Mar 15 CDC: Opioid painkillers shouldn’t be first choice for chronic pain By Ed Silverman, STAT After months of controversy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday published prescribing guidelines to address the epidemic of deaths and overdoses attributed to opioid painkillers. Continue reading
Mar 15 When a patient threatens to shoot, how does a doctor respond? By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu, STAT A medical student recalls an experience with a racist patient, while two new studies outline how doctors react to difficult encounters. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 3:00 Surprise medical bills are stacking up for many adults By PBS News Hour One in three American adults who have private health insurance coverage are hit with surprise medical bills they thought were covered by insurance, which can range from a few hundreds dollars to tens of thousands for an operation. Time Magazine's… Continue watching
Mar 12 More families file suit against Flint over lead poisoning By Michael D. Regan Multiple families in Flint, Michigan filed a lawsuit this week seeking financial recompense from the government and several private companies after they had discovered drinking water supplied by the city had been contaminated by lead. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 7:49 Detoxing after delivery: When babies are born withdrawing from opioids By Saskia de Melker, Melanie Saltzman The number of American babies born going through withdrawal from prescription painkillers and heroin used by their mothers during pregnancy, a condition called Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, increased fivefold between 2000 and 2012. NewsHour's Alison Stewart explores the consequences of the… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch 8:04 Disparity in the life spans of the rich and poor is growing By PBS News Hour Research has long established that wealthy people tend to live longer than the poor, but despite advances in medicine, technology and education, the economic ladder has been widening dramatically. Dr. Lisa Berkman, the director of Harvard's Center for Population and… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch 53:38 PBS NewsHour full episode March 10, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Sen. Ted Cruz picks up his first senatorial endorsement, from Utah Sen. Mike Lee. Also: Who’s on pace to win Ohio and Florida, the Atlantic examines Obama’s foreign policy legacy, the Federal Reserve considers hiking interest… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 5:18 Pediatric guidelines now urge holistic health and wellbeing checks By PBS News Hour New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics released Wednesday recommend that, during routine checkups, physicians also screen children for signs of poverty. The move is part of a larger effort to improve mental health and physical development in adolescents. Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 9:18 After tragic mistake, rural hospital transforms into model of success By Jason Kane and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News Since 2010, more than 50 rural hospitals have closed across the country, and hundreds more are at risk. But Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg, Texas, is surviving -- and thriving. Prompted by a tragic medical failure seven years ago,… Continue watching
Mar 09 The first uterus transplant in U.S. has failed, doctors say By Melissa Bailey, STAT Despite this setback with the nation's first uterus transplant, a small clinical trial into this pregnancy-assistance method will continue. Continue reading