DON'T EVER GIVE UP
2022-04-02 At a Tennessee Crossroads, Two Pharmacies, a Monkey, and Millions of Pills Brett Kelman CELINA, Tenn. — It was about 1 a.m. on April 19, 2016, when a burglary alarm sounded at Dale Hollow Pharmacy in Celina, a tiny town in the rolling, wooded hills near the Kentucky border. Two cops responded. […]
Restoring touch through electrodes implanted in the human brain will require engineering around a sensory lag The brain responds differently to natural touch on a finger versus a direct electrical stimulation. Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library David Caldwell, University of California, San Francisco and Rajesh P. N. Rao, University of Washington More than 5 million people in […]
2022-04-01 Covid and Schizophrenia: Why This Deadly Mix Can Deepen Knowledge of the Brain Disease April Dembosky, KQED Most of the time, the voices in Keris Myrick’s head don’t bother her. They stay in the background or say nice things. But sometimes they get loud and mean — like when a deadly pandemic […]
2022-03-31 Delays for Autism Diagnosis and Treatment Grew Even Longer During the Pandemic Andy Miller and Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News Wylie James Prescott, 3, had to wait more than a year after his autism diagnosis to begin behavioral therapy, even though research shows early treatment of autism can be crucial for children’s […]
2022-03-30 Climate Change May Push the US Toward the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for West Nile Virus Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News Michael Keasling of Lakewood, Colorado, was an electrician who loved big trucks, fast cars, and Harley-Davidsons. He’d struggled with diabetes since he was a teenager, needing a kidney transplant from his sister to […]
2022-03-29 Big Pharma Is Betting on Bigger Political Ambitions From Sen. Tim Scott Rachana Pradhan and Victoria Knight Sen. Tim Scott, a rising star in the Republican Party with broad popularity in his home state of South Carolina, is getting showered with drug industry money before facing voters this fall. Scott was the […]
2022-03-28 Can Melatonin Gummies Solve Family Bedtime Struggles? Experts Advise Caution Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News For three exhausting years, Lauren Lockwood tried to get her son Rex to sleep through the night. As an infant, he couldn’t sleep without a blanket over his carrier to drown out the world around him. At age […]
2022-03-28 Abortion pills are just as safe to prescribe based on a patient’s medical history as after an in-person exam, new research finds Removing ultrasound and pelvic exam requirements for medication abortion could help expand access to care. Oleg Rebrik/iStock via Getty Images Plus Ushma Upadhyay, University of California, San Francisco For many people, accessing abortion […]
2022-03-27 Health Officials See Bright Future in Poop Surveillance Anna Maria Barry-Jester MODESTO, Calif. — One of Patrick Green’s first orders of business each day is to open a tap and fill a bottle with sludge. A utilities plant operator in Modesto, a city of nearly a quarter-million people in California’s San Joaquin […]
2022-03-23 To Families’ Dismay, Biden Nursing Home Reform Doesn’t View Them as Essential Caregivers Judith Graham When the Biden administration announced a set of proposed nursing home reforms last month, consumer advocates were both pleased and puzzled. The reforms call for minimum staffing requirements, stronger regulatory oversight, and better public information about nursing […]