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California Healthlineās Bernard J. Wolfson went on the air to explain a new California law that will allow people to have their bodies reduced to compost after death, an alternative to the traditional-but-toxic methods of cremation and burial.
With the midterm elections rapidly approaching, President Joe Biden has taken to the road to convince voters that he and congressional Democrats have delivered for them during two years in power. Among the health issues highlighted by the administration this week are pandemic preparedness and the availability of over-the-counter hearing aids. The president also promised to sign a bill codifying the abortion protections of Roe v. Wade if Democrats maintain control of the House and Senate ā even though itās a long shot that there will be enough votes for that. Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Mary Agnes Carey of KHN join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.
The TikTok hashtag "dementia" has billions of views. Caregivers of people with Alzheimer's and other dementias have been using the site to swap tips and share the burdens of life with dementia.
Veterans Affairsā electronic health records arenāt friendly to blind- and low-vision users, whether theyāre patients or employees. Itās a microcosm of Americaās health care system.
The cheaper over-the-counter aids are for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss ā a market of tens of millions of people, many of whom have until now been priced out because prescription devices can cost thousands of dollars.
The lawsuit was filed three years ago to learn about vast overcharges by the popular health plans that are detailed in audits the government refused to release to the public.
For older people, the pandemic is as taxing and worrisome as ever. Experts in geriatric care, mental health, social services, and infectious disease joined a KHN-Hartford Foundation panel to talk about a third covid winter and its outsize toll on seniors.
Twelve years ago, Marna Clarke was seized by a desire to examine what she looked like at age 70 ā and to document the results. This creative project has sustained and engaged her since.
Private Medicare Advantage health plans are increasingly ending coverage for skilled nursing or rehab services before medical providers think patients are healthy enough to go home, doctors and patient advocates say.
An industry has grown up around sleep apnea, stirring concerns about overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
Four Seasons Health Care collapsed after years of private equity investors rolling in one after another to buy its business, sell its real estate, and at times wrest multimillion-dollar profits from it through complex debt schemes. The deal-making failed to account for the true cost of senior care.
Investors are banking on increased demand in death care services as 73 million baby boomers near the end of their lives.
Doctors are divided on whether blanket testing of breast cancer patients is warranted, since scientists and physicians are sometimes unsure about how to interpret the results.
Californians were far less likely to die from covid in the first seven months of 2022 than during the first two years of the pandemic. Still, the virus remained among the stateās leading causes of death in July, outpacing diabetes, accidental death, and a host of debilitating diseases. We break down whoās at risk.
Two studies published this year provide evidence that older adultsā cognitive health may benefit if air quality is improved.
With prices of necessities rising dramatically, many older Americans are having trouble making ends meet. They often donāt know that help is available from a variety of programs, and some sources of financial assistance are underused.
In this episode, Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KHN, guides listeners through decades of dealings between Congress and Big Pharma.
Three women explain how lifeās surprises can catapult their efforts to carefully manage limited budgets and lead to financial distress.
Why is it so hard to agree when life begins? As state abortion laws define it, science, politics, and religion are clashing. KHNās Sarah Varney shared her reporting with the āScience Fridayā radio program.
The omicron variant has proved adept at finding hosts, often by reinfecting people who recovered from earlier bouts of covid. But whether omicron triggers long covid as often and severe as previous variants is a matter of heated study.
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