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Medicaid is rural America’s financial midwife

Medical Condition

Of ‘miracles’ and money: why hemophilia drugs are so expensive

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From the ER to inpatient care — at home

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Machine Learning

The training of Dr. Robot: Data wave hits medical care

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Changing the way we look at dementia

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Postpartum Depression

Nurse calls cops after new mom seeks help for depression. Right call?

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As states target high drug prices, pharma targets state lawmakers

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As marijuana laws relax, doctors say pregnant women shouldn’t partake

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What’s next for ‘safe injection’ sites in Philadelphia?

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States face costly conundrum: how to treat inmates with hepatitis C

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Home care agencies often wrongly deny Medicare help to the chronically ill

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When you need a breast screening, should you get a 3-D mammogram?

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Hospital honchos hone new message in wake of opioid epidemic: expect pain

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For elder health, trips to the ER are often a tipping point

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High praise: Pot churches proliferate as states ease access to marijuana

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Obscure vomiting illness linked to long-term pot use

The long goodbye: Coping with sadness and grief before a loved one dies

Health Care Costs

Ambulances stick patients with surprise bills

Got food allergies? Add milk to the worries for your meal

Liquid gold: Pain doctors soak up profits by screening urine for drugs

Millennials embrace nursing profession – just in time to replace Baby Boomers

Cancer Treatment

Unneeded scans, therapy, surgery only add to patients’ ills and bills

Giving birth is hard enough. Try it in the middle of a wildfire

In Oregon, end-of-life wishes are just a click away

Nowhere to go: Young people with severe autism languish In hospitals

Children's Health

Open your mouth and say goo-goo: dentists treating ever-younger patients

This gift voucher might just get you a kidney

A rare dementia gene runs in the family, but he’s fine – so far

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The secret to chronic happiness as you age

Why one California county went surgery shopping

Writing your way through cancer

Health Care Costs

Too few patients follow the adage: You better shop around

Obesity and depression are entwined, yet scientists don’t know why

A long and winding road: Kicking heroin in an opioid ‘treatment desert’

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Asthma, more deadly with age, takes heavy toll on older adults

Counting on Medicaid to avoid life in a nursing home? That’s now up to Congress

Double-booked: When surgeons operate on two patients at once

DIY detox can be ‘Freddy Krueger’ scary — and usually fails

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Like hunger or thirst, loneliness in seniors can be eased

Do best-selling drugs that calm stomachs damage kidneys? The answer’s unclear

Health Insurance

Parents of sick children fear trap if states have say on ‘preexisting conditions’

Public restrooms become ground zero in the opioid epidemic

For knee pain, experts say don’t think about scoping it

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