The Electronics Industry Sees Money In Your Health
Although many device makers at the annual Consumer Electronics Show targeted real health issues, some are looking to solve problems that people didn’t realize needed solving.
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Navigating Aging
Why Older Adults Should Eat More Protein (And Not Overdo Protein Shakes)
Whether because of illness or inactivity, many seniors need to up their protein game to maintain strength and mobility.
GoFundMe CEO: ‘Gigantic Gaps’ In Health System Showing Up In Crowdfunding
Fundraising for medical expenses leads this crowdfunding website and, according to its chief executive, highlights a deep national need to address the high costs of health care.
Patients Turn To GoFundMe When Money And Hope Run Out
Medical fundraisers account for 1 in 3 of the website's campaigns and bring in more money than any other GoFundMe category. Americans' confidence they can afford health care is slipping, some say.
Call The Midwife! (If The Doctor Doesn’t Object)
Hospitals and medical practices are battling outdated stereotypes and sometimes their own doctors to hire certified nurse midwives. Research shows that women cared for by certified nurse midwives have fewer cesarean sections, which can produce significant cost savings for hospitals.
Providers Walk ‘Fine Line’ Between Informing And Scaring Immigrant Patients
California’s Top Lawyer Cements His Role As Health Care Defender-In-Chief
Meth’s Resurgence Spotlights Lack Of Meds To Combat The Addiction
Listen: Do Consumers Benefit When Hospitals Post Sticker Prices Online?
Federal Shutdown Mostly Spares Health Coverage, But Other Issues Loom
Newsom Diverges Sharply From Washington With Health Care Budget
Emergency Medical Responders Confront Racial Bias
Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Bills, Bills, Bills: Readers And Tweeters Offer Solace, Solutions And Scoldings
'Something that was supposed to help him hurt him'
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Tainted Drugs
When Medicine Makes Patients Sicker
The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to inspect all factories, foreign and domestic, that produce drugs for the U.S. market. But a KHN review of thousands of FDA documents — inspection records, recalls, warning letters and lawsuits — reveals how drugs that are poorly manufactured or contaminated can reach consumers.
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