DON'T EVER GIVE UP
2023-04-06 Fatigue Is Common Among Older Adults, and It Has Many Possible Causes Judith Graham Nothing prepared Linda C. Johnson of Indianapolis for the fatigue that descended on her after a diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer in early 2020. Initially, Johnson, now 77, thought she was depressed. She could barely summon the […]
2023-04-05 Raincoats, Undies, School Uniforms: Are Your Clothes Dripping in ‘Forever Chemicals’? Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News There could be more than just fashion risks involved when buying a pair of leggings or a raincoat. Just how much risk is still not clear, but toxic chemicals have been found in hundreds of consumer […]
2023-04-04 States Step In as Telehealth and Clinic Patients Get Blindsided by Hospital Fees Markian Hawryluk When Brittany Tesso’s then-3-year-old son, Roman, needed an evaluation for speech therapy in 2021, his pediatrician referred him to Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora. With in-person visits on hold due to the covid-19 pandemic, the Tessos met […]
2023-04-02 FDA Evaluates ‘Safety Concerns’ Over Dental Devices Featured in KHN-CBS Investigation Anna Werner, CBS News and Brett Kelman In the wake of a KHN-CBS News investigation, the FDA on Thursday said it is “evaluating safety concerns” over the use of a dental appliance that multiple lawsuits allege caused grievous harm to patients. […]
2023-04-03 In Texas, Medicaid Coverage Ends Soon After Childbirth. Will Lawmakers Allow More Time? Elena Rivera, KERA Victoria Ferrell Ortiz learned she was pregnant during summer 2017. The Dallas resident was finishing up an AmeriCorps job with a local nonprofit, which offered her a small stipend to live on but no health coverage. […]
2023-04-01 States Try to Obscure Execution Details as Drugmakers Hinder Lethal Injection Renuka Rayasam In 2011, Jeffrey Motts was executed in South Carolina. More than a decade later, the state hasn’t carried out another execution because officials have struggled to obtain the drugs needed for lethal injection. Now, to resume executions, lawmakers are […]
2023-03-31 ER’s Error Lands a 4-Year-Old in Collections (For Care He Didn’t Receive) Daniel Chang Dr. Sara McLin thought she made the right choice by going to an in-network emergency room near her Florida home after her 4-year-old burned his hand on a stove last Memorial Day weekend. Her family is insured through […]
2023-03-30 A Progress Check on Hospital Price Transparency Michelle Andrews For decades, U.S. hospitals have generally stonewalled patients who wanted to know ahead of time how much their care would cost. Now that’s changing — but there’s a vigorous debate over what hospitals are disclosing. Under a federal rule in effect since 2021, […]
2023-03-29 Truly Random Drug Testing: ADHD Patients Face Uneven Urine Screens and, Sometimes, Stigma Arielle Zionts Some adults who take prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are required to have their urine tested for drugs several times a year. Others never are tested. Such screenings are designed to check if ADHD patients are safely […]
2023-03-28 When College Athletes Kill Themselves, Healing the Team Becomes the Next Goal Debby Waldman 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. In the weeks after Stanford […]