You Want To Join a Clinical Trial. Here’s What To Know About the Hurdles.
Connecting people with clinical trials is complicated — even if people identify a promising match, there’s a slew of potentially…
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Medicare’s Paying Less for Cataract Surgery. Eye Doctors Are Turning to Lucrative Lasers.
Tammy Chalala, a retired dietitian in New York, was thrilled with the results of her cataract surgeries, which left her…
What Geriatric Emergency Departments Do Differently
It had been a rough few months. Cynthia Tompkins was hospitalized in May for osteomyelitis — a bone infection —…
Drive for Nuclear Power Boosts Uranium Industry — And Tribal Health Concerns in Southwest
WHITE MESA, Utah — On a hot April day, Malcolm Lehi maneuvered his Jeep Wrangler over a rough dirt road…
How is deli meat made? The food science behind the turkey, ham and other cold cuts in your lunch
A ham sandwich is, for some, the perfect lunch. ATU Images/The Image Bank via Getty Images Curious Kids is a…
The influencing power of political labels, whether they are accurate or not
(wildpixel/iStock Images) In the weeks and months ahead, as we approach the midterm elections, we will hear a lot of…
Missouri Head Start providers weigh Trump administration changes
The federal government says deregulating Head Start could save billions of dollars and open classrooms to more children. Missouri providers…
Newsom Promotes Affordable Insulin, but California’s Generic Label Off to a Slow Start
SAN FRANCISCO — At a Walgreens in this city’s bustling Japantown neighborhood, pharmacist Margaret On stocks two boxes of long-acting…
Kennedy’s Quiet Hunt for Autism Culprits Stalls as Trump Orders Baseless Changes to Childhood Shots
President Donald Trump has ordered a reduction in childhood vaccines — publicly faulting the shots for an increase in autism…
Missouri campaigns draw $75M in big donations, much of it from undisclosed donors
Missouri voters are increasingly being asked to settle some of the state’s biggest policy questions themselves. They just may never…
Missouri child abuse investigators are overwhelmed again as backlogs return
Ashley Allen, of Joplin, quit her job as an investigator for the Missouri Children’s Division in April due to an…
Congress just passed a housing law that rewards states for reform — here’s why Colorado has a head start
Existing laws in Colorado reduce the administrative and regulatory costs of building new housing. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via…
Small businesses at the gateways to America’s national parks face 4 big risks – including changing boundaries and extreme weather
Rafting on the Colorado River is one of the outdoor activities available at the Red Cliffs Lodge near Moab, Utah.…
Some Haitians in Ohio are required to report to ICE offices and wear ankle monitors
Mural in downtown Springfield, Ohio. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal). Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required…
Missouri’s first ketamine therapy practice bets on what comes next
Licensed clinical social worker Anne Bethune opened Missouri’s first ketamine-assisted therapy practice in 2019 in Kansas City (photo submitted). Licensed…
Quitting alcohol changes the brain and can increase the risk of compulsive drinking – new research in mice
Activity in certain areas of the brain may drive alcohol cravings. Yana Iskayeva/Moment via Getty Images For some, abstaining from…