by News Feed Editor | May 7, 2024 | Health
President Joe Biden counts among his accomplishments the record-high number of people, more than 21 million, who enrolled in Obamacare plans this year. Behind the scenes, however, federal regulators are contending with a problem that affects people’s coverage: rogue...
by News Feed Editor | May 7, 2024 | Health
When dermatologist Adewole “Ade” Adamson sees people spritzing sunscreen as if it’s cologne at the pool where he lives in Austin, Texas, he wants to intervene. “My wife says I shouldn’t,” he said, “even though most people rarely use enough sunscreen.” At issue is not...
by News Feed Editor | May 7, 2024 | Health
When doctors began using the drug sotorasib in 2021 with high expectations for its innovative approach to attacking lung cancer, retired medical technician Don Crosslin was an early beneficiary. Crosslin started the drug that July. His tumors shrank, then stabilized....
by News Feed Editor | May 7, 2024 | Health
Getty ImagesBy Natasha PreskeyBBC NewsThe black leather sofa in the corner of Dr Ellen Wiebe’s office looks out of place in a doctor’s surgery. But this is no ordinary clinic. Canadian clinician Dr Wiebe is showing Liz Carr, a comedian, actress and...
by News Feed Editor | May 6, 2024 | Health
Miguel Divo, a lung specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, sits in an exam room across from Joel Rubinstein, who has asthma. Rubinstein, a retired psychiatrist, is about to get a checkup and hear a surprising pitch — for the planet, as well as his...
by News Feed Editor | May 6, 2024 | Health
Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women lie on gurneys in emergency room corridors moaning or suffering silently as harried medical staff attend to crises. Even when physicians determine these patients need to be admitted to the...