Kalamazoo Announces Groundbreaking Prescription Cash Program for Expectant Mothers and Birthing Individuals, Launching 2025
The program, which is an expansion of Flint Rx Kids and a statewide program, will provide a no-strings-attached cash prescription of $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 each month for the first year of a baby’s life.
MSU Researcher Identifies Ways To Reduce Cancer Risk Among LGBTQIA+ People
Socioeconomic status, provider-patient relationships and rural living environments have been found to affect cancer screening behaviors for people LBGTQIA+ individuals, according to a recent study from Callie Kluitenberg Harris, a Ph.D. candidate at the Michigan State University College of Nursing.
Key Insights from the First Citywide Maternal and Infant Cash Prescription Program
A recent survey conducted by Rx Kids provides valuable insights into how Rx Kids is improving the lives of City of Flint families. These survey findings share the much-anticipated early results from Rx Kids.
Mild Cognitive Impairment Could Be Going Unreported in Rural Areas of West Michigan, Study Suggests
Researchers from Michigan State University and Corewell Health used de-identified electronic health records of more than 1.5 million patients to analyze incidence rates and risk factors of mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, in rural and urban areas in West Michigan.
MSU Psychiatrist Viewing Wellness Through the Lens of Equity
Farha Abbasi is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan State University and core faculty member of the Muslim Studies Program. And she’s a Crain’s Detroit Business Health Care Hero for 2024.
Healing Trauma Through Storytelling: Restoring Justice in Addiction Medicine
In this moving TEDxMSU talk, Poland shares her unexpected path to becoming an addiction specialist, which was shaped by profound personal losses including the death of her mother to a rare disease and her brother to suicide.
