Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News Millennials, beware: Your grandparents are about to start calling you for help downloading the new Medicare smartphone app. The iPhone and Android app, which launched…
Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News In a growing number of states, patients who get opioids for serious pain may leave their doctors’ offices with a second prescription — for…
By Araceli Gomez-Aldana – Side Effects Media Health officials say teenagers are using e-cigarettes at epidemic rates. Lawmakers in a number of Midwest states, like Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota, are…
(CN) – A Pew research poll released Wednesday confirms what decades of angsty song lyrics have been telling us: Most teenagers worry about depression and anxiety, feeling the pressure to look good…
Marshfield Clinic will host two free events, called “Women Empowering Women,” in March in Merrill and Rhinelander. These events will be held from: 3-6 p.m. March 5, Marshfield Clinic Merrill…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials say a child has died after developing the flu. The Department of Health Services says the death occurred in southeastern Wisconsin, but declined…
(CN) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday it is tightening regulations on companies that make nutritional supplements, especially those that make claims about curing or preventing Alzheimer’s…
By Hannah Tomasy, science journalist John Coates’ laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, hums with activity. Negative 80-degree freezers whirr, liquid nitrogen bubbles, grad students meticulously measure and mix…
Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News Noting that science has “brought a once-distant dream within reach,” President Donald Trump on Tuesday night pledged to eliminate HIV transmission within 10 years.…
Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News and Emmarie Huetteman Surrounded by patients who told horror stories of being stuck with hefty bills, President Donald Trump recently waded into a widespread health…
WAUSAU – Aspirus announced plans this week to acquire full ownership of Aspirus Arise Health Plan of Wisconsin. Upon regulatory approval by the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, Aspirus will…
The recent winter blast has had a devastating impact on blood donations across the state, resulting in an emergency plea to the community. According to Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin:…
Sydney Lupkin, Kaiser Health News Photos by Heidi de Marco ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Despite the jackhammer-like rhythm of a mechanical ventilator, Alicia Moreno had dozed off in a chair…
By Bruce Horovitz -Kaiser Health News It takes moxie to flip an unhealthy lifestyle to a healthy one — particularly for folks over 60. Most baby boomers approach retirement age…
WAUSAU — In partnership with the community and medical partners, Aspirus will create a safe, affordable, temporary home away from home for patients traveling to Wausau to receive critical medical care…
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Paul Duprex, University of Pittsburgh (THE CONVERSATION) On the darkest day of 2018, the…
Being in a cold environment causes our bodies to make certain physiological adjustments to preserve our core body temperatures. These normal adjustments can present a challenge to people with heart…
About 13,000 new cases of invasive cervical cancer are diagnosed each year, according to the American Cancer Society. The good news: cervical pre-cancers are diagnosed far more often than invasive…
By Andy Steiner Every once in a while, Tom Huynh, pharmacy manager for Minnesota Medical Solutions, one of the state’s two registered medical cannabis manufacturers, is recognized by a patient.…
By April Dembosky, KQED Even after all she had been through — the helicopters circling her house, the snipers on the roof and the car ride to jail — Lisa…
