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News Articles: Medical Treatments

Two mothers faced vastly different outcomes when they got pregnant and needed medical care in Texas.

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  • Health

In post-Roe Texas, 2 mothers with traumatic pregnancies walk very different paths

The state's abortion bans make no exceptions for fatal fetal anomalies. Two women had devastating pregnancy diagnoses — one could leave the state for an abortion, and the other could not.

July 04, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Demonstrators rally to mark the first anniversary of the US Supreme Court ruling in the <em>Dobbs v Women's Health Organization</em> case in Washington, DC on June 24, 2023.

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  • Health

Abortion access could continue to change in year 2 after the overturn of Roe v. Wade

It's already harder to get an abortion in many places and access is likely to be limited more with the passage of new laws.

July 03, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Hepatitis C can cause severe liver damage and leads to about 15,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.

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  • News

Hepatitis C can be cured. So why aren't more people getting treatment?

A new CDC report finds that just a third of those diagnosed with hepatitis C have cleared the virus — a decade after a cure was made available.

June 30, 2023
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By:
  • Pien Huang
Back and neck pain affect millions of Americans. New research suggests that opioids may not make sense for treating certain kinds of acute back pain.

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  • Health

Opioids are overrated for some common back pain, a study suggests

New research calls into question prescribing the drugs even for short-term pain relief – especially given the risk of addiction.

June 28, 2023
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By:
  • Will Stone
When Kristie Fields was undergoing treatment for breast cancer nine years ago, a nurse suggested she go on the local news and ask for help with her medical bills. Fields says she and her husband quickly dismissed the idea.

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  • Health

'We're not doing that': A Black couple won't crowdfund to pay medical debt

Kristie Fields, a cancer patient in Virginia was urged to go public to seek help for her medical bills. But she worried about feeding hurtful stereotypes.

June 28, 2023
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By:
  • Noam Levey
Demonstrators protest about abortion outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 24, 2022. In the year since, approximately 22 million women, girls and other people of reproductive age now live in states where abortion access is heavily restricted or totally inaccessible.

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  • Health Care

A year after Dobbs and the end of Roe v. Wade, there's chaos and confusion

With states empowered to regulate abortion, doctors say they're trapped by vague laws that criminalize care. And ongoing court battles make it hard to keep up with the procedure's legal status.

June 24, 2023
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Abortion rights activists protest after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down <em>Roe v. Wade</em>, overturning the right to abortion, in Portland, Ore., on June 24, 2022.

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  • National

A year since Dobbs, these are the many ways states are protecting abortion

Abortion access has declined dramatically nationwide, but many states have further protected abortion by enacting "shield laws," allocating funding, stockpiling medication and repealing old laws.

June 23, 2023
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By:
  • Nicole Nixon,
  • Scott Maucione,
  • and 6 more
Zack Dorsett, the operations manager of Wonderbags, a company that sells mushroom starter kits, at his company's booth at the "Psychedelic Science 2023" conference in Denver on Wednesday, June 21, 2023

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  • National

Denver psychedelics conference attracts thousands

Thousands are in Denver this week to learn about the future of psychedelics like magic mushrooms and MDMA, and to talk business.

June 23, 2023
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By:
  • Leigh Paterson
On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, a federal judge blocked Arkansas' ban on gender-affirming care for minors. In this photo, opponents of a religious freedom bill gather at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, April 2, 2015.

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  • National

First in the nation gender-affirming care ban struck down in Arkansas

A federal judge has struck down Arkansas' 2021 ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth calling it unconstitutional and saying the state's experts were motivated by ideology, not science.

June 20, 2023
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By:
  • Daniel Breen
In Huntington's disease, proteins form toxic clumps that kill brain cells.

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  • Research News

Huntington's spreads like 'fire in the brain.' Scientists say they've found the spark

Diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's spread through the brain like a forest fire. A new study suggests how the fire starts.

June 19, 2023
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
The FDA cautions that prescription testosterone is only approved for men who have low testosterone due to certain medical conditions.

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  • Health

Testosterone is probably safe for your heart. But it can't stop 'manopause'

A new study finds men with low T who used a gel to increase the hormone did not have a higher rate of heart attacks than men on a placebo. But the anti-aging benefits are iffy.

June 19, 2023
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
The COVID-19 vaccine will be updated in hopes of targeting the strains of omicron that will be circulating later this year.

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  • Health

FDA advisers back updated COVID shots for fall vaccinations

A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration has recommended revising the current COVID-19 vaccine so that it specifically targets omicron.

June 15, 2023
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Will Stone
Toni Dezomits' advanced ovarian cancer responded well to earlier rounds of chemo, but this spring, her doctors told her there was a shortage of a key chemo drug.

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  • Health

Some cancer drugs are in short supply, putting patients' care at risk. Here's why

The recent, abrupt shortage of critical cancer drugs is forcing doctors to ration essential medications. It highlights a broken business model in generic drugs.

June 15, 2023
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
Trans-rights supporters filled a meeting of Florida's medical boards on Feb. 10, 2023 in Tallahassee. The boards voted to approve rules banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth, rules later codified by the state legislature.

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  • National

Florida families face confusion after gender-affirming care ban temporarily blocked

This week, a judge temporarily blocked Florida's ban on gender-affirming care for kids. It's seen as a win for trans rights but a chilling effect has left some providers and families confused on care.

June 09, 2023
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By:
  • Melissa Block
Osteopathic physician Kevin de Regnier of Winterset, Iowa, checks Chris Bourne, who came in for an adjustment of his anxiety medication on May 9, 2023.

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  • Health

With few MDs practicing in rural areas, a different type of doctor is filling the gap

The number of doctors of osteopathy is surging, and more than half of them practice in primary care, including in rural areas hit hard by doctor shortages.

June 05, 2023
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By:
  • Tony Leys
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