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The Franciscan Center in Baltimore serves a hot lunch daily to those who need extra help, even if they receive food stamps. Those benefits could end for 755,000 able-bodied adults.

More Than 750,000 Could Lose Food Stamps Under Trump Administration Proposal

5:41pm April 01, 2019

by Pam Fessler

The Trump administration has proposed changing food stamp rules to require able-bodied adults without children to work 20 hours or more a week or lose benefits.

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"The optimist in me says in three years we can train this tool to read mammograms as well as an average radiologist," says Connie Lehman, chief of breast imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

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Training A Computer To Read Mammograms As Well As A Doctor

8:11am April 01, 2019

by Richard Harris

Artificial intelligence is now being brought to bear on mammograms and could improve the accuracy of diagnoses. But previous computerized technology to do that didn't live up to the hype.

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Sen. Rick Scott Wants To Drive Down Health Care Costs

7:23am April 01, 2019

GOP Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, charged by President Trump to come up with an Obamacare replacement, tells Steve Inskeep that drug prices are too high. NPR's Alison Kodjak comments on the discussion.

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Lola and photographer Moriah Ratner share a quiet moment. The two considered each other close friends. Ratner says sometimes Lola would grow sad, knowing that "the only reason" she met Ratner was because of her sickness.

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Lessons In Life And Death From 12-Year-Old Lola

3:00pm March 31, 2019

by Moriah Ratner

Lola Muñoz entered a painful experimental treatment for a rare type of brain cancer, hoping to ultimately help other children down the line. Photographer Moriah Ratner captured her journey.

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How InterSurgeon Connects Surgeons Around The World

7:43am March 31, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to William Harkness, co-founder of InterSurgeon, a free service that connects surgeons globally and helps low-income countries provide access to surgical care.

Why The Latest Fentanyl Surge Is Hitting Some Communities Harder Than Others

6:18pm March 30, 2019

by Martha Bebinger

The powerful opioid fentanyl is cheap to produce and can yield hefty profits. It is now replacing or being added to heroin, cocaine and even meth — and the overdose death rate is soaring.

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Sherrie Lawson struggled with PTSD, depression and anxiety after she survived the Washington Navy Yard shooting.

Dealing With Trauma After A Mass Shooting — Over The Long Term

4:25pm March 30, 2019

by Scott Simon

After apparent suicides rocked the communities of Newtown, Conn., and Parkland, Fla., one shooting survivor speaks out about the lasting mental health repercussions of these traumatic experiences.

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The Salt Institute spent decades questioning government efforts to limit Americans' sodium intake. Critics say the institute muddied the links between salt and health. Now it has shut its doors.

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After A Century, A Voice For The U.S. Salt Industry Goes Quiet

7:55am March 30, 2019

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The Salt Institute spent decades questioning government efforts to limit Americans' sodium intake. Critics say the institute muddied the links between salt and health. Now it has shut its doors.

Oily fish such as salmon, sardines and lake trout, as well as some plant sources such as walnuts and flaxseed, can be good, tasty sources of omega-3 fatty acids.

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Eating Fish May Help City Kids With Asthma Breathe Better

7:55am March 30, 2019

by Allison Aubrey

A research team tracked the diets and exposures to air pollution of kids inside Baltimore homes. Children with diets high in omega-3 fatty acids seemed less vulnerable to pollution's effect on asthma.

"When you work in the streets," Jorge says, "you really feel the change."

In Florida, Doctors See Climate Change Hurting Their Most Vulnerable Patients

7:00am March 30, 2019

The medical community in Florida is increasingly sounding the alarm about the health risks associated with rising temperatures.

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