Your Health

Women Opt To Skip Pelvic Exams When Told They Have Little Benefit

4:50pm May 18, 2017

by Patti Neighmond

OB-GYNs and primary doctors disagree on whether women need a pelvic exam every year. When women were told a medical society recommended against it, they were much less likely to have the exam.

What started out as web surfing for one teen descended into online obsession and isolation.

Is 'Internet Addiction' Real?

10:31am May 18, 2017

by Lesley McClurg

What started out as web surfing by a healthy teen descended into online obsession and isolation. Was it depression, internet addiction or both? Whatever you call it, rehab is now part of the answer.

The majority of health aid to poor countries targets children under five.

Ethics Of Aid: Should Donated Health Dollars Go To 'Children First'?

1:56pm May 17, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

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.

Tapping into millennials' compassion and activism might be the best way to motivate them to buy health coverage, says Aditi Juneja, a New York University law student.

From A Millennial To Her Peers: Want to Help The Underserved? Sign Up For Insurance

9:36am May 17, 2017

by Aditi Juneja

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."

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price contradicted his agency's online information about the efficacy of medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction.

Price's Remarks On Opioid Treatment Were Unscientific And Damaging, Experts Say

5:59pm May 16, 2017

by Jake Harper

Nearly 700 experts signed a letter to HHS Secretary Tom Price asking that he correct remarks in which he called medication-assisted treatment for addiction "substituting one opioid for another."

President Trump celebrated House passage of legislation to roll back the Affordable Care Act in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 4.

Trump Refusal to 'Bail Out' Insurers Might End Up Making Policies Cheaper

11:58am May 16, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

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.

It's not clear how living in a segregated neighborhood affects blood pressure, but stress is one potential cause, experts say.

Health & Safety

Leaving Segregated Neighborhoods Lowers Blacks' Blood Pressure

5:40pm May 15, 2017

by Rob Stein

African-Americans experienced a drop in blood pressure when they moved from highly segregated neighborhoods to more integrated areas, according to a study that followed people's health for decades.

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Medicine and maternity can make for an uneasy mix, female physicians report.

Doctors Who Are Moms Say They Face Discrimination At Work

1:09pm May 15, 2017

by Alexandra Sowa

Female physicians with children say they have almost all experienced discrimination at work because of pregnancy, maternity leave or breast feeding.

Hannah Vanderkooy demonstrates the napping pod she uses at Las Cruces High School in Las Cruces, N.M.

Stressed-Out High Schoolers Advised To Try A Nap Pod

12:54pm May 15, 2017

by Patti Neighmond

A high school in New Mexico is experimenting with light-shielding lounge chairs where frazzled students can rest. Research suggests it leads to calmer, less anxious teens who do better in school.

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Racial and ethnic disparities persist in sudden unexplained infant deaths.

Racial And Ethnic Disparities Persist In Sudden Infant Deaths

10:52am May 15, 2017

by Katherine Hobson

Babies in Native American and Alaska Native families are at higher risk of sudden unexplained infant death, despite years of effort to reduce the toll. African-American families also face higher risk.