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How listening can transform the patient experience and the healthcare system

When you visit a doctor, you expect them to listen. But in today's fast-paced health care system, real listening - the kind that makes you feel seen, heard and understood - can be the first thing to go.

19 Aug 2025

A brain-dead pregnant woman was kept alive in Georgia. It’s unclear if state law required it.

A Georgia woman declared brain-dead and kept on life support for more than three months because she was pregnant was removed from a ventilator in June and died, days after doctors delivered her 1-pound, 13-ounce baby by emergency cesarean section.

29 Jul 2025

Can probiotics boost athletic performance? Review reveals what works and what still needs proof

A new review in Frontiers in Nutrition synthesizes recent evidence on how probiotic supplementation may impact gut health, immunity, and performance in athletes across various sports.

22 Jul 2025

Los Angeles weighs a disaster registry. Disability advocates warn against false assurances.

In the wake of January's deadly wildfires, Los Angeles County leaders are weighing a disaster registry intended to help disabled and senior residents get connected to emergency responders to bring them to safety during disasters.

17 Jul 2025

Even grave errors at rehab hospitals go unpenalized and undisclosed

Rehab hospitals that help people recover from major surgeries and injuries have become a highly lucrative slice of the health care business.

15 Jul 2025

Experimental treatment reverses paralysis in child with rare mitochondrial disease

The value of a recent biochemical discovery can be seen in the case of an 8-year-old boy. In August 2023 he was able to play typical sports, but by November he needed a wheelchair because of a rare disease that caused worsening paralysis.

9 Jul 2025

In a nation growing hostile toward drugs and homelessness, Los Angeles tries leniency

Inside a bright new building in the heart of Skid Row, homeless people hung out in a canopy-covered courtyard — some waiting to take a shower, do laundry, or get medication for addiction treatment.

8 Jul 2025

Food insecurity, neighborhood disadvantage, and lack of social support affect stroke outcomes

Having poor access to food, living in a disadvantaged neighborhood and not having strong friend and family support may lead to worse outcomes after stroke, according to a study published June 18, 2025, in Neurology® Clinical Practice, an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

19 Jun 2025

Nurse practitioners critical in treating older adults as ranks of geriatricians shrink

On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s home to the next, seeing eight in all.

18 Jun 2025

UC Irvine researchers uncover altered RNA processing in ALS

UC Irvine researchers conducted a study to better understand the molecular basis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disorder in which patients lose the ability to move, becoming weak and wheelchair bound before dying because they can no longer breathe.

3 Jun 2025

Housing, nutrition in peril as Trump pulls back Medicaid social services

During his first administration, President Donald Trump's top health officials gave North Carolina permission to use Medicaid money for social services not traditionally covered by health insurance.

19 May 2025

Californians receiving in-home care fear Medicaid cuts will spell end to independent living

With a Starbucks coffee cup in her hand and a half gallon of milk under her arm, Florence Owens let herself into Carol Crooks' apartment on a Monday morning, announced herself with a cheery "hello," walked through the book-filled living room, and got to work in the kitchen.

16 May 2025

Wheelchair News and Research

How listening can transform the patient experience and the healthcare system

A brain-dead pregnant woman was kept alive in Georgia. It’s unclear if state law required it.

Can probiotics boost athletic performance? Review reveals what works and what still needs proof

Los Angeles weighs a disaster registry. Disability advocates warn against false assurances.

Even grave errors at rehab hospitals go unpenalized and undisclosed

Experimental treatment reverses paralysis in child with rare mitochondrial disease

In a nation growing hostile toward drugs and homelessness, Los Angeles tries leniency

Food insecurity, neighborhood disadvantage, and lack of social support affect stroke outcomes

Nurse practitioners critical in treating older adults as ranks of geriatricians shrink

UC Irvine researchers uncover altered RNA processing in ALS

Housing, nutrition in peril as Trump pulls back Medicaid social services

Californians receiving in-home care fear Medicaid cuts will spell end to independent living

Pain clinic CEO faced 20 years for making patients ‘human pin cushions.’ He got 18 months.

Woman with rare genetic disorder delivers healthy baby after complex pregnancy

Mouse study confirms early inflammation in hereditary paralysis condition

New approach may prevent neurotoxic protein aggregates in ALS

UC researchers receive $200,000 grant to design user-friendly exoskeleton for spinal cord injury patients

Their physical therapy coverage ran out before they could walk again

Many people with disabilities risk losing their Medicaid if they work too much

Pain clinics made millions from ‘unnecessary’ injections into ‘human pin cushions’

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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