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The results of genetic testing — whether done for health reasons or ancestry searches — can be used by insurance underwriters in evaluating an application for life insurance, or a disability or long-term-care policy.
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Genetic Tests Can Hurt Your Chances Of Getting Some Types Of Insurance

Aug 07, 2018
Federal law keeps insurers from using genetic test results when pricing and issuing health insurance. But the tests might keep you from being able to get life insurance or a long-term-care policy.
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Harvard medical students Jessica Laird (from left), Jennifer Cloutier and Stacy Jones are raising awareness about disabilities in medicine on campus.
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Doctors With Disabilities Push For Culture Change In Medicine

Aug 06, 2018
Disabled Americans working in medicine are speaking up about their role in the profession. Not only can they perform the work of doctors but they offer a level of empathy others may lack.
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Dr. Roberta Cilio, neurologist at UCSF, proudly tells her patient Sam Vogelstein he is cleared to drive a car.
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How One Boy's Fight With Epilepsy Led To The First Marijuana-Derived Pharmaceutical

Aug 06, 2018
Sam Vogelstein used to suffer a hundred seizures a day. Then he tried a marijuana-based drug that wasn't available in the U.S. It stopped his seizures and has just been approved by the FDA.
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In the mountain town of Juyaya, Puerto Rico, last October, children watched as U.S. Army helicopters brought a team of physicians to assess the medical needs of the local hospital and residents. Going forward, health economists say, the U.S. territory wi
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Puerto Rico's Wounded Medicaid Program Faces Even Deeper Cuts

Aug 01, 2018
State Medicaid programs already get much more money from the federal government than Puerto Rico Medicaid gets — and the storm-ravaged U.S. territory's safety net for the poor is barely hanging on.
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Jazz legend Billie Holiday at a recording session in 1957. Holiday's pioneering vocal style played with tempo, phrasing and pitch to stir hearts.
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How The Brain Helps You Sing Or Say What You Mean

Jul 27, 2018
The richness of human vocal communication turns partly on our ability to control pitch, scientists say. Consider the difference you hear between "Let's eat, Grandma" and "Let's eat Grandma."
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Students Seeking Equal Access To Education May Find Federal Help Harder To Come By

Jul 25, 2018
The government changed the complaint process for families trying to improve the accessibility of schools, resolve racial discrimination and address other equal-access issues. A lawsuit has been filed.
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Elaine Belardo says she finds solace in reading the Bible and writing in her journal each morning in a small room in their basement.
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How Soon Is Soon Enough To Learn You Have Alzheimer's?

Jul 22, 2018
Only about half the people with Alzheimer's symptoms get a diagnosis, partly out of fear of an incurable decline, doctors suspect. But Jose Bolardo says facing the future allows him to plan for it.
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UCLA researchers are using a radioactive tracer, which binds to abnormal proteins in the brain, to see if it is possible to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy in living patients. Warmer colors in these PET scans indicate higher concentrations of t
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Scientists Hunt For A Test To Diagnose Chronic Brain Injury In Living People

Jul 17, 2018
Doctors are closer to a test in live brains that could help diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease that's been linked to concussions and other repeated brain assaults.
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Working Toward The Last Straw

Jul 16, 2018

We talk with Cindy Ortega about efforts to cut down on the use of straws at MGM resorts. Ortega is MGM's chief sustainability officer.

 

 

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As cities and companies — including Starbucks — move to oust straws in a bid to reduce pollution, people with disabilities say they're losing access to a necessary, lifesaving tool.
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Why People With Disabilities Want Bans On Plastic Straws To Be More Flexible

Jul 11, 2018
As cities and companies — including Starbucks — move to oust straws in a bid to reduce pollution, people with disabilities say they're losing access to a necessary, lifesaving tool.
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April and Joe Simpkins at Abe's Garden, the Nashville memory-care facility where Joe moved as his Alzheimer's advanced.
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Family Caregivers Exchange Tips, Share Stories To Ease Alzheimer's Losses

Jul 06, 2018
As the number of people with Alzheimer's climbs, so does the number of loved ones caring for them. The health of 16 million unpaid U.S. caregivers has become a focus for Alzheimer's advocacy groups.
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Pat Ehrle is recognized as the National Down Syndrome Society's advocate of the year. The award was presented by her son, Craig Blackburn, and Sara Hart Weir, the organization's president and CEO.
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Teaching Parents Of Kids With Disabilities To Fight Back

Jun 29, 2018
A nationwide program helps parents of children with developmental disabilities — and people with disabilities themselves — advocate for their rights, from the school yard to Congress.
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Abused And Betrayed
James Meadours, right, speaks with prosecutor Robert Laurino at a summit in New Jersey. In 1993, Laurino won a groundbreaking sexual assault case where the victim had an intellectual disability.
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States Aim To Halt Sexual Abuse Of People With Intellectual Disabilities

