Health

This restaurant takeout service swaps styrofoam for sustainable

By Teresa Carey

After big cities like San Francisco banned businesses from using styrofoam containers, a woman from Durham, North Carolina, who was fed up with the plastic trash began her own crusade. When her efforts toward passing a local ban failed, she…

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The U.S. needs more doctors. Is free medical school the answer?

By Gretchen Frazee

Universities are addressing a current shortfall of primary care doctors -- and the threat of a broader physician shortage within the next 15 years -- by taking new and dramatic steps that could reshape medical training across the nation.

Column: The Pulse nightclub tragedy changed how one hospital treats foreign patients

By Eric Alberts, John Corfield, STAT

After the Pulse shooting, Orlando Health, which treated many of the victims, created a way to connect international patients with representatives from their home countries.

Why a patient paid a $285 copay for a $40 drug

By Megan Thompson

Insurance copays are higher than the cost of the drug about 25 percent of the time, according to a study published in March by the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics.

What will it take to reverse childhood obesity? More than a single solution

By Laura Santhanam

A recent study highlights how complicated childhood obesity continues to be, as the United States scrambles to address one of the greatest risk factors for chronic illness, including diabetes, cancer and heart disease, later in life.

The economic principle that powers this kidney donor market

By Paul Solman

A hundred thousand Americans are on a waiting list for a kidney from a deceased donor. But another option is the paired-organ exchange, which allows living kidney donors who are not a match with their intended recipient to network with…

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Elvis' addiction was the perfect prescription for an early death

By Dr. Howard Markel

Like so many rock stars, Elvis employed an all-too-willing physician to feed his addiction and hasten his death.

FDA approves first generic rival to EpiPen

By Laura Santhanam

In a released statement, the FDA said Teva Pharmaceuticals USA could market their version of the auto-injectors to deliver cheaper versions of life-saving epinephine after an allergic reaction.

76 people overdosed near Yale, and officials suspect a bad batch of synthetic marijuana

By Associated Press

People on and around the historic New Haven Green near Yale University began falling ill shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday, and the overdoses continued into Thursday morning. No deaths were reported, and most people brought to hospitals have been discharged,…

The year after childbirth is the deadliest for addicted women

By Christine Vestal, Stateline

Growing evidence suggests that women should receive continuous medical attention during what is now called the “fourth trimester” — a period lasting at least a year after childbirth.