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How One Patient’s Textured Hair Nearly Kept Her From a Needed EEG

April 27, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

(Oona Tempest / KFF Health News Illustration) Sadé Lewis of Queens, New York, has suffered migraines since she was a kid, and as she started college, they got worse. A recent change in her insurance […]

Aging

As US Life Expectancy Falls, Experts Cite the Health Impacts of Incarceration

April 27, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

After spending 38 years in the Alabama prison system, one of the most violent and crowded in the nation, Larry Jordan felt lucky to live long enough to regain his freedom. The decorated Vietnam War […]

Chronic Disease Care

Fresh Produce Is an Increasingly Popular Prescription for Chronically Ill Patients

March 23, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

When Mackenzie Sachs, a registered dietitian on the Blackfeet Reservation, in northwestern Montana, sees a patient experiencing high blood pressure, diabetes, or another chronic illness, her first thought isn’t necessarily to recommend medication. Rather, if […]

Children's Health

Estados Unidos sigue siendo uno de los países con más partos prematuros. ¿Se puede solucionar?

March 16, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

El segundo embarazo de Tamara Etienne estuvo lleno de riesgos y preocupaciones desde el principio, exacerbado porque ya había sufrido un aborto espontáneo. Como maestra de tercer grado en una escuela pública del condado de […]

California

The US Remains a Grim Leader in Preterm Births. Why? And Can We Fix It?

March 16, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

Tamara Etienne’s second pregnancy was freighted with risk and worry from its earliest days — exacerbated by a first pregnancy that had ended in miscarriage. A third-grade teacher at an overcrowded Miami-Dade County public school, […]

Children's Health

Guns Are the Biggest Public Health Threat Kids Face. Why Aren’t They Getting the Message?

March 3, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

I still remember the raspy voice of the wizened cancer patient with the hole in her throat. So addicted to the poison that was killing her — cigarettes — she interspersed her words of warning […]

California

Ante vacío federal, estados promueven leyes duras contra el uso de sustancias tóxicas en cosméticos

February 23, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

Washington se unió a más de una docena de estados en tomar medidas enérgicas contra las sustancias tóxicas en cosméticos después que un estudio financiado por el estado encontró plomo, arsénico y formaldehído en productos […]

California

States Seek Crackdown on Toxic Ingredients in Cosmetics to Close Gaps in Federal Oversight

February 23, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

Washington has joined more than a dozen other states in seeking to crack down on toxic substances in cosmetics after a state-funded study there found lead, arsenic, and formaldehyde in makeup, lotion, and hair-straightening products […]

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