The Workup

Wanda Perez is grocery shopping at the New Haven Stop & Shop. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of the regular prices of the items she buys, and nothing goes in the cart without Wanda weighing the pri...

18 Jun 20196min

Smoking is common among people with mental illness – they buy about 40 percent of the cigarettes sold in the US. Quitting can be harder for people with a mental health diagnosis – and they can have tr...

6 Apr 20196min

Some people rely on Medicaid to access health care. Or they use other federal benefits, like food stamps and housing assistance, to build the foundations of a healthy life. A proposed change to federa...

28 Jan 20195min

Women are about twice as likely to suffer from depression as men. Poor and minority women are less likely to get help than affluent or white women. They may face financial barriers, cultural stigma, f...

28 Jun 20189min

Connecticut author Luanne Rice has had depression, probably going back to her days in elementary school. But now she is managing her illness with a combination of therapy, medication and self-care tha...

28 Jun 20189min

This is part one of The Workup’s series on women and depression. Stress can be a pathway to depression for both sexes but is a more potent pathway for women than it is for men. They are twice as likel...

16 Jun 20189min

One in five American children is growing up in poverty. That determines what they eat, where or if they exercise and even whether or not a parent can call 911 in an emergency. Yet most health care pro...

5 Mar 20186min

Research shows that patients enjoy better health when they have good communication with their doctors. Here are some simple tips to get the most out of your visit.

9 Nov 20177min