Skip to content
WeeklyMD
Primary Navigation Menu
Menu
  • Home
  • A-Z Health
    • Addiction
    • Alcoholism
    • Allergy / Respiratory
    • Alzheimers
    • Alternative Medicine
    • Arthritis, Bones & Joints
    • Asthma
    • Back & Spine
    • Bladder Health
    • Blood and Blood Disorders
    • Blood Pressure
    • Cancer
    • Care Giving
    • Circulatory System
    • Cold & Flu
    • Contraceptives
    • Cosmetic
    • Cystic Fibrosis
    • Dental / Oral
    • Diabetes
    • Dieting
    • Diseases
    • Doctors and Health Care
    • Eating Disorders
    • Environmental
    • Eye Care / Vision
    • Family Health
    • Fatherhood
    • Fitness & Exercise
    • Food and Health
    • Foot Care
    • Gastrointestinal Problems
    • General Health
    • Genetics and Genetic Disorders
    • Head & Neck
    • Health & Technology
    • Health Care
    • Health Insurance
    • Health News
    • Healthy Living
    • Hearing
    • Heart / Cardiovascular
    • Hormones and Disease
    • Infectious Disease
    • Kids’ Health
    • Medical Disorders
    • Men’s Health
    • Mental Health
    • Multiple Sclerosis
    • Nervous System
    • Neurological
    • Nutrition / Vitamins
    • Obesity
    • Organs
    • Pain and Pain Management
    • Parenting
    • Psoriasis
    • Public Health
    • Respiratory Health
    • Seniors
    • Sexual Health
    • Skin Care
    • Sleep Disorders
    • Social Issues
    • Special Needs
    • Thyroid
    • Urinary System
    • Video
    • Vitamins / Drugs
    • Wellness
    • Women’s Health
  • Men’s Health
  • Fitness & Exercise
  • Health & Technology
  • Seniors
  • Sign Up
  • Contact
  • About
WeeklyMD > Blog > Social Issues

Social Issues (Page 6)

Ageism Costs Billions in Health Care Dollars

2018-11-15
By: Weekly MD Team
On: November 15, 2018
In: Diseases, General Health, Mental Health, Seniors, Social Issues

THURSDAY, Nov. 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Prejudice directed at older people results in $63 billion in excess health costs each year in the United States, a new study claims. Ageism, which is the marginalization of the elderly in society, accounts for one of every seven dollars spent on theContinue Reading

Companies Not Doing Enough to Combat Sexual Harassment: Survey

2018-05-15
By: Weekly MD Team
On: May 15, 2018
In: Mental Health, Social Issues

TUESDAY, May 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The #MeToo movement has shone the spotlight on sexual harassment in the workplace, but a new survey shows most U.S. employers aren’t tackling the issue. The movement “has given business leaders an opportunity to finally take real action addressing a complex problem thatContinue Reading

Grandparents Help Shape Kids’ Views on Aging

2018-01-13
By: Weekly MD Team
On: January 13, 2018
In: Kids' Health, Parenting, Seniors, Social Issues

SATURDAY, Jan. 13, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Kids who have a good relationship with their grandparents are less likely to become prejudiced against old people, a new study has found. That prejudice, known as ageism, is fairly common in children, even in those as young as 3, according to researchersContinue Reading

Should a Mental Disability Keep Patients Off Organ Transplant Lists?

2017-01-25
By: Weekly MD Team
On: January 25, 2017
In: Organs, Social Issues, Special Needs

30 members of U.S. Congress request clear guidance on this ethically fraught issueContinue Reading

Life After Juvenile Detention Isn’t Easy, Especially for Minorities

2016-12-19
By: Weekly MD Team
On: December 19, 2016
In: Kids' Health, Mental Health, Public Health, Social Issues, Vitamins / Drugs

Only 1 in 5 males was working or in school full-time 12 years later, study revealsContinue Reading

Overweight Kids Often Shunned, Bullied

2016-09-16
By: Weekly MD Team
On: September 16, 2016
In: Kids' Health, Mental Health, Obesity, Social Issues

School health programs should urge healthy behaviors, acceptance of different body shapes, study showsContinue Reading

Overweight Kids Often Shunned, Bullied

2016-09-16
By: Weekly MD Team
On: September 16, 2016
In: Kids' Health, Mental Health, Obesity, Social Issues

School health programs should urge healthy behaviors, acceptance of different body shapes, study showsContinue Reading

Young People With Epilepsy Struggle on Many Fronts

2016-08-10
By: Weekly MD Team
On: August 10, 2016
In: Kids' Health, Mental Health, Neurological, Social Issues

New review finds children, young adults citing discrimination, lack of privacy, exclusionContinue Reading

Young People With Epilepsy Struggle on Many Fronts

2016-08-10
By: Weekly MD Team
On: August 10, 2016
In: Kids' Health, Mental Health, Neurological, Social Issues

New review finds children, young adults citing discrimination, lack of privacy, exclusionContinue Reading

Besides Your Lungs, Smoking May Harm Your Job Prospects, Paycheck

2016-04-11
By: Weekly MD Team
On: April 11, 2016
In: Cancer, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Public Health, Social Issues

Income difference works out to more than $8,000 annually, study findsContinue Reading

Posts navigation

Previous 1 … 5 6 7 Next

Search

Men’s Health

ESPN’s Jay Harris Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer

On: June 6, 2025

Biden’s Prostate Cancer Likely Grew Undetected for Years, Experts Say

On: May 23, 2025

Former President Joe Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer

On: May 19, 2025

Sexual Health

Conversion Therapy Harms Heart Health

On: May 7, 2025

Shingles Vaccine Could Protect Heart Health

On: May 7, 2025

Your Loving Partner Can Protect You From Chemo Brain

On: May 2, 2025

Health & Technology

How a Baby’s Brain Grows in the First Years of Life

On: June 21, 2025

RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

On: June 12, 2025

FDA Plans to Use AI to Speed Up Drug and Food Safety Reviews

On: June 11, 2025

General Health

Studies Address Muscle Loss Caused By GLP-1 Drugs

On: June 24, 2025

NIH to Fund $10M in Long-Term Health Studies After Ohio Train Disaster

On: June 23, 2025

Racial Disparities Driving Emergency Surgery Costs

On: June 10, 2025
  • Home
  • Sign Up
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • CA Privacy Notice
  • Terms of Use
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

© 2021 WeeklyMD.com - All Rights Reserved.