Healthy moms are a key component to ensuring healthy babies, but for some expectant women that’s a difficult task due to income instability or even lack of access to health care and nutritious food. These social determinants of health can impact how an expectant mom...
If you have a marketplace health insurance plan with premium tax credits, you have extra steps to follow to file your 2018 federal taxes. The premium tax credit is a refundable credit that helps eligible individuals and families cover their marketplace health...
Every year, 2 million American workers report having been victims of workplace violence. The incidents of serious workplace violence are much more common in health care settings than in private industry. Serious workplace violence is defined as events...
According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Thousands of Americans are affected every day, but there are ways to catch the signs early and reduce your risk. The best way to lower your chances of...
How can you be healthy if you don’t get enough nutritious food to eat? Unfortunately, research by Map the Meal Gap shows that, in Pennsylvania, roughly one in eight adults and one in six children struggle to be able to afford enough food. Fortunately, we have public...
The Center for Disease Control has found that about one in five deaths in the U.S. is caused by heart disease, but completing a cardiac rehab program reduces risk of death by 47 percent and risk of heart attack by 31 percent. “Cardiac rehab is critically important,”...
If you and your primary care provider suspect you are having heart-related issues after less invasive testing, a cardiologist may recommend a cardiac catheterization (heart cath) to determine how well your heart is working and if you have disease of the heart muscle,...
Medicaid has been in the news frequently, but it can be confusing to understand what it is precisely because it does so many things for the health of our communities. Medicaid is a lifeline for many nursing home residents. In fact, two-thirds of all...
Did you know Medicaid funding helps keep the health care system we all count on humming and providing quality care for our communities? Medicaid is a combination state-federal program designed to help low-income families, children, and pregnant moms, as...
Penn Medicine has found that nearly 10 percent of pregnant women develop a dangerous high blood pressure condition known as preeclampsia during or a few days after pregnancy, even if they have no history of high blood pressure. This condition is difficult to...