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Before becoming ill, Dafoe was a photographer and world traveler.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Gains Funding, And Controversy

Nov 04, 2015
The National Institutes of Health has promised to put more money into research on an illness that many people feel has been dissed by the medical establishment.
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African-American patients with chronic kidney disease were half as likely to use an electronic health portal than were non-black patients.
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Online Health Tools Might Not Help The People Who Need It Most

Oct 23, 2015
An online portal to manage chronic kidney disease sounds great, but poor, older or black people were less likely to use it. That means the shift to e-health could make health disparities worse.
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A student in a wheelchair tests out a virtual reality experience at Aalto University in Finland.
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Affordable Virtual Reality Opens New Worlds For People With Disabilities

Oct 22, 2015
For $10 anyone can buy a cardboard headset, download a free iPhone app, slide in a phone and explore virtual worlds from a wheelchair, bed or couch.
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What To Do With California's Mentally Ill Defendants?

Oct 21, 2015
Jail is too dangerous for many defendants found incompetent to stand trial because of illnesses like schizophrenia, judges say. But psychiatric hospitals are now overcrowded and violent, too.
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Hoffman says his symptoms have gotten worse since he stopped taking the medication as part of a study.
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Can A Cancer Drug Reverse Parkinson's Disease And Dementia?

Oct 17, 2015
People with Parkinson's and related forms of dementia improved dramatically when they took a leukemia drug called nilotinib. Researchers say the drug seems to help brain cells eliminate toxins.
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California Doctors Get Advice On How To Provide Aid In Dying

Oct 13, 2015
Now that California has legalized aid in dying, doctors there need to know what to say to patients. They're getting help from doctors in Oregon, who have been answering these questions for decades.
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Almost three-quarters of people will experience lower-back pain at some point.
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Physical Therapy May Help For Back Pain, But Time Works Best

Oct 13, 2015
Most people don't need scans or surgery, but they do want relief from lower-back pain. Physical therapy isn't a cure, a study finds, but it did help some people regain mobility more quickly.
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If you are the firstborn, you probably got a lot more Mom time. Does that mean you're also going to need glasses?
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Firstborns May Be More Nearsighted, And Parents May Be Why

Oct 08, 2015
Firstborns in Britain are more likely to be nearsighted, a finding that matches other studies. Maybe it's because parents are more likely to push studying than they do with subsequent kids.
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Peggy Battin is a bioethicist whose husband faced the question after he was paralyzed in a bike accident.
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Despite Sweeping Death-With-Dignity Law, Few Will Have That Option

Oct 07, 2015
People with uncertain prognoses or dementia can't end their lives under California's new medical aid in dying law. Proponents say those limits reflect the uncertainties of death, and of politics.
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Debbie Ziegler holds a photo of her late daughter, Brittany Maynard, after the California State Assembly approved a right-to-die measure on Sept. 9. Maynard died on Nov. 1, 2014.
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California Governor Signs Landmark Right-To-Die Law

Oct 05, 2015
After months of impassioned debate over the ethics of physician-assisted suicide, California will become the fifth state to allow people who are terminally ill to hasten death with lethal drugs.
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In 1954, Dr. Frederick C. Robbins, then chief of pediatrics and contagious diseases at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, was one of three winners of that year's Nobel Prize in medicine. The scientists' work, which led to a vaccine against polio, w
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Research On Fetal Tissue Draws Renewed Political, Scientific Scrutiny

Sep 29, 2015
Critics say research on fetal tissue is no longer needed to answer crucial medical questions. But National Institutes of Health officials and other scientists say alternatives don't yet measure up.
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Text messages helped remind diabetes patients to check their blood sugar and report in.
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Texting Helps Diabetes Patients Fine-Tune Insulin Dosing

Aug 26, 2015
Many low-income patients can't make multiple visits to the doctor, which is a problem if you're a diabetic trying to get insulin dosing just right. A text-based system made remote reports possible.
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Jo Ann Farwell, a retired social worker, has a brain tumor; she wanted to make sure her sons were clear about her end-of-life wishes. So, after talking with her doctor, she filled out a form that Oregon provides to ease those family conversations.
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Medicare Says Doctors Should Get Paid To Discuss End-Of-Life Issues

Aug 18, 2015
After a six-year delay, Medicare proposes to reimburse doctors who hold end-of-life discussions with Medicare patients. The federal program is now soliciting public comments on the idea.
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Whistleblower Says Medicare Advantage Plans Padded Charges In Home Visits

