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New research finds that patients who repeatedly use costly hospital and emergency room services, known often as super-utilizers or frequent fliers, generally don鈥檛 seek such intense care for a lifetime but instead for a short period of time.
People who suffer from intense maladies and injuries say they can no longer get all the pain medicine their doctors prescribe from pharmacies.
Infected patients often move from hospitals to nursing homes and long-term care facilities, and coordination could help keep those infections from spreading.
Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood date back to 1982, while fetal tissue research had bipartisan support until the release of secret camera videos.
Less than 20 percent of those diagnosed with perinatal depression report their symptoms, research shows.
The drug Truvada, used to halt HIV infection, has been shown to be more than 90 percent effective when used correctly. But many Latinos haven鈥檛 heard of it or are deterred by the cost and the stigma associated with being gay or bisexual.
More hospitals are hiring OB-GYNs to help handle births and obstetrical and gynecological emergencies.
The federal-state health care program covers nearly half of all births, one-third of children across the country and two-thirds of people in nursing homes.
WBUR compiles a database for pregnant women to compare hospitals in Massachusetts.
Dr. Maria Carrillo tells KHN that in addition to finding ways to screen for the disease and treat it, public health officials need to think about increasing the number of skilled nursing homes and home health aides.
When Zachary Klundt broke into All Families Healthcare he destroyed the only clinic providing abortions in the Flathead Valley of Montana. More than a year later, the clinic remains closed.
The wildly popular video game Minecraft teaches kids basic spatial reasoning concepts and helps them think critically. So, if you're using it for educational purposes, does it count as screen time, and should parents limit it?
Advocates say that enrollees get turned down for coverage of some services that are tied to gender.
The two states are the first in the country to allow pharmacists to directly prescribe 鈥渢he pill鈥 and similar contraceptives.
The researchers found wide disparities in how hospitals handled young patients believed to have been abused. About half of those younger than 2 who were identified as abused were not checked out for other injuries.
A third of adults say they have gone online to get help diagnosing symptoms, but a study shows the results are often inaccurate.
The health law requires insurers to cover most prescription contraceptives with no additional out-of-pocket costs, which may spur some women to use more effective methods.
California went from being a state with relatively lax vaccination rules to one of the most strict in the country. But opposition to vaccines is far from new.
Abortion providers and foes react to the Supreme Court's action that will allow 10 abortion clinics in Texas to remain open until a state law that would close them can be fully reviewed by the court.
Disability rights advocates say the bill allowing doctors to prescribe lethal medications to terminally ill patients could lead some disabled people to prematurely end their lives.
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