April is Autism Awareness Month, and Indiana has made early detection a priority. According to the Indiana Resource Center for Autism at Indiana University Bloomington, almost 19,000 students meet the educational criteria for autism spectrum disorders, which can affect their ability to learn, communicate and socialize. For parents and pediatricians, the focus is on early diagnosis. .
Nevada seniors on Medicare could get a break on their insulin, which could save many hundreds of dollars a year. Those who use a Medicare prescription drug plan will pay no more than $35 a month for insulin, as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Stephen Habbe, director of State Government Affairs for the American Diabetes Association, calls the law "significant," and explained the cap takes effect in two stages. .
Similar to food trucks, where the food kind of comes to you, mobile dental units are used to expand access to care in hard-to-reach, low-income and other communities in need. Proposals in the Legislature aim to help them expand their reach even more. The bills would allow all of what s known as "Health Access Settings" or state programs or institutions, and accredited dental hygiene programs to be able to be able to contract with mobile dental units. .
Three years into the pandemic, Americans are still hearing about COVID-19 - but the message doesn t carry nearly the urgency it did when it erupted into a worldwide scourge that has killed nearly 7 million people, according to the World Health Organization. And people are still getting sick. Almost 3,000 Americans die every week from COVID. .
The "Raise Your Guard" Campaign is encouraging Kentuckians to be more physically active, minimize stress, load up on fruits and vegetables, and practice other healthy behaviors as the pandemic wanes. Data shows rates of diabetes, obesity and heart disease have risen over the past few years - especially among the state s Black residents. At age 25, Bowling Green resident Harlan Holmes found out he had high blood pressure. .