Readers Have Their Say … On Pain And Who Stands To Gain In Drug Market
Letters to the Editor is a periodic KHN feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Surgeons AWOL In The ER While performing surgeries simultaneously is supposedly justified on the grounds of teaching residents and fellows, it wasn’t always this way (“Double-Booked: When Surgeons Operate […]
La obesidad y la depresión están relacionadas, y deberían tratarse juntas
SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de KFF Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de gran interés para la comunidad hispanohablante, y contenido original enfocado en la población hispana que vive en los Estados Unidos. Hace unos 15 años, la doctora Sue McElroy, psiquiatra de Mason, Ohio, comenzó a observar […]
End-Of-Life Advice: More Than 500,000 Chat On Medicare’s Dime
The 90-year-old woman in the San Diego-area nursing home was quite clear, said Dr. Karl Steinberg. She didn’t want aggressive measures to prolong her life. If her heart stopped, she didn’t want CPR. But when Steinberg, a palliative care physician, relayed those wishes to the woman’s daughter, the younger woman would have none of it. […]
Medicare ayuda a 575,000 personas a hacer planes para el final de la vida
SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de KFF Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de gran interés para la comunidad hispanohablante, y contenido original enfocado en la población hispana que vive en los Estados Unidos. La mujer de 90 años en el hogar del área de San Diego estaba bastante […]
Often Missing In The Health Care Debate: Women’s Voices
Women, in particular, have a lot at stake in the fight over the future of health care. Not only do many depend on insurance coverage for maternity care and contraception, they are struck more often by such diseases as autoimmune conditions, osteoporosis, breast cancer and depression. They are more likely to be poor and depend […]
Las voces olvidadas en el debate de salud: 8 mujeres cuentan sus historias
SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de KFF Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de gran interés para la comunidad hispanohablante, y contenido original enfocado en la población hispana que vive en los Estados Unidos. Las mujeres, en particular, tienen mucho en juego en la lucha por el futuro de […]
Gun Sellers Join Forces To Curb Suicide-By-Firearm, Rampant In Rural Areas
John Yule, 53, manages Wildlife Sport Outfitters, a hunting and fishing supplies store on the edge of Manchester, N.H., and is “deeply involved in the Second Amendment community.” But six years ago, while listening to a public radio story, Yule heard about a way he could tackle a familiar problem — the high rates of […]
Opioid Crisis Strains Foster Care System; Programs Aim To Keep Kids With Mom
After Raven Mosser gave birth six years ago, she woke up to a social worker in her hospital room. Her newborn son had been born exposed to opioids — drugs she had been abusing for years. If she didn’t get clean, she was at risk of losing him. Mosser, 26, is one face of the […]
Home Visits Help New Parents Overcome Tough Histories, Raise Healthy Children
EL CENTRO, Calif. — Seated at a kitchen table in a cramped apartment, Rosendo Gil asked the young parents sitting across from him what they should do if their daughter caught a cold. Blas Lopez, 29, and his fiancée, Lluvia Padilla, 28, quickly answered: Check her temperature and call the doctor if she has a […]
Con visitas a domicilio ayudan a nuevos padres a criar hijos más saludables
En la cocina de un apartamento diminuto, Rosendo Gil les preguntó a los jóvenes padres sentados frente a él lo que deberían hacer si su hija se resfriaba. Blas López, de 29 años, y su prometida, Lluvia Padilla, de 28, contestaron rápido: tomarle la temperatura y llamar al médico si tenía fiebre que no se […]