Defending Against This Season’s Deadly Flu: 5 Things To Know Now
(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Aja C. Holmes planned to go to work
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Emerging Health Issues
CRISPR hits a snag: Our immune systems may attack the treatment
(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) A new paper points to a previously unknown hurdle for scientists racing to develop therapies
Read MoreAn Opioid Remedy That Works: Treat Pain And Addiction At The Same Time
(By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio in reporting partnership with NPR, Colorado Public Radio and Kaiser Health News) Seven years
Read MoreMedicare begins paying for fractional flow reserve-computed tomography test
As of January 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began paying for the technical component of the
Read MoreDrug Overdose Deaths Plateau In California, Soar Nationally
(By Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Even as the opioid crisis fueled overdose deaths across
Read MorePharmacists Slow To Dispense Lifesaving Overdose Drug
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Gale Dunham, a pharmacist in Calistoga, Calif., knows the devastation the opioid epidemic
Read MoreOlder adults more likely to die on days when air pollution rises
In a new study, researchers looked at 22 million deaths nationwide and found older adults are more likely to die
Read MoreNew study says people with older pacemakers, defibrillators can have MRI scans
A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine confirms earlier work suggesting that MRI scans are safe for
Read MoreNew blood test for celiac disease
In United States roughly one percent of people have celiac disease. Those with the disease must avoid foods that contain gluten protein;
Read MoreLife expectancy in the U.S. is falling — and drug overdose deaths are soaring
(By Megan Thielking for STAT) Life expectancy in the U.S. has fallen for the second year in a row, the first
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