Drivers in Decline: A Shortage of Volunteers Complicates Access to Care in Rural America
(By Christina Saint Louis for Kaiser Health News) Several times a month, Jim Maybach drives 5 miles from his house
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Health Care – General
Blind to Problems: How VA’s Electronic Record System Shuts Out Visually Impaired Patients
(By Darius Tahir for Kaiser Health News dated October 20, 2022)) Sarah Sheffield, a nurse practitioner at a Veterans Affairs clinic
Read More‘Front of the line’: For Alzheimer’s patients in successful trial, a feeling of gratitude
(By Andrew Joseph for Stat News dated October 20, 2022) When the news came out last month that an experimental
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden Hits the Road to Sell Democrats’ Record
(By KHN Podcast dated October 20, 2022) What do pandemic preparedness, mental health care services, and over-the-counter hearing aids have
Read MoreCOVID-19 ages organs, compilation of studies finds
(By Nika Schoonover for Becker’s Hospital Review) Recent research shows COVID-19 may age organs, according to a series of studies
Read MoreCMS Releases 2023 Medicare Advantage and Part D Star Ratings to Help People with Medicare Compare Plans
(News Release by CMS.gov on October 6, 2022) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2023 Star
Read MoreInteroperability can’t wait: Don’t delay information blocking rules
(By Steven Lane for Stat News on October 5, 2022) Interoperability is a word you seldom hear uttered outside the
Read More#Live Whole Health #140: Acupressure for head and neck
(By Juli Olson and Sharon M Weinstein, MD for VA News on October 3, 2022) Do you have “text neck?”
Read MoreA New Drug For A Relentless Brain Disease
(By Jon Hamilton and Thomas Lu for NPR on October 5, 2022) ALS is a disease that gradually destroys the
Read MoreThese LSD-based drugs seem to help mice with anxiety and depression — without the trip
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR on October 5, 2022) Drugs like magic mushrooms and LSD can act as powerful and
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