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Patient-Induced Trauma: Hospitals Learn To Defuse Violence

By Heidi de Marco December 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Health care workers face a greater threat of workplace violence than workers in most other industries. Hospitals are installing security cameras and panic buttons, arming security guards with stun guns and teaching their employees how to handle potentially violent situations.

‘Into the Covid ICU’: A New Doctor Bears Witness to the Isolation, Inequities of Pandemic

By Jenny Gold March 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Paloma Marin-Nevarez graduated from medical school during the pandemic. We follow the rookie doctor for her first months working at a hospital in Fresno, California, as she grapples with isolation, anti-mask rallies and an overwhelming number of deaths.

Finding Connections And Comfort At The Local Cafe

By Heidi de Marco February 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

For Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers, social and emotional isolation is a threat. But hundreds of “Memory Cafes” around the country offer them a chance to be with others who understand, and to receive social and cognitive stimulation in the process.

Migrant Moms Await Due Dates And Court Dates

By Heidi de Marco July 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A growing number of pregnant women are among the migrants seeking asylum in the United States. Many must wait in Mexico until their cases are heard, spending weeks or months in migrant shelters with limited access to health care.

Medical Device Failures Brought To Light Now Bolster Lawsuits And Research

By Christina Jewett Photos by Heidi de Marco December 3, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Millions of injuries and malfunctions once funneled into a hidden Food and Drug Administration database are now available.

Destination Limbo: Health Suffers Among Asylum Seekers In Crowded Border Shelter

By Heidi de Marco April 22, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Asylum seekers from Mexico and Central America, housed in migrant shelters in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico, are often sick and exhausted from their long journeys. Volunteer health workers from Southern California recently sent a mobile clinic to one of those shelters and spent a day tending to its inhabitants.

Tecnología casera ofrece más libertad a los pacientes para controlar su diabetes

By Heidi de Marco August 19, 2019 KFF Health News Original

La diabetes tipo 1 es una condición crónica que requiere un estricto control de la glucosa y la administración de la cantidad de insulina precisa. Pacientes crearon un sistema para mantener ese equilibrio vital.

Readers And Tweeters Fired Up Over Employer’s No-Nicotine Policy

January 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

En Tijuana, madres migrantes esperan dos fechas límite: el parto y la corte

By Heidi de Marco July 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Más mujeres embarazadas deben vivir meses en refugios en la frontera, esperando por sus audiencias de asilo en EE.UU. Reciben poco o ninguna atención prenatal.

Terminally Ill, He Wanted Aid-In-Dying. His Catholic Hospital Said No.

By JoNel Aleccia Photos by Heidi de Marco January 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Neil Mahoney had terminal cancer. He also had a legal right to aid-in-dying. But his faith-based hospital called it “morally unacceptable.” So he turned to a network of Colorado doctors to fulfill his last wish.

Más vapeadores hacen su propio líquido, pero no sin riesgos

By Jenny Gold Photos by Heidi de Marco November 13, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A medida que más estados, ciudades e incluso el gobierno federal consideran la prohibición de la nicotina con sabores, miles de vapeadores comienzan a elaborar sus propios líquidos.

DIY Tech Gives People More Freedom In Managing Diabetes

By Heidi de Marco August 19, 2019 KFF Health News Original

People with diabetes say they’ve been waiting for years for better technology to manage their chronic condition. Tired of waiting, some tech-savvy, do-it-yourselfers are constructing their own devices using open-source programming instructions.

Diagnosed With Dementia, She Documented Her Wishes. They Said No.

By JoNel Aleccia Photos by Heidi de Marco January 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Across the U.S., people with early dementia are signing new advance directives to confirm their end-of-life wishes while they still have the ability to do so. But doctors say the documents may offer a false sense of security.

Nothing To Sneeze At: The $2,659 Bill To Pluck Doll’s Shoe From Child’s Nostril

By Markian Hawryluk Photos by Heidi de Marco November 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A 3-year-old girl put matching doll shoes up her nose. One came out easily. The second required an emergency department visit ― and generated a bill that is not child’s play.

More Vapers Are Making Their Own Juice, But Not Without Risks

By Photos by Heidi de Marco November 13, 2019 KFF Health News Original

It’s easy to buy all the supplies online, and thousands of e-liquid recipes on the internet walk people through all the steps. But experts warn about safety.

Migrantes reciben atención médica en abarrotado refugio de Tijuana

By Heidi de Marco April 22, 2019 KFF Health News Original

En los albergues, migrantes centroamericanos y mexicanos muchas veces están enfermos y debilitados. Un grupo de voluntarios de California llevó una clínica móvil a uno de estos lugares para atenderlos.

A Young Woman, A Wheelchair And The Fight To Take Her Place At Stanford

By Jenny Gold Photos by Heidi de Marco September 4, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Throughout her young life, Sylvia Colt-Lacayo has been told her disability didn’t need to hold her back. She graduated near the top of her high school class. She was co-captain of the mock trial team. In April, she learned she had been admitted to Stanford University with a full scholarship. Now, the struggle to fund the caregivers she needs to leave home is proving her toughest battle yet.

Diabetic Amputations A ‘Shameful Metric’ Of Inadequate Care

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco May 1, 2019 KFF Health News Original

In California, people who are black or Latino are more than twice as likely as whites to undergo amputations related to diabetes, a Kaiser Health News analysis found. The pattern is not unique to California.

Students With Addictions Immersed In The Sober Life At ‘Recovery’ High Schools

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco January 24, 2019 KFF Health News Original

At one Seattle public school, students earn their diplomas while attending daily support groups and meeting with counselors to help them stay off drugs and alcohol. There are about 40 similar schools around the country, both public and private, and more are on the drawing board.

Firing Doctor, Christian Hospital Sets Off National Challenge To Aid-In-Dying Laws

By JoNel Aleccia Photos by Heidi de Marco August 30, 2019 KFF Health News Original

In Colorado case, the right to aid a cancer patient’s death runs up against faith-based hospital policies. As more states have passed laws, about 1 in 6 acute care beds nationally is in a hospital that is Catholic-owned or -affiliated.

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