May 15 Young adults feel stress of long-term care, poll finds By Emily Swanson, Associated Press Most young adults haven't given much thought to their own needs as they get older, but a significant number are already providing long-term care for older loved ones, according to a new poll. Continue reading
May 14 Watch 9:46 HHS Secretary Azar: Trump's drug prices proposal is better than campaign pledge President Trump laid out his long-awaited plan for tackling drug prices on Friday. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar joins Judy Woodruff to fill in the details about the plan, including how it will affect prices under Medicare, why… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 6:42 'Portraits of Resilience' destigmatize depression at one of the world's top universities By Jeffrey Brown Students at MIT are now part of a project to give a face and voice to a growing crisis across U.S. campuses. When a computer science professor noticed more and more students were coming to discuss their mental health issues,… Continue watching
May 14 UN health agency aims to wipe out trans fats worldwide By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The World Health Organization has released a plan to help countries wipe out artery-clogging trans fats from the global food supply in the next five years. Continue reading
May 10 Congo announces first suspected Ebola death since new outbreak By Associated Press Health officials declared an Ebola outbreak in the country's northwest on Tuesday after lab tests confirmed the deadly virus in two cases from the town of Bikoro in the Equateur province. Continue reading
May 09 Democratic Republic of Congo reports Ebola outbreak, 2 cases confirmed By Jessica Villagomez The Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an Ebola outbreak after two suspected cases tested positive for the Zaire strain of the virus. Continue reading
May 08 Watch 4:45 'I am old enough to die': Barbara Ehrenreich questions our longevity obsession By Jeffrey Brown When is a medical procedure or preventative screening counterproductive? How much time should we spend in the gym or fixating on the latest diet? The new book “Natural Causes” calls into question a number of seeming certainties of modern life… Continue watching
May 06 Watch 4:11 New National Institutes of Health project raises privacy concerns By PBS News Hour All of Us, a new project by the National Institutes of Health, is aiming to voluntarily collect medical history from at least a million Americans. With a focus on underrepresented groups in medical research like women and minorities, the project… Continue watching
May 02 I work and collect Social Security. Can I boost my benefits? Social Security bases your benefits on your highest 35 years of wage earnings. The effect of any single year’s higher earnings will be modest. Continue reading
May 02 As opioid crisis grows, babies and moms with hepatitis C fly under the radar By Laura Santhanam Among pregnant women, the hepatitis C infection rate nearly doubled in five years, fueled primarily by injection drug use linked to the opioid crisis, and the medical community is increasingly concerned that mothers and infants may go undetected and untreated… Continue reading