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People in recovery worry GOP Medicaid cuts would put treatment out of reach

Republicans in both the House and the Senate are considering big cuts to Medicaid. But those cuts endanger addiction treatment, which many people receive through the government health insurance program.

14 Jun 2017

Hybrid filter offers low-cost option for purification of arsenic-contaminated water

The news story made a big splash: in January 2016 ETH researchers Professor Raffaele Mezzenga and his senior researcher Sreenath Bolisetty published a study in the journal Nature Nanotechnology about an innovative type of membrane developed in their laboratory.

13 Jun 2017

Out of work and looking for insurance: COBRA may be the best bet for now

This week, I answered questions from three readers who are anxious about what the House-passed health reform bill might mean for them.

13 Jun 2017

Study recommends three most effective approaches for encouraging kids to eat vegetables

Parents should not give up on encouraging their children to eat their greens. This is the advice of researchers at Loughborough University who found that 'repeated exposure' to vegetables at snack and mealtimes worked when trying to improve a child's diet.

13 Jun 2017

PATH study finds that e-cigarettes cause less nicotine dependence than traditional cigarettes

People who regularly use electronic cigarettes are less dependent on their product than those who regularly use traditional cigarettes, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

12 Jun 2017

UAB emergency medicine physician offers tips to deal with snakebite

Allison Davis never saw the snake. The Mountain Brook, Alabama, elementary school teacher was pulling weeds from a planter on her deck when she felt a sharp stab of pain in her left hand.

9 Jun 2017

As Delaware insurance options shrink, families are ‘holding our breath’

Andy and Serena Ryan get their health coverage through the state's Affordable Care Act insurance exchange and are increasingly anxious about it.

9 Jun 2017

Smarter algorithms could lead to greater understanding of the brain's true complexity

The human brain naturally makes its best guess when making a decision, and studying those guesses can be very revealing about the brain's inner workings.

9 Jun 2017

Protected but priced out: Patients worry about health law’s future in Arizona

For years, says Corinne Bobbie, shopping in Arizona for a health plan for her little girl went like this: “‘Sorry, we’re not covering that kid,'” Bobbie recalls insurers telling her. “‘She’s a liability.'”

8 Jun 2017

Treating anxiety disorders in children with CBT

“Anxiety disorders” refers to a broad range of psychiatric conditions, where people are anxious. It covers things like obsessive-compulsive disorder, general anxiety disorder and phobic disorder. Interestingly, anxiety is also a feature of severe mental illnesses such as psychosis and depression.

7 Jun 2017

U-M researchers aim to create new vehicle technology to predict adverse cardiac events

A driver experiencing an unexpected cardiac event on the road isn't the only one at risk. Fellow passengers and motorists also face death or serious injury when another person has a medical emergency behind the wheel.

6 Jun 2017

Symptom self-reporting web-based tool could be used to help extend oncology patients' lives, study finds

The study funded by the Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has found that a simple intervention such as a web-based tool that facilitates patients to report their symptoms in real time, triggering alerts to clinicians, can have major benefits such as longer survival.

5 Jun 2017

Assessing safety and toxicity of bioactives could be key to establishing tolerable upper intake levels

The good news is out that wine and dark chocolate may be good for your health. That's because of substances known as bioactives that are contained in those foods.

2 Jun 2017

Supportive housing linked to improvements in health of formerly homeless people with HIV/AIDS

Ask Elizabeth Bowen about the intersection of homelessness and HIV/AIDS in the United States and she'll respond without hesitation, "Housing equals health."

1 Jun 2017

Putting in place an A-team of allies

Earlier this year, 30 senior citizens convened in a living room to talk about growing older and needing more help.

1 Jun 2017

Innovation in natural health supplementation

The market has changed quite a lot. When I first investigated the industry, and launched BetterYou the natural heath industry was the domain of the educated few. People did a lot of research before they walked into a health store; they knew the questions they wanted to ask and expected quite a good deal of information in return.

From BetterYou Ltd 1 Jun 2017

A new Zika threat hovers as summer’s mosquitoes get bzzzzy

Zika, the mosquito-borne virus that triggered public health alarm bells last summer, has receded from the spotlight. But, experts say, expect the virus to pose a renewed threat this year.

30 May 2017

Preventative measures can help minimize rising threat of tick-borne illnesses

Healthcare providers and researchers agree: this will be a bad year for ticks and we need use preventative measures to minimize the threat of tick-borne illnesses.

27 May 2017

A busy week for health: Budget cuts, CBO scores and Mitch Mcconnell’s cryptic signal

It was a hectic week for people who follow news about health politics. Kaiser Health News' veteran reporters Mary Agnes Carey and Julie Rovner sat down to discuss some of the major developments.

27 May 2017

Penn psychologist shows how empathy can elicit both negative and positive health effects

When a close friend shares bad news, our instinct is to help. But putting ourselves in a friend's shoes, imagining how we would feel if we were the one suffering, may have detrimental effects on our own health, according to a new study led by the University of Pennsylvania's Anneke E. K. Buffone.

24 May 2017

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People in recovery worry GOP Medicaid cuts would put treatment out of reach

Hybrid filter offers low-cost option for purification of arsenic-contaminated water

Out of work and looking for insurance: COBRA may be the best bet for now

Study recommends three most effective approaches for encouraging kids to eat vegetables

PATH study finds that e-cigarettes cause less nicotine dependence than traditional cigarettes

UAB emergency medicine physician offers tips to deal with snakebite

As Delaware insurance options shrink, families are ‘holding our breath’

Smarter algorithms could lead to greater understanding of the brain's true complexity

Protected but priced out: Patients worry about health law’s future in Arizona

Treating anxiety disorders in children with CBT

U-M researchers aim to create new vehicle technology to predict adverse cardiac events

Symptom self-reporting web-based tool could be used to help extend oncology patients' lives, study finds

Assessing safety and toxicity of bioactives could be key to establishing tolerable upper intake levels

Supportive housing linked to improvements in health of formerly homeless people with HIV/AIDS

Putting in place an A-team of allies

Innovation in natural health supplementation

A new Zika threat hovers as summer’s mosquitoes get bzzzzy

Preventative measures can help minimize rising threat of tick-borne illnesses

A busy week for health: Budget cuts, CBO scores and Mitch Mcconnell’s cryptic signal

Penn psychologist shows how empathy can elicit both negative and positive health effects

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