2023-06-13 What Does a Chatbot Know About Eating Disorders? Users of a Help Line Are About to Find Out Kate Wells, Michigan Radio For more than 20 years, the National Eating Disorders Association has operated a phone line and online platform for people seeking help for anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders. Last […]

    2023-06-12 A Windfall in Health Insurance Rebates? It’s Not as Crazy as It Sounds Julie Appleby “Americans will get $1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year cuz of a provision I wrote in the ACA.” Former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), in a tweet on May 17, 2023 Former Democratic Sen. […]

    2023-06-11 Personal Medical Debt in Los Angeles County Tops $2.6 Billion, Report Finds Molly Castle Work About 810,000, or 1 in 10, Los Angeles County adults together owe more than $2.6 billion in medical debt as of 2021, a new analysis has found — a staggering sum that suggests extending health coverage to […]

    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 […]

    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 […]

    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 […]

    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 […]

    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 […]

    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 […]

    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 […]