Your Health

Lack Of Evidence Shows Sunscreens Are Safe For Humans With Normal Use

8:16am May 28, 2016

All summer long, parents will struggle with how to protect their children from the sun, and whether or not the protection itself is safe. Reporter Tara Haelle talks to NPR's Scott Simon.

The Probuphine implant delivers medication for six months. It helps reduce cravings for people with opioid use disorder.

Long-Acting Opioid Treatment Could Be Available In A Month

5:35pm May 27, 2016

by Martha Bebinger

The FDA has approved the Probuphine implant for medication-assisted therapy for opioid addiction. It lasts for six months, compared to daily pills. But it also will be more expensive.

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A subsidiary of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in Virginia won't offer an insurance plan on the lowest tier of the marketplace next year.

Is Virginia Health Insurer's Decision To Drop Bronze Plans An Omen?

1:31pm May 27, 2016

by Michelle Andrews

Bronze plans provide the least generous coverage of the four tiers on insurance marketplaces, paying 60 percent of benefits, on average, compared with 70 percent for the more popular silver plans.

Women Who Have To Delay Pumping Risk Painful Breast Engorgement

6:22pm May 26, 2016

by Tara Haelle

Pumping breast milk may seem optional, but women who don't pump or breast-feed on a regular schedule risk engorgement, a painful condition that can lead to infection and other medical complications.

A Pennsylvania woman developed a urinary tract infection cased by Escherichia coli bacteria that were found to be resistant to colistin, an antibiotic that is seen as the last line of defense.

Germ Resistant To Antibiotic Of Last Resort Appears In U.S.

6:11pm May 26, 2016

by Joe Neel

The germs caused a urinary tract infection in a Pennsylvania woman that was difficult to treat. The bacteria were resistant to the drug often used as the last-ditch treatment, but another one worked.

Pharmacists in California will have to give women a short health consultation before providing contraceptives without a prescription.

It's Still Hard To Get Birth Control Pills In California Without A Prescription

8:49am May 26, 2016

by Kelly O'Mara

California law now permits pharmacists to sell many types of hormonal birth control methods without a doctor's OK. But good luck finding a drugstore that will dispense the contraceptives that way.

Asking Mom: 'Did You Know I Was Depressed In High School?'

4:32pm May 25, 2016

by Kenny Malone

Telling your parents you have mental health issues can be tough, even if you are a trained psychotherapist. Add in another culture and there's even more room for apprehension and misunderstanding.

For simple care and prescriptions, veterans in Northern California can go to 14 CVS MinuteClinics.

To Cut Wait Times, VA Tries MinuteClinics In Northern California

4:16pm May 24, 2016

by Barbara Feder Ostrov

Veterans can visit 14 CVS MinuteClinics in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento, Calif., for simple care, lab tests and prescriptions. Will the experiment work well enough to go nationwide?

Dr. Abraham Nussbaum argues for medicine to reconnect with its past: Caring for patients should be a calling, not a job, he says.

Doctor Yearns For Return To Time When Physicians Were 'Artisans'

2:20pm May 24, 2016

by Michelle Andrews

Dr. Abraham Nussbaum, author of a book examining the drive toward standardized quality measures and checklists, says he fears medicine is becoming just another job and not the calling it should be.

Mosquitoes in traps are transported back to the county's laboratory for analysis.

Mosquito Hunters Set Traps Across Houston, Search for Signs of Zika

8:42am May 24, 2016

by Carrie Feibel

Harris County, Texas, operates one of the largest mosquito control operations in the country, with more than 50 people who trap, freeze and test mosquitoes for disease threats.

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