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Massage Therapists Ease the Pain of Hospice Patients — But Aren’t Easy to Find

    2023-06-10 Massage Therapists Ease the Pain of Hospice Patients — But Aren’t Easy to Find Kate Ruder BOULDER, Colo. — Ilyse Streim views massage for people in hospice care as “whispering to the body through touch.” “It’s much lighter work. It’s nurturing. It’s slow,” said Streim, a licensed massage therapist. Massage therapy for […]

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How the Mixed Messaging of Vaccine Skeptics Sows Seeds of Doubt

    2023-06-09 How the Mixed Messaging of Vaccine Skeptics Sows Seeds of Doubt Darius Tahir It was a late-spring House of Representatives hearing, where members of Congress and attendees hoped to learn lessons from the pandemic. Witness Marty Makary made a plea. “I want to thank you for your attempts at civility,” Makary, a […]

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Burnout Threatens Primary Care Workforce and Doctors’ Mental Health

    2023-06-08 Burnout Threatens Primary Care Workforce and Doctors’ Mental Health Lauren Sausser If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741. CHARLESTON, S.C. — Melanie Gray Miller, a 30-year-old […]

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Recovery From Addiction Is a Journey. There’s No One-and-Done Solution.

    2023-06-07 Recovery From Addiction Is a Journey. There’s No One-and-Done Solution. Bernard J. Wolfson The atmosphere inside the Allen House is easygoing as residents circulate freely through the hallways, meet in group sessions, or gather on a large outdoor patio that features a dirt volleyball court with an oversize net. The 60-bed safety-net […]

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Will a ‘National Patient Safety Board,’ Modeled After the NTSB, Actually Fly?

    2023-06-06 Will a ‘National Patient Safety Board,’ Modeled After the NTSB, Actually Fly? Mary Chris Jaklevic People concerned about the safety of patients often compare health care to aviation. Why, they ask, can’t hospitals learn from medical errors the way airlines learn from plane crashes? That’s the rationale behind calls to create a […]

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The Debt Ceiling Deal Takes a Bite Out of Health Programs. It Could Have Been Much Worse.

    2023-06-05 The Debt Ceiling Deal Takes a Bite Out of Health Programs. It Could Have Been Much Worse. Julie Rovner, KFF Health News [Last UPDATED at 8:30 a.m. ET on June 2] Policy analysts, Democrats, and Republicans dissatisfied with the deal agree: Federal health programs have dodged a budgetary bullet in the Washington […]

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The Gun Violence Epidemic Is ‘Locking Us Back in Our Room’

    2023-06-04 The Gun Violence Epidemic Is ‘Locking Us Back in Our Room’ Owen Racer NEW ORLEANS — Erin Brown recalls all too well the dreadful call he received from his mother in 2021, while in the thralls of the covid-19 pandemic: His cousin — his “brother” — had been shot six times. Although […]

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How to Negotiate With Resistant Aging Parents? Borrow These Tips From the Business World

    2023-06-03 How to Negotiate With Resistant Aging Parents? Borrow These Tips From the Business World Judith Graham You’ve reached a standstill with your mother and father, who are in their late 80s. You think they need some help in the home, but they vigorously refuse. You’re frustrated because you want to make their […]

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As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage

    2023-06-02 As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage Hannah Recht More than 600,000 Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended on April 1. And a KFF Health News analysis of state data shows the vast majority were removed from state rolls for not completing paperwork. Under normal circumstances, […]

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Mood-Altering Mushroom Sales Bloom Despite Safety Concerns

2023-06-01 Mood-Altering Mushroom Sales Bloom Despite Safety Concerns Sam Ogozalek, Tampa Bay Times TAMPA, Fla. — When a hemp dispensary in this Florida city started to stock edibles with certain mushroom extracts last year, state regulators quickly ordered it to stop selling the items. The shop had been advertising fruit-flavored gummies and other products containing […]

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