Rectal cancer researchers have pulled off a daunting feat, demonstrating in a large clinical trial that patients do just as well without radiation therapy as with it. The results, revealed Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Society of…
Read MoreMoney, Sex and Rumors: Tanzania Faces Challenges to Protect Girls From HPV
When the health workers arrived at Upendo Primary School on the edge of the Tanzanian capital, they instructed girls who would turn 14 this year to line up to get a shot. Quinn Chengo held an urgent, whispered consultation with…
Read MoreMoving Is a Monumental Task for Many Older Americans. These Organizers Can Help.
The four-bedroom house that Ray and Beth Nygren had lived in for 20 years in Auburn, Wash., measured about 2,400 square feet. The two-bedroom apartment that awaited them in a nearby independent- and assisted-living complex was less than half that…
Read MoreColorado copay bill tries to get patients out of pharma, insurance fight
Patients can get stuck in the middle when drug companies and insurers fight over profits, and a recently passed Colorado bill tries to get them out — while also delivering a win for the pharmaceutical manufacturers. The issue is drug…
Read MoreOne Dose of HPV Vaccine Prevents Infection for at Least Three Years
A single dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine is highly effective at preventing infections over three years, most likely lowering rates of cervical cancer and other diseases linked to the virus, according to a new study in Kenya. A single-dose…
Read MoreAbortion Pill Maker Sues F.D.A. to Protect Drug if a Court Orders It Off the Market
The company that makes a majority of the abortion pill mifepristone sold in the United States sued the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, a new legal volley in a string of recent court maneuverings over the fate of the…
Read MoreColorado set to eliminate most copays for Medicaid patients
Coloradans who rely on Medicaid — the public health insurance for the state’s lowest-income individuals and children — will no longer need to pay nearly all copays under changes passed by the General Assembly. Patients would still need to cover…
Read MoreCovid May Increase the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Researchers Find
People infected with the coronavirus were significantly more likely to be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes within a year of their infection, compared with those who had not been exposed to the virus, researchers in Canada reported on Tuesday. Men…
Read MoreTwo Federal Judges Issued Opposing Rulings on Abortion Pills. Here’s What’s Going On.
The ruling by a federal judge in Texas invalidating the Food and Drug Administration’s approval 23 years ago of the abortion pill mifepristone has the potential to be the most consequential abortion decision since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v….
Read MoreHealth Plans No Longer Have to Cover All Preventive Care at No Cost. Here’s What to Know.
On Thursday, a federal judge in Texas struck down a crucial Affordable Care Act policy: the mandate that private health insurers fully cover preventive care services at no cost to patients. The ruling took effect immediately and applies nationwide. It…
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