Health

In 2017, 70,237 Americans died from drug overdoses, and 47,173 from suicide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2018, nearly 20% of adults experienced a mental illness, according to the National Alliance on…

Danielle Jones reads through the recipe for Nerd Lyfe (v2) vape juice. After five years of buying her favorite flavor (red licorice) at her local vape shop, this is Jones’ first attempt at making her own e-liquid. Photo credit: Heidi de…

Medicare doesn't cover all of Russell Desmond's health care costs, so, with assistance from the American Kidney Fund, he pays for private insurance to cover the difference. But if the organization cuts off aid, Desmond says, he has no…

A public forum coming up in Buffalo next week takes on the impact of rapidly expanding wind energy development on public health. Studies have shown positive public health and climate impacts from wind farm development. File photo:…

“The idea that Congress is going to lower prescription drug prices without reforms to Medicare is nonsensical,” said Zona, Grassley’s spokesman. He added that the CREATES Act, which Grassley originally co-sponsored, is important. “But…

Kaiser Permanente historically has been praised for efficiency and cost-savings. But high-profile labor disputes have exposed the health system to criticism from legislators, health policy analysts and others who say the corporate titan is…

LOS ANGELES, CA - As states and communities rush to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products linked to vaping, Carol McGruder races from town to town, urging officials to include what she calls “the mother lode of all flavors”:…

In September, Charles Wilcoxen was hospitalized for three days with a severe respiratory illness after vaping cannabis cartridges he bought at a legal shop. Photo credit: Will Stone. SEATTLE, WA- Cannabis shops around Washington state…

Tom Saputo had a double-lung transplant in July 2018 after being flown in an air ambulance to UCLA Medical Center from Thousand Oaks, Calif. Photo credit: Anna Almendrala/KHN. THOUSAND OAKS, CA - Before his double lung transplant, Tom…

“When you have PTSD, you are living in this constantly triggered environment,” says patient Lori Tipton. More than a year after getting MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in a clinical trial, Tipton no longer qualifies as having PTSD. Photo…

A Press conference where President Obama discussed the quality of health plans due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, nick-named 'Obamacare, and the insurance on the marketplace. File photo: Pixabay. ST. LOUIS — As…

Arline Feilen’s husband died in 2013, followed by her father three years later. After her mom passed away earlier this year, she “crumbled,” she says. Her mental health crisis landed her in the hospital for five nights, yet her health…

Some employers say that, in a tight labor market, offering a more generous plan with a deductible that’s less than four figures can be an attractive recruitment tool. Plus, a more traditional plan may appeal to workers who want more…

Winds in excess of 70 to 80 mph whipped through the region, bringing down trees and pushing the Kincade Fire toward the house of nurse Peggy Goebel, a Red Cross volunteer, as she helped oversee medical operations at an evacuation shelter…

A report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found that between 2016 and 2018, the number of uninsured children nationwide increased by more than 400,000 while New York continued to reduce those numbers. File…

The vaping industry is under scrutiny as more people fall ill with a mysterious respiratory illness linked to e-cigarette use. Health officials are investigating more than 1,600 cases in 49 states and the District of Columbia, including 34…

Adolescents age 13 and older were generally entitled to make their own decisions about their need for mental health services and to decide whether to allow their parents to be given any details about their condition, diagnosis or…

The Florida Department of Health released a report in April 2019 noting a 58 percent increase in the use of e-cigarettes among Florida high school students from 2017 to 2018. According to the report, nearly one in four Florida high school…

Hospitals have become so overzealous in fall prevention that they are producing an “epidemic of immobility,” experts say. To ensure that patients will never fall, hospitalized patients who could benefit from activity are told not to get up…