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Editor’s Note: In a recent "State Spotlight" for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, reprinted below, Manatt Health discusses the investments and efforts that the Commonwealth of...

The health of people with diabetes, hypertension and obesity improved when they could get free fruits and vegetables with a prescription from their doctors and other health professionals.

The health of people with diabetes, hypertension and obesity improved when they could get free fruits and vegetables with a prescription from their doctors and other health professionals.

"Food is medicine" programs recognize the vital importance of fresh produce in a person's overall health. fcafotodigital/E+ via Getty ImagesThe health of people with diabetes, hypertension and obesity improved when they could get free fruits and vegetables with a prescription from their doctors and other health professionals. We found that these patients’ blood sugar levels, blood pressure and weight improved in our new study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality...

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Several studies consistently link poor access to food to poor health outcomes, including heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Project Bread, a Massachusetts’ nonprofit focused on permanently solving food insecurity, teamed up with MassHealth to pilot the Flexible Services Program, or FSP, to bolster food security and meet nutritional needs from birth throughout childhood and beyond, improving health outcomes at every stage of life. Since April 2020, over 7,000 MassHealth members (rangin...

On September 28, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued approval letters for Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration applications previously submitted by Oregon and...

/PRNewswire/ -- Community Servings today announced that its scientific collaboration with the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts...

Project Bread helps eligible MassHealth patients gain access to healthy food, and also give them the tools needed to utilize those items.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Sheriff's Department, Berkshire Health Systems, and other partner organizations have teamed up to address food insecurity and chronic...