high school seniors over the past year. The study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine and conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota, showed that just over 20… Read More: Teen vaping rising fast, and Harvard official is concerned »
Pregnancy-associated mortality, defined as the death of a woman during pregnancy or within one year of the termination of pregnancy, is increasing in Massachusetts. In 2012, there were 30.4 deaths/100,000 live births. In 2014, the rate increased by 33%, to 40.4 deaths per 100,000 live births. Because pregnancy-associated mortality rates have historically been relatively low… Read More: Massachusetts Maternal Mortality Rates Rising: Opioid Abuse and Psychiatric Illness… »