Early Detection May Help Kentucky Tamp Down Its Lung Cancer Crisis
After a decade of work, a Kentucky program launched to diagnose lung cancer earlier is beginning to change the prognosis for residents by catching tumors when they鈥檙e more treatable.
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Watch: The Feds Reexamine Covid Protocols. Here’s Why You Should Care.
麻豆女优 Health News' C茅line Gounder explains the "five-day rule" on covid safety, how guidelines and testing have evolved, and how best to protect yourself and others.
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For the Love of Health Care and Health Policy
麻豆女优 Health News shares the cr猫me de la cr猫me of reader-submitted health policy valentines. Two of our favorites melted our hearts and inspired original illustrations.
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California Prison Drug Overdoses Surge Again After Early Treatment Success
Drug overdose deaths in California state prisons rebounded to near record levels last year, a big setback for corrections officials who thought they were on the right track with medication-assisted treatment efforts. Prison officials and attorneys representing prisoners blame fentanyl.
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In Fight Over Medicare Payments, the Hospital Lobby Shows Its Strength
Medicare pays hospitals about double what it pays other providers for the same services. The hospital lobby is fighting hard to make sure a switch to "site-neutral payments鈥 doesn't become law.
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GoFundMe Has Become a Health Care Utility
Resorting to crowdfunding to pay medical bills has become so routine, in some cases health professionals recommend it.
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FDA’s Plan to Ban Hair Relaxer Chemical Called Too Little, Too Late
The FDA鈥檚 recent notice that it would move to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products comes more than a decade after researchers raised alarms about health risks. Scientists say a ban would still leave many dangerous chemicals in hair straighteners.
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Colorado Moves to Connect Agricultural Workers With Mental Health Resources
Advocates say two bills under consideration could help migrant communities but that more needs to be done.
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Halfway Through 鈥楿nwinding,鈥 Medicaid Enrollment Is Down About 10 Million
While more Medicaid beneficiaries have been purged in the span of a year than ever before, enrollment is on track to settle at pre-pandemic levels.
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Is Housing Health Care? State Medicaid Programs Increasingly Say 鈥榊es鈥
States are using their Medicaid programs to offer poor and sick people housing services, such as paying six months鈥 rent or helping hunt for apartments. The trend comes in response to a growing homelessness epidemic, but experts caution this may not be the best use of limited health care money.
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Congressman Off-Base in Ad Claiming Fauci Shipped Covid to Montana Before the Pandemic
Facts don鈥檛 support claims by a likely Republican Senate candidate that a federal research laboratory in Montana infected bats with a coronavirus from China before the covid-19 outbreak.
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The FTC Is Attacking Drugmakers鈥 鈥楶atent Thickets鈥
It鈥檚 a big job clearing out so-called 鈥減atent thickets鈥 drugmakers create to keep their products鈥 prices high. But the Federal Trade Commission is giving it a shot.
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Ketamine Therapy for Mental Health a 鈥榃ild West鈥 for Doctors and Patients
Ketamine, approved by the FDA as an anesthetic in 1970, is emerging as a major alternative mental health treatment, and there are now more than 500 ketamine clinics around the country. But with little regulation and widely varying treatment protocols, it鈥檚 a medical "wild West."
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Montana Vows Changes to Avoid Delayed Contracts. Some Health Providers Still Await Back Pay.
The head of Montana鈥檚 health department said the agency is catching up on a months-long backlog of contracts with organizations that connect people to medical care that left organizations without pay, halted some services, and triggered job cuts.
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Self-Defense 101: Keeping Your Cool While You Fight
Season 11, Episode 1On this episode of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 host Dan Weissmann seeks advice for fighting unfair medical bills from an unexpected source: an expert in self-defense.
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Readers Weigh Downsides of Medicare Advantage and Stick Up for Mary Lou Retton
麻豆女优 Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.