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Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality data show that more women with breast cancer are opting for mastectomies over less-invasive options, and more are having the procedure in outpatient facilities where they don’t spend even one night in the hospital.
Experts cited stigma and a lack of doctors as potential obstacles for soldiers needing treatment.
Public health officials in Colorado are battling a stigma against drinking tap water, especially in some Latino communities.
Proponents hail the change in policy but say it doesn’t go far enough because federal dollars cannot be used to buy syringes.
Some health professionals worry that the task force’s findings could result in missed opportunities for early intervention.
Last year’s Baltimore unrest highlighted deep distrust between police and poor African-Americans. Dozens of interviews and little-seen data show a similar gap between that community and the city's renowned health system.
The neighborhoods where people live and work often determine their health. Nowhere is that more true than in West Baltimore.
For a West Baltimore woman, buying a blood pressure cuff means hours on the road.
Staff see high rates of chronic illness and mental health issues related to trauma.
Bon Secours is dealing with patients who are sicker than those in other Baltimore hospitals.
In Sandtown, where Freddie Gray lived and the median household income is less than a quarter of Roland Park's, the life expectancy is 70 years. That matches the average life expectancy in North Korea, an impoverished dictatorship where millions suffer from chronic undernourishment, according to the United Nations.
New hepatitis C drugs boast cure rates of at least 95 percent. But states are restricting their use for Medicaid patients and prisoners because the cost is so high.
Despite dozens of infections from medical scopes, an agreement on how to fix the FDA’s flawed regulation of the device industry remains elusive.
A Commonwealth Fund report says that stalled progress in fighting leading causes of death for this group is a bigger culprit than substance abuse and suicide for worse-than-expected rates.
A study published in the February issue of Pediatrics examines both the independent and combined effects of these two maternal health factors on children’s likelihood of developing autism spectrum disorder.
KHN’s Julie Rovner joined four other panelists Wednesday on WAMU’s The Diane Rehm Show, where they discussed what makes an undercover investigation criminal and the ongoing political battle over Planned Parenthood’s role and funding.
A Senate investigation recently found that 16 hospitals around the U.S. failed to file mandatory paperwork with the federal government after patients at their hospitals became infected or died from the use of tainted medical scopes. KHN's Chad Terhune, who reported on the story for the Los Angeles Times, spoke with Madeline Brand on KCRW's Press Play about the investigation and steps the scope maker is taking to stop the infections.
Hospitals increasingly view violence as a health concern and are developing initiatives designed to improve long-term community health.
Many insurers leave out information about abortion coverage on the summary of benefits and coverage.
As presidential candidates, state officials and even President Barack Obama wrestle with how to handle drug addiction, scientists lay out some of the intersections between opioid prescriptions and heroin abuse in the New England Journal of Medicine, including findings that crackdowns on opioid prescriptions may not fuel increases in heroin use.
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