Aug 12, 2015
Medicare Advantage health plans are privately run, but reimbursed by Medicare. A Texas lawsuit claims that, to inflate charges, 30 Advantage plans in 15 states exaggerated how sick patients were.
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Grace Jerry performs her original single "E Go Happen" at a gathering of young African leaders at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. The lyrics say: "Yes we can, sure we can change the world."
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Wheelchair Beauty Queen Sings For Toilets

Aug 03, 2015
She's Miss Wheelchair Nigeria and an activist for the disabled. Today, she introduced President Obama as he spoke to young African leaders. But she still faces discrimination in public bathrooms.
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Haben Girma (right) and friends at the Martyrs Memorial in Mekele, Ethiopia, honoring those who died in the country's civil war.
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She Owes Her Activism To A Brave Mom, The ADA And Chocolate Cake

Jul 31, 2015
Born deaf and blind to a refugee mother, Haben Girma has had opportunities in the U.S. she'd never have had in Eritrea. But it was an urge for dessert that led her to advocate for the disabled.
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Christy O'Donnell, who has advanced lung cancer, is one of several California patients suing for the right to get a doctor's help with prescription medicine to end their own lives if and when they feel that's necessary.
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California Judge Throws Out Lawsuit On Medically Assisted Suicide

Jul 24, 2015
The superior court judge says questions raised in the case should be decided by legislatures or voters, not the court. The terminally ill plaintiffs say they'll appeal his decision.
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Nnaka's father, Phillip, asks him for help figuring out a problem he is having with his phone in the apartment they share.
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Why Disability And Poverty Still Go Hand In Hand 25 Years After Landmark Law

Jul 23, 2015
Disabled Americans are twice as likely to be poor as those without disabilities. They continue to face many financial and physical barriers, despite the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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For Kids With Tourette's, At-Home Training Could Help

Jul 22, 2015
Psychologists are working on an online training program that draws on principles of in-person behavioral therapy to help patients with Tourette syndrome manage their tics.
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Women with mild cognitive impairment, which can be a precursor to Alzheimer's, tend to decline faster than men.
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Women's Brains Appear More Vulnerable To Alzheimer's Than Men's

Jul 21, 2015
Researchers at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference say there's growing evidence that women are more likely than men of the same age to develop Alzheimer's disease.
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Greg O'Brien and his wife are finding it more difficult to drive to and from their family's secluded house on Cape Cod. As they move out and move on, O'Brien has discovered a bittersweet trove of memories.
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When Losing Memory Means Losing Home

Jul 18, 2015
As his Alzheimer's progresses, journalist Greg O'Brien and his wife have decided it's time to leave the home where they raised their three kids. The move is turning up some sweet discoveries.
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Ora Mor Yosef, a quadriplegic Israeli woman, had a surrogate child via a niece who underwent the procedure in India and gave birth in Israel. But Israeli authorities, including the High Court, ruled against Mor Yosef, and the baby has been in foster care
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Quadriplegic Israeli Woman Challenges Surrogacy Rules, And Loses A Child

Jul 16, 2015
Ora Mor Yosef had a surrogate child via her niece, who underwent the procedure in India and gave birth in Israel. Israeli authorities ruled against Mor Yosef and the baby was placed in foster care.
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A photo of Brittany Maynard, who moved to Oregon to end her life as she was dying of brain cancer, sits on the dais of the California Senate's health committee in March.
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Lacking Votes, California Assembly Shelves Aid In Dying Bill

Jul 07, 2015
Proponents of a bill that would let doctors give dying people lethal prescriptions ran into opposition from Latino Democrats. Backers say they're not through trying for approval.
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Jennifer Glass found out she had lung cancer four months after she got married. Here, her first round of chemo in February 2013.
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'No One Should Have The Right To Prolong My Death'

Jul 07, 2015
Jennifer Glass was a newlywed when she was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. "I'm doing everything I can to extend my life," she says, while advocating for a right-to-die law in California.
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Nancy Albert, Kate Klein and Nancy Kaser collaborated on a study of early mobility for patients with brain injuries.
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People With Brain Injuries Heal Faster If They Get Up And Get Moving

Jul 06, 2015
Doctors tell surgical patients to get out of bed as soon as possible, but people with brain injuries are encouraged to rest. Now it looks like activity can benefit brain injured patients, too.
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