Nov 13 In 'The Suicide Plan,' Frontline Explores Hidden World of Assisted Suicide Joan Butterstein watched as the end came in steady waves of misery for her husband. "Chemo, radiation, and then more chemo and more radiation ... and he was sick and miserable frequently, if not most of that time," she… Continue reading
Nov 09 Obama Administration Delays Deadline for Key Piece of Health Reform By Phil Galewitz Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius makes her way to a news conference outside of Frager's Hardware on Capitol Hill to announce "a framework on affordable insurance exchanges" in 2011. Photo by Tom Williams/Roll Call. The Obama… Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch To Encourage Kids' Health, Pediatricians Add Reading to Essential Check-Up List To Encourage Kids' Health, Pediatricians Add Reading to Essential Check-Up List… Continue watching
Nov 07 President's Win Is Reprieve For Health Reform Law President Obama stands on stage after his victory speech at McCormick Place Nov. 6 in Chicago. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. President Barack Obama's victory cements the Affordable Care Act, expanding coverage to millions but leaving weighty questions about… Continue reading
Nov 06 Election Will Likely Decide Future of Affordable Care Act Elizabeth Doran of Orlando, Fla., holds a sign supporting Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan outside a voting precinct on Tuesday. Photo by Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel. The highest court in the country upheld most of the Affordable Care Act… Continue reading
Nov 05 If Ann Romney Is Next First Lady, What Would that Mean for M.S.? For Ann Romney, it started as it has for millions of Americans. Numbness. Dizziness. "Foggy brain." Simple things that, when combined, added up to a startling diagnosis: Multiple sclerosis. After a year of aggressive intravenous steroid treatment in… Continue reading
Nov 05 'The President Is Ill': How Health Has Impacted the U.S. Presidency For Ann Romney, it started as it has for millions of Americans. Numbness. Dizziness. "Foggy brain." Simple things that, when combined, added up to a startling diagnosis: Multiple sclerosis. After a year of aggressive intravenous steroid treatment in… Continue reading
Nov 02 Health Care Workers Brace for New Cholera Outbreaks in Haiti By Fred de Sam Lazaro PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hurricane Sandy might have saved its fullest fury for America's mid-Atlantic coast, but its earlier blows in the Caribbean wreaked havoc in Haiti. Already struggling to recover from the effects of Hurricane Isaac in August,… Continue reading
Nov 02 Haiti Battles Hurricane Sandy and Cholera By Larisa Epatko More than 50 people have died in Haiti from Hurricane Sandy, which hit the Caribbean island in late October, washing away crops and threatening to worsen a cholera epidemic. Continue reading
Nov 01 How Next President Could Change Health Law By mcarey On the presidential campaign trail, Republican Mitt Romney has repeatedly called for repeal of the 2010 health law and President Barack Obama has vowed to implement it. Yet both men could face obstacles: Romney may be stymied by the… Continue reading