As Opioid Crisis Rages, Some Trade 鈥楾ough Love鈥 For Empathy
An approach known as Community Reinforcement and Family Training, or CRAFT, coaches families to deal with a loved one's substance abuse with compassion.
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How Genetic Tests Muddy Your Odds Of Getting A Long-Term-Care Policy
Federal law bars insurers from using these test results for health coverage, but they can influence whether you get a plan covering long-term care.
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In Weary Post-Storm Puerto Rico, Medicaid Cutbacks Bode New Ills
The island鈥檚 government must squeeze $840.2 million in annual savings from Medicaid by 2023, part of the U.S. territory鈥檚 agreement with the federal government as Puerto Rico claws its way back from fiscal oblivion. Experts warn such drastic cuts defy actuarial science.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
KHN鈥檚 newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don鈥檛 have to.
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Listen: Inexpensive Nerve Drug Often Abused As Opioid Epidemic Grows
Gabapentin, a medication approved to help patients with nerve pain or epilepsy, is being abused by people addicted to opioids to help prolong their high or stave off withdrawal from other drugs. Kaiser Health News reporter Carmen Heredia Rodriguez talks about the problem during a wide-ranging health discussion on the NPR program "On Point."
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Trying To Pinpoint Hurricane鈥檚 True Toll, Researchers Say 1,139 Died In Puerto Rico
The estimate, published in the journal JAMA, dwarfs the government鈥檚 toll of 64 but is far lower than another highly touted analysis.
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How Rival Opioid Makers Sought To Cash In On Alarm Over OxyContin鈥檚 Dangers
Fentanyl and other painkillers marketed as safer than Purdue Pharma鈥檚 blockbuster drug left their own trail of overdose deaths.
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For Many College Students, Hunger Can 鈥楳ake It Hard To Focus In Class鈥
With rising college costs, up to half of college students鈥 finances are stretched so tight they report that they were either not getting enough to eat or were worried about it, studies find.
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Simple Surgeries, Tragic Results
Medicare Reconsiders Paying For Seniors’ Spine Operations At Surgery Centers
After a USA Today Network-Kaiser Health News investigation, Medicare announced last week that it is re-evaluating whether these procedures 鈥減ose a significant safety risk鈥 to patients.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
KHN鈥檚 newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don鈥檛 have to.
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Community Frets As Buyer For Cherished Rural Hospital Slips From View
Some residents of remote Surprise Valley in Northern California fear their hospital will close like so many others around the country, as hope wanes for financial support from a Denver entrepreneur. The businessman, Beau Gertz, had planned to raise money through lab billing for faraway patients.
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A Transgender Woman’s Quest For Surgery Caught In Political Crosswinds
Dramatic policy swings, from an unprecedented expansion of transgender rights under the Obama administration to the unpredictable reduction of trans rights under President Donald Trump, have left many trans Americans feeling the whiplash.
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A Transgender Woman鈥檚 鈥楤ait-And-Switch鈥 $92,000 Surgery Bill
After being promised a significant discount for paying cash upfront and forgoing insurance, a Wisconsin patient gets caught in the middle between hospital and insurer 鈥 and feels snookered by a last-minute surprise and billing snafu.
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How To Save A Choking Senator: Heimlich Heirs, Red Cross Disagree On Technique
The Red Cross and some other organizations suggest that first aid for choking begin with five slaps on the back. The family of Dr. Henry Heimlich, who developed the abdominal thrusts to dislodge objects that prevent breathing, is launching a campaign to demand proof of why back slaps should come first.
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Time For That Colonoscopy? Probe Your Doc First On How The Scopes Are Cleaned
Millions of Americans undergo procedures each year requiring medical scopes, but there鈥檚 growing concern about the risk of infection from dirty devices. Be prepared to ask questions 鈥 and bail if you鈥檙e not satisfied with the answers.
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Purdue Pharma Edits Public Service Ad In Washington Post
Did OxyContin maker admit opioids can be dangerous even when patients take them as prescribed 鈥 then walk it back?
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Hospitals Gear Up For New Diagnosis: Human Trafficking
Many people forced into labor or the sex trade seek medical help at some point, and health care workers are being trained to identify them to offer assistance.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
KHN鈥檚 newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don鈥檛 have to.
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Long Waits To See Doctors In Puerto Rico, Where Medical Needs Are Great Post-Maria
KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney reports on how the island鈥檚 mounting physician shortage is making it even more difficult to get care.
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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Drug Prices And Unicorns
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico, and Erin Mershon of Stat News discuss a series of health policy court decisions on everything from prescription drug discounts to soda taxes. Plus, Rovner, interviews health care futurist and consultant Jeff Goldsmith.