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Influx Of Elderly Patients Forces ER To Practice Comfort Care

By Melissa Bailey May 26, 2017

Despite a culture clash and lack of time and training, ER doctors see how palliative care averts suffering for elderly patients with serious illnesses.

Going For $1 An Ounce: The Burgeoning Trade In Mothers’ Milk

By Eryn Brown Photos by Heidi de Marco April 14, 2017

As a fountain of nonprofit milk banks emerge, one woman’s abundant supply can fill another’s yawning demand. But critics fear that poor women will sell start selling their milk for survival, depriving their own babies of vital nutrients.

Early Alzheimer’s Gene Spells Tragedy For Patients, Opportunity For Science

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco January 4, 2017

Researchers are studying families from the U.S. and Mexico for clues to how Alzheimer’s develops in young patients, with the hope of finding treatments — and even cures — for the more common form of the disease.

HMO Doctors Take Pains To Slash Opioid Prescriptions

By Sam Quinones March 10, 2017

A Kaiser Permanente pain management program in Southern California aims to help patients taper off addictive painkillers. Some doctors and patients see it as a godsend; others complain that patients have been cut off medications they need.

Sky-High Prices For Orphan Drugs Slam American Families And Insurers

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Sydney Lupkin Photos by Heidi de Marco January 17, 2017

Orphan drugs for rare diseases have helped or saved hundreds of thousands of patients like 2-year-old Luke Whitbeck, but families and insurers are picking up the astronomical cost.

Aging And Addicted: The Opioid Epidemic Affects Older Adults, Too

By Jenny Gold Photos by Heidi de Marco December 21, 2016

Using opioids to treat pain in seniors has been common, and that has led some to dependence disorders in later life.

An Alzheimer’s ‘Tsunami’ Threatens Latinos

By Ana B. Ibarra and Heidi de Marco February 16, 2017

The number of U.S. Latinos with the memory-robbing disease is expected to rise more than eightfold by 2060, to 3.5 million, according to a recent report — putting a strain on families and health care resources.

Staying Out Of The Closet In Old Age

By Anna Gorman October 17, 2016

Many aging gays and lesbians who have lived openly for decades are finding that the world of assisted living and nursing homes can be decidedly less accommodating.

When Pretend Play Is Real For Alzheimer’s Patients

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco October 4, 2016

Playing with dolls is good therapy for some elderly people with dementia. They may think the dolls are real babies, but does it matter?

Meals On Wheels Wants To Be The ‘Eyes and Ears’ For Hospitals, Doctors

By Anna Gorman January 9, 2017

By checking up on the health and safety of meal recipients, volunteers for the nonprofit network can provide valuable information to medical providers and help ensure better care.

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