Oct 02 Column: How to talk to your kids about opioids By Margie Skeer, Tufts University Chances are good that even young teenagers will have heard about opioids and overdose deaths at some point. But Margie Skeer from Tufts University warns that pretending that opioid use is not a problem – or thinking that a child… Continue reading
Oct 01 Years after silently combating sexual trauma, female veterans seek help By Anna Casey, Kaiser Health News Many women who served in the military decades ago were victims of sexual assaults but often felt compelled to keep quiet. Continue reading
Sep 30 Deadly West Nile virus cases are spiking in LA. The first line of defense: chickens By Usha Lee McFarling, STAT More than six dozen sentinel chickens, living in coops dotted around Los Angeles, make up one of the first lines of defense in this sprawling county’s fight against West Nile virus. Continue reading
Sep 29 Lakes and pools can be deadly for children with autism. But tailored swim lessons can save lives By Leah Samuel, STAT Drowning is the most common fatal injury among children with autism, so community centers and schools are offering tailored swim lessons. Continue reading
Sep 27 WATCH: Approaching deadline, Trump’s opioid commission weighs successes and setbacks By Laura Santhanam The President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, chaired by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, convened for the third time. Watch the full meeting here. Continue reading
Sep 27 Funding hangs in limbo for the nation’s 1,400 community health centers By Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News With four days left in the government’s fiscal year, Congress has not voted on reauthorizing billions of dollars now going to community health centers and other health programs for the 2018 budget year that starts Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 26 Consciousness partially restored in man who spent 15 years in vegetative state By Fedor Kossakovski Doctors generally accept that the damage from a traumatic brain injury is irreparable after a person spends 12 months in a vegetative state. New research has just turned this idea on its head. Continue reading
Sep 25 WATCH: Senate committee holds hearing on Graham-Cassidy health care bill By Alan Fram, Associated Press Top Republicans are adding money to their staggering effort to repeal the Obama health care law. Yet their path to succeeding in their last-gasp effort has grown narrower, perhaps impossible. Continue reading
Sep 24 Scientists closing in on the dawn of plate tectonics By Shannon Hall, Scientific American The massive slabs of Earth’s crust might have started their journey more than 3.5 billion years ago. Continue reading
Sep 23 Study suggests when mobile markets take wireless food stamps, more people buy healthy food By Michael D. Regan Mobile markets are often used in food deserts to supplant a lack of supermarkets in a particular area, most often in low-income neighborhoods. Continue reading