Enclothed Cognition

Educational institutions are funneling time and money into attracting more minority nursing students, but why are we still struggling with diversity in healthcare?

As we swing into the dog days of summer and continue with record heat in some parts of the country, it’s important to talk about a potential health risk: heat exhaustion.

As of 2013, more than a third of the nation’s hospitals did not offer a form of language assistance to this rising population of people for whom English is not their primary language.

Almost two-thirds of expats polled say they enjoy a higher quality of healthcare in Taiwan than they did at home, against a global average of less than four in 10 who are satisfied with the healthcare they receive at home.

Nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals know what to expect under certain circumstances and know how to effectively deal with patients’ needs. Family caregivers generally do not, and this is where the main problem lies.

Medicaid residents are seen as less profitable than residents that pay out of pocket, or with other types of insurance such as Medicare, and as such are “less desirable” to the homes.

Over the years we have witnessed the transformation of healthcare into a market-driven system that is completely at odds with the human understanding of what good healthcare should mean.

In the heart of mid-city New Orleans, students at Tulane Medical School are taking a break from biochemistry and anatomy classes to learn how to sauté, simmer, and broil as a part of a pioneering new program that teaches its first and second-year medical students how to cook their way to health. Tulane's culinary medicine program launched in 2012. 

On Tuesday night Lamar Odom, an NBA player and ex-member of the Kardashian clan, was discovered in a brothel unconscious with herbal Viagra and other recreational drugs found in his system. He remains on life support, leading many people to question the safety of herbal drug alternatives.