MDMA, Or Ecstasy, shows promise as a PTSD treatment
Will Stone-Kaiser Health News The first time Lori Tipton tried MDMA, she was skeptical it would make a difference. “I really was, at the beginning, very nervous,” Tipton said. MDMA…
Joe Camel was forced out of ads. So why is Juul allowed on TV?
Michelle Andrews- Kaiser Health News Why does e-cigarette maker Juul advertise its product on TV when cigarette ads are banned? The short answer: Because it can. For nearly 50 years,…
ER redo: As rural hospital closes, emergency care is on the blink with fate uncertain
Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News FORT SCOTT, Kan. — For more than 30 minutes, Robert Findley lay unconscious in the back of an ambulance next to Mercy Hospital Fort…
Among hurdles for those with opioid addictions: Getting the drug to treat it
By: Nina Feldman, WHYY Louis Morano knew what he needed, and he knew where to get it. He made his way to a mobile medical clinic parked on a corner…
Class-action lawsuit seeks to let Medicare patients appeal gap in nursing home coverage
By Susan Jaffe (Maskot/Getty Images) Medicare paid for Betty Gordon’s knee replacement surgery in March, but the 72-year-old former high school teacher needed a nursing home stay and care at…
To save money, American patients and surgeons meet in Cancun
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News CANCUN, Mexico — Donna Ferguson awoke in the resort city of Cancun before sunrise on a sweltering Saturday in July. She wasn’t headed to the…
The real-life conversion of a former anti-vaxxer
John M. Glionna- Kaiser Health News Amid the contentious dispute over immunization requirements for children, Kelley Watson Snyder stands out: She has been both a recalcitrant skeptic and an ardent…
Genetic-testing scam targets seniors and rips off Medicare
Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News The 86-year-old woman in rural Utah doesn’t usually answer solicitations from strangers, she said, but the young couple who knocked on her front door seemed…
In the battle of the fitness trackers, the most steps might not win
Bruce Horovitz: Kaiser Health News When Sonia Anderson got her first Fitbit step tracker, her poor pooch, Bronx, had no idea of all the steps that were coming. The device…
Doctor Alexa will see you now: Is Amazon primed to come to your rescue?
Janet Rae-Dupree (Kaiser Health News) Now that it’s upending the way you play music, cook, shop, hear the news and check the weather, the friendly voice emanating from your Amazon…
They may owe nothing — half-million-dollar dialysis bill canceled
Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News Fresenius, one of the two largest dialysis providers in the U.S., has agreed to waive a $524,600.17 bill for a man who received 14 weeks…
I’m a CPAP dropout: Why many lose sleep over apnea treatment
Victoria Knight When doctors told Frances Faulkenburg she had sleep apnea, she was more than ready for relief from her tired-all-the-time existence. She used to fall asleep at red lights…
As temperatures climb, a new push to keep workers safe
Anna Maria Barry-Jester Last month, on a day that was sweltering even by Phoenix standards, Filiberto Lares knew he wasn’t well. An airline caterer, he said he had spent hours…
7 ways to build your child’s vocabulary
The size of a child’s vocabulary during the early years helps shape language skills later in life. Monkey Business Images/www.shutterstock.com David Dickinson, Vanderbilt University If you want your child to…
Did your health plan deny you care? Fight back.
Bernard J. Wolfson Have you ever stepped up to the pharmacy cash register only to learn your new prescription will cost you hundreds of dollars — instead of your typical…
Despite federal protections, rape victims still get billed for forensic exams
By: Michelle Andrews (Kaiser Health News) Six years ago, Erin was a newly minted graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, working three part-time jobs and adjusting…
How to get a cheaper prescription before leaving the doctor’s office
By: Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News When Mary Kay Gilbert saw her doctor in May for a skin infection on her leg, she wasn’t surprised to receive a prescription for…
Sobering up: In an alcohol-soaked nation, more seek booze-free social spaces
Laura Ungar and Jayne O’Donnell, USA Today ST. LOUIS — Not far from the Anheuser-Busch brewery, Joshua Grigaitis fills a cooler with bottles and cans in one of the city’s…
