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Trump’s Nominee For Agriculture Has Key Health Role

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez January 20, 2017 KFF Health News Original

From nutrition assistance programs to preventing food-borne illness, the Agriculture Department is keenly involved in health policy.

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Advocacy Group Pushes For Changes In U.S. Food Assistance Program

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez January 19, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which eschews meat and pushes for nutrition to have a stronger influence in health policy, is suggesting alterations in how food aid to low income people is structured.

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En Puerto Rico persiste el rechazo al aborto, a pesar del zika

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez January 9, 2017 KFF Health News Original

La Isla enfrenta una epidemia de Zika que pone a sus habitantes frente a dilemas médicos y religiosos.

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Without ACA Guarantees, 52 Million Adults Could Have Trouble Buying Individual Plans

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez December 13, 2016 KFF Health News Original

More than a quarter of adults under the age of 65 have health problems that could lead to a denial of insurance if they were on the individual market and the health law’s protections were revoked under the overhaul planned by Republicans, according to research by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Seniors Increasingly Getting High, Study Shows

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez December 6, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Marijuana use is increasingly popular among older Americans, a new study shows.

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Medicaid Coverage For Addiction Treatment Varies Dramatically

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez December 6, 2016 KFF Health News Original

States can set their own rules about these benefits for Medicaid enrollees and a study shows wide disparities. But researchers say a repeal of the health law’s expansion could derail progress.

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NIH’s Fauci On Combating Zika: ‘You Have To Have The Resources To Act Quickly’

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez July 12, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recently spoke with KHN’s Carmen Heredia Rodriguez about vaccine development and the ongoing fight in Congress over emergency funding.

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Se curaron del cáncer cuando niños, pero siguen enfermos

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez November 8, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Aunque los avances en la medicina están salvando a más niños diagnosticados con cáncer, una nueva investigación sugiere que problemas de salud persistentes en la edad adulta están aumentando con cada generación de supervivientes.

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‘Durable Cure’ Is Goal For Childhood Cancer, But Recent Patients Have Persistent Issues

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez November 8, 2016 KFF Health News Original

People treated in the 1990s report worse health problems later in life than those treated in the two previous decades.

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March of Dimes reporta un aumento en los nacimientos de bebés prematuros

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez November 1, 2016 KFF Health News Original

La tasa de nacimientos prematuros aumentó de 9,57 a 9,63 por ciento en el 2015, lo que representa un adicional de 2.000 bebés nacidos de manera prematura en los Estados Unidos, según el informe.

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Premature Births Rise Slightly, First Uptick In 8 Years, March Of Dimes Reports

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez November 1, 2016 KFF Health News Original

In 2015, the number of babies born in the U.S. before the 37th week of pregnancy increased by about 2,000 over the previous year.

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Study Offers Young Doctors Strategies To Deal With Discrimination

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez October 27, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A survey of experienced physicians offer interns and residents suggestions about how to handle patients who are prejudiced.

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The Need To Replace EpiPens Regularly Adds To Concerns About Cost

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez September 30, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The drug’s manufacturer says it has an expiration date of 12 to 18 months but that includes distribution time, so many customers find they have to buy a new device at least once a year.

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Large Danish Study Links Contraceptive Use To Risk Of Depression

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez September 28, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The research, published in JAMA Psychiatry, finds significant increases in the use of anti-depressants and depression diagnoses for women using hormonal forms of contraceptives, such as the pill.

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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.

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Report: Hungry Teens Often Feel Responsibility To Help Feed The Family

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez September 12, 2016 KFF Health News Original

After interviewing scores of teenagers, researchers report that many who face hunger are not aware of assistance programs or think they don’t qualify.

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Researchers Identify A Key Weapon of Zika Virus

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez August 11, 2016 KFF Health News Original

University of Southern California scientists determined the virus uses certain types of protein to interrupt the brain development of fetuses. The finding is a step toward the possible development of an intervention that could prevent the infection from leading to microcephaly.

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‘Lost In Translation:’ Hospitals’ Language Service Capacity Doesn’t Always Match Need

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez August 8, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A study in Health Affairs finds that nationwide hospital-based language services are not available in a systematic way.

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Gov’t Task Force Finds Evidence Lacking to Support Visual Skin Cancer Screenings

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez July 26, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concluded that insufficient evidence exists regarding the benefits and harms of visual skin cancer exams.

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Study: Medicare Beneficiaries May Face ‘Treatment Gap’ For Painkiller Abuse, Misuse

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez July 20, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The incidence of opioid use disorder is growing rapidly within the Medicare population.

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