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FDA Faults 12 Hospitals For Failing To Disclose Injuries, Deaths Linked To Medical Devices

By Chad Terhune October 28, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The agency found several prominent facilities had not followed rules on reporting incidents in which patients were harmed.

Geographic, Racial Disparities In Stroke Treatment Tracked In New Study

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez September 14, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Patients living in the Northeast are more than twice as likely to get a powerful drug than those in the Midwest or South and African-Americans were 26 percent less likely to get the medicine, a study in the journal Neurology finds.

Colorado Wrestles With Ethics Of Aid-In-Dying As Vote Looms

By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio October 26, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Proposition 106, on Colorado’s ballot next month, would allow doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to people who have less than six months to live. A recent poll shows strong support for the measure.

Aborto por correo: mejor acceso pero fuerte controversia

By Phil Galewitz November 16, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Un pequeño estudio está evaluando la eficacia de enviar píldoras por correo, luego de una consulta médica por internet, para que las mujeres puedan tener el aborto en la intimidad del hogar.

Women Fear Drug They Used To Halt Puberty Led To Health Problems

By Christina Jewett February 2, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Despite questions about Lupron’s lasting side effects and minimal study into its safety, the FDA sped approval of the drug to market. Years later, some young women are still living with the consequences.

Seniors Who Live Alone Likeliest To Rate Their Health Highly, Study Says

By Rachel Bluth July 29, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Researchers say their study suggests solitary households may be markers for older adults in better health and with more functional independence.

‘This Pain Has Gone Too Far’: Family’s Search For A Drug Treatment Bed Is Hauntingly Common Story In U.S.

March 16, 2017 Morning Briefing

Stat profiles the 41-day struggle of a West Virginia mother and father to get professional help for their 21-year-old daughter before it was too late. In other news on the nation’s drug crisis, Food and Drug Administration panels reconsider Opana, a pain doctor in Massachusetts faces fraud charges and a former drug policy director weighs in on the potential impact of Republicans’ replacement health plan.

Teaching In-Home Caregivers Seems To Pay Off

By Anna Gorman August 11, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Intensive training for such aides helps reduce repeated ER visits and hospitalizations of elderly disabled people, a pilot project suggests.

If You Want To Spend A Bundle On Your Bundle Of Joy, Go To Northern California

By Jenny Gold July 6, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A new study shows that Sacramento and San Francisco are the two most expensive places to give birth among the nation’s 30 largest metropolitan areas. One possible reason: consolidation of hospitals and doctors.

Early Alzheimer’s Gene Spells Tragedy For Patients, Opportunity For Science

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco January 4, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Researchers are studying families from the U.S. and Mexico for clues to how Alzheimer’s develops in young patients, with the hope of finding treatments and even cures for the more common form of the disease.

Infant Gas Relief Drops, Often Added To Medical Scopes, May Pose Danger

By Chad Terhune August 25, 2016 KFF Health News Original

In a small study, Minnesota researchers found that the infant drops used to increase visibility during procedures may create a “perfect habitat” for bacteria and make scopes harder to clean.

Congressman Decries Olympus’ Failure To Warn U.S. Hospitals About Tainted Scopes

By Chad Terhune July 27, 2016 KFF Health News Original

U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) renews his call for tightened laws that would force manufacturers to notify the Food and Drug Administration when they issue safety warnings in other countries related to the design and cleaning of their devices.

Opioid Dependence Leads To ‘Tsunami’ Of Medical Services, Study Finds

By Julie Appleby August 1, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Insurance claims for medical services related to opioid dependence diagnoses rose more than 3,000 percent between 2007 and 2014, an analysis finds.

Puberty Blockers May Improve The Mental Health Of Transgender Adolescents

By Elaine Korry August 19, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Putting sexual development on hold gives children a breather as they consider transitioning to the opposite gender. But when to begin?

A Doctor Yearns For A Return To The Time When Physicians Were ‘Artisans’

By Michelle Andrews May 24, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Abraham Nussbaum, author of a new book examining the drive toward quality metrics such as checklists, says he fears medicine could become just another job and not a “calling.”

Olympus Told U.S. Executives No Broad Scope Warning Needed Despite Superbug Outbreaks

By Chad Terhune July 24, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Newly released court documents show that after Tokyo-based Olympus Corp. alerted customers in Europe in 2013, it told its U.S. operation not to warn U.S. doctors and hospitals. Since then, at least 35 patients have died after being sickened in outbreaks.

Tainted Scope Infections Far Exceed Earlier Estimates

By Chad Terhune April 15, 2016 KFF Health News Original

House panel concludes inquiry on superbug outbreaks; one member prepares legislation “to make sure these situations don’t happen again.”

FDA Retreats From Recall Of Scope-Cleaning Machines Tied To Outbreaks

By Chad Terhune May 6, 2016 KFF Health News Original

After a wave of sometimes-deadly superbug infections, the agency last year ordered a recall of Custom Ultrasonics machines used to disinfect medical scopes. Now, with little explanation, it is backing off.

Fighting HIV In Miami, One Dirty Needle At A Time

By Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald August 10, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A Miami doctor spent five years working to pass a needle exchange law for Miami-Dade County that he hopes will reduce HIV and other infections. The doctor’s battle inspired a patient who was infected with HIV and Hepatitis C from a shared needle.

The Stethoscope: Timeless Tool Or Outdated Relic?

By Taunya English, WHYY March 2, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Why is a 200-year-old icon of the medical field still in wide use in the digital age? Some say modern tools are more informative and worth the extra cost, but the stethoscope has staunch defenders.

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