El tipo de alimentación está vinculado a tasas más altas de preeclampsia en latinas
By Vanessa G. Sánchez
No hay una forma de curar o predecir la preeclampsia. La enfermedad puede dañar el corazón y el hígado, y causar otras complicaciones tanto para la madre como para el bebé, incluido el parto prematuro e incluso la muerte.
More Kids Are Dying of Drug Overdoses. Could Pediatricians Do More to Help?
By Martha Bebinger, WBUR
The surge in overdose deaths among teens is opening a new path to treatment: pediatricians. A doctor in Massachusetts shows how it works with a 17-year-old patient.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Florida Limits Abortion — For Now
The Florida Supreme Court handed down dual abortion rulings this week. One said voters will be allowed to decide in November whether to create a state right to abortion. The other ruling, though, allows a 15-week ban to take effect immediately — before an even more sweeping, six-week ban replaces it in May. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is doubling down on his administration’s health care accomplishments as he kicks off his general election campaign. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins University schools of nursing and public health, and Tami Luhby of CNN join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews health care analyst Jeff Goldsmith about the growing size and influence of UnitedHealth Group in the wake of the Change Healthcare hack.
Daily Edition for Thursday, April 4, 2024
Noise Bans Will Soon Take Effect Around Clinic: Patients at Planned Parenthood in Walnut Creek will soon have a quieter experience obtaining reproductive health care when megaphones, loudspeakers, or any voice amplification devices are banned within 100 feet of the entrance. Read more from the Bay Area News Group.
The Horrors of TMJ: Chronic Pain, Metal Jaws, and Futile Treatments
By Brett Kelman and Anna Werner, CBS News
TMJ disorders affect as many as 1 in 10 Americans and yet remain poorly understood and ineffectively treated. Many common treatments used by dentists lack scientific evidence.
Feds Join Ranks of Employers with Generous Fertility Benefits
By Michelle Andrews
Starting this year, federal employees can choose plans that cover a broad menu of fertility services, including up to $25,000 annually for in vitro fertilization procedures. At the same time, politics around IVF and reproductive health have become a central issue in the current election-year debate.
End of Internet Subsidies for Low-Income Households Threatens Telehealth Access
By Sarah Jane Tribble
A federal program that helped pay for more than 23 million low-income households’ internet access runs out of money soon. The end of the subsidy launched earlier in the pandemic could have profound impacts on health care access.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Heat protections for workers, CARE Court, doctor burnout, measles vaccinations, drug shortages, Medi-Cal enrollment, and more are in the news.
Heat Protections for California Workers Are in Limbo After Newsom Abandons Rules
By Angela Hart and Samantha Young
Proposed rules to protect millions of workers from potentially dangerous heat inside workplaces are dead after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration refused to sign off. Labor advocates and state regulators are calling for emergency regulations before temperatures soar this summer.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, April 2, 2024
ER attacks, the healthiest city, opioid settlement payments, prisoner deaths, mental health, primary care, weight, and more are in the news.
