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Financial challenges plague rural hospitals, including in Indiana

March 25, 2022 | John Russell

Rural hospitals have long struggled to stay afloat. But now, the sector is facing a wave of closings under additional financial pressures, some caused by the pandemic that has strained resources.

Mental health ‘epidemic’ making help increasingly hard to find

March 6, 2022 | The Washington Post

It has been difficult to find mental health counseling in much of the United States for years. But now, after two years of unrelenting stress, turmoil and grief, many people seeking help are confronting a system at or beyond capacity.

J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement

February 25, 2022 | Associated Press

Indiana stands to collect up to $507 million from the deal if communities opt into the state’s settlement under pending legislation in the Indiana General Assembly, according to the state attorney general’s office.

20 Indiana hospitals docked for high rates of patient injuries, infections

February 21, 2022 | John Russell

The fines are one way Medicare is clamping down on hospitals, using penalties and incentives authorized by the Affordable Care Act to push for better outcomes, fewer safety problems and a lower number of readmissions.

2021 Health Care Heroes: Providing a ‘safe haven’ for transgender patients

September 15, 2021 | Tom Harton

In March 2016, after nine months of planning and training—and an outpouring of support from her colleagues—Fogel launched the Eskenazi Transgender Health and Wellness Program, a multidisciplinary clinic that serves about 2,000 patients a year from across Indiana and surrounding states.

Rioters blame their actions on 2020 election misinformation

May 29, 2021 | Associated Press

Lawyers for at least three defendants charged in connection with the violent siege tell The Associated Press that they will blame election misinformation and conspiracy theories, much of it pushed by then-President Donald Trump, for misleading their clients.

2021 Innovation Issue: Telehealth is disrupting traditional care model for doctors, hospitals

May 28, 2021 | John Russell

For decades, one industry—health care—has largely clung to its traditional model of person-to-person visits in brick-and-mortar buildings, even as other industries have gone virtual. It took a pandemic to disrupt everything, almost overnight.

Pandemic fuels eating-disorder surge in teens, adults

May 23, 2021 | Associated Press

The pandemic created treacherous conditions for eating disorders, leading to surges in new cases and relapses that are not abating as restrictions are loosened and COVID-19 cases subside, doctors and other specialists say.

IU medical school to move, expand Family Medicine Center as part of campus consolidation

April 12, 2021 | John Russell

The center, which is home to one of the medical school’s largest programs, will move from its current location at Senate Avenue and 15th Street to the IUPUI campus.

Deaths from Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias jumped in 2020, report says

March 2, 2021 | The Washington Post

Preliminary reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that there were at least 42,000 more deaths from Alzheimer’s and other dementias in 2020 compared with the average of the five years prior.

Sharing a home office with your partner? Here’s how to keep the peace.

November 18, 2020 | The Washington Post

It takes work to work well with your partner: There’s no IT department, no supply manager and no human resources pro to settle turf battles.

COVID-19 and child care: What the latest research says

October 25, 2020 | The Washington Post

Questions remain about how the coronavirus affects children, how safe the programs are for children and their families, and which procedures work best to mitigate the spread of the virus and its disease, COVID-19.

Eli Lilly, hospitals go to war over drug prices

October 2, 2020 | John Russell

A long-simmering dispute between Eli Lilly and Co. and safety-net hospitals across the nation over the price of prescription drugs has reached the boiling point.

The pandemic shows we all should know ‘psychological first aid.’ Here are the basics.

September 24, 2020 | The Washington Post

Like regular first aid, PFA is a way of helping someone in pain – except rather than cleaning and bandaging a cut or applying ice to a sprained ankle, you tend to someone’s anxiety or distress in a way that will ease it and help restore a sense of equanimity.

IU School of Medicine wins $12.3M grant to study opioid withdrawal treatment

September 18, 2020 | John Russell

The medical school said it is testing the use of tezampanel, an experimental drug for migraines developed by Indianapolis-based drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co., to treat opioid withdrawal syndrome and other addictions and mental illnesses.

Letters might help loved ones more than another online meetup

September 17, 2020 | The Washington Post

The old-fashioned gesture could be particularly beneficial now: The pandemic is adversely affecting Americans’ mental health, and research suggests that being contacted by letter can lower the risk of suicide.

Your brain on barbells: Can strength training improve your mood?

September 3, 2020

The impact of resistance training on emotional disorders is an emerging area of exercise science, according to Jacob Meyer, an assistant professor of kinesiology at Iowa State University.

As kids move from quarantine to school, separation anxiety may follow. Here’s how to help.

August 23, 2020

With school re-openings—or partial re-openings—just around the corner, many parents are wondering how they can help their children wade back into the world.

Wellbeing: Time to ditch ‘toxic positivity,’ experts say: ‘It’s OK not to be OK’

August 20, 2020 | The Washington Post

With data indicating that anxiety and depression, among other mental health problems, have surged to historic levels in recent months, adding toxic positivity to the mix may only exacerbate the rising tide of negative emotions by preventing people from working through the serious issues they’re experiencing in a healthy way, experts say.

After years of turmoil, biotech testing firm aims to grow again

June 26, 2020 | John Russell

West Lafayette-based Bioanalytical Systems’ latest executive departure comes amid recent signs of stability, turnaround and growth for a company that just three years ago was on the verge of sinking.

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