Common Lead Test Can Give False Results, FDA Warns
Common blood tests for lead can give falsely-low results in certain cases, according to a new warning from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Texas Wants To Set Its Own Rules For Federal Family Planning Funds
In 2011, Texas gave up millions in federal Medicaid funding so it could exclude Planned Parenthood, which counts abortion among the procedures it provides, from its women's health program.
Ethics Of Aid: Should Donated Health Dollars Go To 'Children First'?
That's how health aid is now allocated in the developing world. Should more money go to old people with chronic diseases? Our audience shares their views.
Secret To Maine's Touted High-Risk Pool? Enough Money
GOP legislators say Maine's "invisible high-risk pool" was a good model for how to insure people who have pre-existing conditions. Critics say Maine's program was much better funded than the GOP plan.
From A Millennial To Her Peers: Want to Help The Underserved? Sign Up For Insurance
A law student was touched when she had a seizure during a big exam and classmates dropped everything to help. But if you really want to help sick people, she says, "you'll sign up for health care."
Food To Cure What Ails You: When Cookbooks Treated Meals As Medicine
At the turn of the 20th century, when access to professional care was spotty, many cookbooks served up recipes for the sick — some (brandy) more appealing than others (toast water).
Candidates Confront GOP Health Care Bill In Montana Special Election
Health care is on the minds of many potential voters in Montana, but the House health bill itself is unlikely to sway entrenched Republican voters in the special election next week.
An Experiment Helps Heroin Users Test Their Street Drugs For Fentanyl
Some people on heroin die because the drug was laced with something much stronger — like fentanyl. A few needle exchange programs give users test strips to check their drug's content before injecting.
Trump Refusal to 'Bail Out' Insurers Might End Up Making Policies Cheaper
It's a weird twist: If the government refuses to reimburse insurance companies for cost-sharing subsidies, it could make health insurance a lot cheaper for people buying on the exchanges in 2018.
GOP Health Bill Penalizes Patients Who Let Insurance Lapse
In some states, a break in health coverage of more than 63 days would let insurers charge premiums of any price for a year — putting health insurance out of reach for many sick people, analysts say.