Public Health
FDA Launches Criminal Investigation Into Unauthorized Herpes Vaccine Research
This story also ran on The Daily Beast. This story can be republished for free (details). [UPDATED at 11:45 a.m. ET on April 16] The Food and Drug Administration has launched a criminal investigation into research by a Southern Illinois University professor who injected people with his unauthorized herpes vaccine, Kaiser Health News has learned. […]
What We Know And Don’t Know About Memory Loss After Surgery
Navigating Aging Navigating Aging focuses on medical issues and advice associated with aging and end-of-life care, helping America’s 60 million seniors and their families navigate the health care system. To contact Judith Graham with a question or comment, click here. Join the Navigating Aging Facebook Group. See All Columns Two years ago, Dr. Daniel Cole’s 85-year-old […]
Una condición común y poco conocida: la pérdida de memoria luego de una cirugía
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. Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). Hace dos años, el […]
PrEP Campaign Aims To Block HIV Infection And Save Lives In D.C.
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). A big part of Washington, D.C.’s plan to get its HIV rate down is to get more uninfected people on PrEP, a two-medicine combination pill that’s sold under the brand name Truvada. When taken daily by people who are at high […]
Safety Violations Compound Pain Of Painkiller Shortages
This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. This story can be republished for free (details). Safety violations at a major compounding pharmacy are exacerbating hospital shortages of key painkillers, particularly in California where health officials have taken the “extraordinary” step of prohibiting sales from one of its plants. In late March, California’s Board of […]
‘Scary’ Lung Disease Now Afflicts More Women Than Men In U.S.
This story also ran on NBC News. This story can be republished for free (details). Joan Cousins was among a generation of young women who heard — and bought into the idea — that puffing on a cigarette was sophisticated, modern, even liberating. No one suspected it would make them more than equal to men […]
Barbara Bush’s End-Of-Life Decision Stirs Debate Over ‘Comfort Care’
This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished for free (details). [UPDATED at 9:45 p.m. ET on April 17] Former first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday night at her home in Houston at age 92. Days before her death, the announcement that she was seeking “comfort care” shone a light — and […]
Más mujeres que hombres sufren ahora una “aterradora” enfermedad pulmonar
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. Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). Joan Cousins fue parte […]
Drug Test Spurs Frank Talk Between Hypertension Patients And Doctors
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). There’s an irony at the heart of the treatment of high blood pressure. The malady itself often has no symptoms, yet the medicines to treat it — and to prevent a stroke or heart attack later — can make people feel […]
Decisión de Barbara Bush al final de su vida crea debate sobre los “cuidados paliativos”
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. Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). La ex primera dama […]