Apr 30 Watch 3:29 Hospitals are cutting jobs across the nation By PBS News Hour Under mounting financial pressures, hospitals across the country are slashing jobs and clinical services. The reasons range from financial to political, and among them are escalating costs and uncertainty about the Affordable Care Act. Casey Ross, who reported on this… Continue watching
Apr 30 Column: 5 questions to ask during your hospital stay By Elisabeth Rosenthal You can protect your financial health while in the hospital by asking the right questions. Continue reading
Apr 29 Can zapping your neck help you quickly learn a foreign language? By Ike Swetlitz, STAT A new project at DARPA aims to improve people’s ability to learn new things by stimulating nerves in the neck or behind the ear. Continue reading
Apr 29 GOP health plan for pre-existing conditions spawns worries By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Alan Fram, Associated Press Doctors and patient groups are warning that the latest Republican health care bill would gut hard-won protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions. Continue reading
Apr 28 Court upholds decision to block health insurer Anthem’s bid for rival Cigna By Sam Hananel, Associated Press It upholds a February ruling that said the proposed $48 billion acquisition would reduce competition in the concentrated insurance market. Continue reading
Apr 28 In Yemen conflict, preventable diseases are a deadly side effect for children By Larisa Epatko Health workers recently fanned across Yemen to vaccinate millions of children against polio, one of the disease risks in a country immersed in conflict. Continue reading
Apr 27 Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time to poop By David Hu, Patricia Yang, The Conversation Defecation duration is surprisingly similar throughout the mammal world. The average mammal defecates for 12 seconds, even though volume varies greatly between species. Continue reading
Apr 27 Latino men are much less likely to seek medical care. That worries doctors By Michael Anft, Kaiser Health News For reasons both economic and cultural, Hispanic men are loath to interact with the health system. Women across all races are more likely to seek care than men. But the gender gap in the Hispanic community is especially troubling to… Continue reading
Apr 26 Inside the growing business of mothers’ milk By Eryn Brown, Kaiser Health News Increasing numbers of women who produce more breast milk than they need are handing it over — or selling it — for others to use. It’s a boon to fragile infants and mothers who can’t produce enough milk, but it… Continue reading
Apr 26 Artificial womb keeps premature lambs alive for weeks. Are humans next? By Ike Swetlitz, STAT An artificial womb that could someday sustain extremely prematurely born infants has managed to keep baby sheep alive for four weeks. Continue reading