Jun 25, 2018
An NPR investigation found people with intellectual disabilities have one of the nation's highest rates of sexual assault. Now states, communities and advocates are proposing changes to prevent abuse.
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Charlie Wood of Charlottesville, Va., plays with bubbles during a May 4, 2017, rally near the Capitol to oppose proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act. Charlie was born a few months prematurely, and her mother, Rebecca (left), fears changes to the h
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What To Watch For As Trump Takes Aim At ACA Protections

Jun 08, 2018
The Trump administration has declined to defend key provisions of the Affordable Care Act in court, saying protections for people with pre-existing conditions should be declared unconstitutional.
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From Chaos To Calm: A Life Changed By Ketamine

Jun 04, 2018
The anesthetic ketamine first wowed the medical world with its ability to relieve severe depression in hours. Now it's showing promise for other psychiatric disorders, including bipolar and PTSD.
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Marines based in Okinawa, Japan, fire an M136 AT-4 rocket launcher as part of a weapons training exercise on the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, in 2014.
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Army 'Leans In' To Protect A Shooter's Brain From Blast Injury

May 17, 2018
The Army tells NPR of plans to monitor blast exposure across a military career, to enforce limits on firing certain weapons, and to even look into whether special helmets could help stop blast waves.
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Not seeing clearly can hamper a child's academic achievement, social development and long-term health, research shows. The right pair of glasses can make a big difference.
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Vision Care Lags, With Blind Spots In Insurance Coverage

May 15, 2018
Up to 16 million people in the U.S. have undiagnosed or uncorrected vision errors that could be helped by glasses, contact lenses or surgery. But many health plans don't include routine vision care.
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Marnobia Juarez came to the U.S. from Guatemala and lives in Maryland. She dreams of getting her green card, but increasingly worries that won't happen under Trump's policy. Juarez was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014 and receives care through a stat
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Under A Trump Proposal, Lawful Immigrants Might Shun Medical Care

May 10, 2018
A proposed change in immigration policy from the Trump administration could make it harder for immigrants to obtain a green card if family members use Medicaid, WIC or other federal medical benefits.
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Research on other museum-based programs like the National Gallery's <em>Just Us </em>has found that analyzing and discussing art in small groups reduces apathy among people with Alzheimer's, and reduces stress and isolation among their caregivers.
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Family Caregivers Finally Get A Break — And Some Coaching

Apr 27, 2018
Across the U.S., community groups, hospitals and government agencies are stepping up to support the estimated 42 million stressed and strained family caregivers, who are often untrained and unpaid.
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By some estimates, nearly half of the people confined in U.S. jails and prisons have a mental illness, notes Alisa Roth, author of <em>Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness.</em>
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'Insane': America's 3 Largest Psychiatric Facilities Are Jails

Apr 25, 2018
Alisa Roth's new book suggests U.S. jails and prisons have become warehouses for the mentally ill. They often get sicker in these facilities, Roth says, because they don't get appropriate treatment.
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GW Pharmaceuticals makes Epidiolex, a medicine containing pharmaceutical-grade CBD. Last week, a panel of FDA advisers recommended approval of the drug to treat severe seizure disorders in children.
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Anxiety Relief Without The High? New Studies On CBD, A Cannabis Extract

Apr 23, 2018
An FDA advisory committee last week urged approval of a drug containing cannabidiol to treat a form of epilepsy. Other scientists wonder if CBD might ease anxiety or other disorders, too.
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(From left) Volunteers Shelley Guerra, Melissa Torres and Mariela Miranda, and caregiver Dalia Marys, surround 109-year-old Virgenia Mendez, who has Alzheimer's. When Mendez' home lost power for four months, her medically prescribed mattress no longer in
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In A Puerto Rican Mountain Town, Hope Ebbs As The Hardship Continues

Apr 18, 2018
Six months after Hurricane Maria pounded Puerto Rico, patience in the remote mountain village of Castañer is wearing thin. Mental anguish persists among people still waiting for reliable electricity.
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Under current law, Medicare generally reimburses audiologists for diagnosing hearing loss in older adults but not for providing assistance to fit, adjust and teach the best way to use them.
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Can You Hear Me Now? Senate Bill May Make The Answer 'Yes'

Apr 11, 2018
The measure would allow Medicare to reimburse audiologists for a range of services, including helping patients learn how to use and adjust their hearing aids for different social situations correctly.
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Plaques located in the gray matter of the brain are key indicators of Alzheimer's disease.
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Scientists Push Plan To Change How Researchers Define Alzheimer's

Apr 10, 2018
Research scientists say they want to define Alzheimer's by the biological changes it causes in the brain, rather than by symptoms like memory loss.
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Owen prepares to take oral medical marijuana at home.
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Medical Marijuana's 'Catch-22': Limits On Research Hinder Patient Relief

Apr 07, 2018
Suffering Americans seek medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids and other powerful pharmaceuticals. Though legal in 29 states, doctors say the lack of strong data make it hard to recommend.

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