Clinics Help Keep People With Serious Mental Illness Out Of ER
(by Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) SAN ANTONIO— Yolanda Solar has battled a life-threatening disease for more than three
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An audacious vision: Researchers aim for first human eye transplant within the decade
(By Erin Hare and Photos by Jeff Swensen for STAT) ITTSBURGH — Scientists have strived for successful eye transplants for
Read MoreEli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug fails in late-stage trial, dashing hopes
(By Damian Garde for STAT) An investigational Alzheimer’s treatment from Eli Lilly failed to slow the progression of the memory-destroying
Read MoreWhy health insurance in Alaska is getting newfound attention because of Trump
(By Molly Gamble for Becker’s Hospital Review) To combat rocketing premiums on the individual market, America’s most sparsely populated state
Read MoreCalifornia Braces For Medi-Cal’s Future Under Trump And The GOP
(By Anna Gorman and Pauline Bartolone for Kaiser Health News) California grabbed the first opportunity to expand Medicaid and ran
Read MoreTwo patient deaths halt trial of Juno’s new approach to treating cancer
(By Damian Garde and Meghana Keshavan for STAT) In a major blow to a new approach to treating cancer, two patients
Read MoreFDA puts off closing lab-test ‘loophole,’ leaving decision to Congress and Trump
(By Sheila Kaplan for STAT) WASHINGTON — After arguing for months that certain medical tests led to patients being mistakenly told
Read MoreStudy raises caution about anti-aging benefits of blood transfusions from the young
(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) The author of a study1 published Tuesday cautioned against the idea that transfusions of “young”
Read MoreHoping to attack opioid epidemic at its source, state Medicaid programs are limiting prescriptions
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News published in partnership with STAT) As the abuse of prescription painkillers stubbornly persists
Read MoreBack To The Future: Insurance Pools For High-Risk Patients Could Be Revived
(by Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline) It wasn’t so long ago that health insurance horror stories fueled discussions around the
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