Tammy Worth

United States

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Contributing Writer at Leader's Edge Magazine

Articles

Losing weight through better sleep

2 weeks ago | nature.com | Tammy Worth

A healthy diet and regular exercise have long been staples of weight management. But research shows that the role of sleep, which helps to regulate appetite hormones and calorie intake, is just as important. Esra Tasali, a sleep specialist at University of Chicago Medicine in Illinois and director of the UChicago Sleep Center, spoke to Nature about why getting sufficient sleep could be crucial to weight loss and maintenance. How did you end up studying sleep and weight loss?
Sleep is essential - researchers are trying to work out why

2 weeks ago | nature.com | Tammy Worth

When neurobiologist Dragana Rogulja began studying sleep in her laboratory at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2013, she had no idea what her experiments would tell her about how sleep affects the body. She wasn’t assuming — as many people do — that it’s a function mainly of the brain.
Loneliness Lingers

3 weeks ago | leadersedge.com | Tammy Worth |Zach Ewell

Health+Benefits Vital Signs the April 2025 issue Q You began working on loneliness before COVID, so this isn’t a new problem. What made you delve into this space initially? A I started focusing on loneliness because in the early 20-teens it became very clear that there were significant health consequences from loneliness. And they went beyond just the mental health ones you might think of. We were seeing research that loneliness could increase the risk of early mortality.
Artificial intelligence could boost eye care in low-income countries

1 month ago | nature.com | Tammy Worth

In October, after almost a decade of work, Google licensed its artificial intelligence (AI) model for detecting the eye disease diabetic retinopathy to three health-care technology companies — two in India and one in Thailand. It came with a condition: the firms have to provide six million free AI screenings to people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) over the next ten years.
Who Benefits from Drug Price Negotiations?

1 month ago | leadersedge.com | Tammy Worth |Zach West

Health+Benefits Vital Signs the March 2025 issue The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 authorized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to work with pharmaceutical manufacturers to set prices on 10 drugs for diabetes, arthritis, and other conditions for almost nine million Medicare Part D beneficiaries beginning in 2026. Further negotiations on additional drugs are planned. Gremminger discusses what, if any, impact this will have on the private insurance market.
A Holistic Approach to Weight Loss and Illness

Jan 14, 2025 | leadersedge.com | Tammy Worth |Zach West

Health+Benefits Vital Signs the Jan/Feb 2025 issue He also argues for expanding insurance coverage for the Food is Medicine approach to healthcare for people who can’t, or don’t want to, take medications. Q Weight-loss drugs, like GLP-1s, are shown to be effective, but there are several barriers to their use including high cost and side effects. More than half of people quit taking GLP-1s before they hit their goal weight, correct?
Youth in Crisis | Leader's Edge Magazine

Jan 14, 2025 | leadersedge.com | Tammy Worth |Zach West

One topic came up repeatedly during meetings across the state—the crisis in adolescent mental health. “Across the board, they all spoke to mental health as being near the top of the list,” says Ellyn Saren, vice president of behavioral health at Blue Cross NC. “They talked about these kids feeling a lack of purpose, social isolation, and just loneliness, which probably started during the [COVID-19] pandemic.
Mixing High-Tech and High Touch

Dec 2, 2024 | leadersedge.com | Tammy Worth |Chris Schneidmiller

Brokerage Ops Vital Signs the December 2024 issue Q With the increasing use of technology—from predictive analytics to personalized client apps—is it still important for brokers to serve clients in a personal way, too? A I came to MJ Companies two and a half years ago to launch and build our presence in Colorado. Prior to that, I worked for almost 18 years at another company that is one of the largest brokerage sponsors in the world.
Options for Ensuring Care

Oct 31, 2024 | leadersedge.com | Tammy Worth |Chris Schneidmiller

If it has some control over healthcare plan design, the company can use that as a tool to increase access. One way is to ensure that telehealth visits for medical and behavioral healthcare are included in its benefits. Those visits should be low cost to encourage people to use the services. Some insurers offer telehealth directly through their health plans for little or no co-pay. If that isn’t an option, external providers like Teladoc, MinuteClinic Virtual Care, and Talkspace all accept insurance.
Help Wanted, Desperately

Oct 31, 2024 | leadersedge.com | Tammy Worth |Chris Schneidmiller

Fast Focus Hospitals and other healthcare providers in the United States are suspending certain services or even closing completely due to staffing shortages. The numbers could get worse in coming years, with projections showing physician and nursing shortages in the hundreds of thousands.