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This undated image provided by AcelRx Pharmaceuticals shows the dispenser and a tablet for the company's medication Dsuvia. On Friday, Nov. 2. 2018, U.S. regulators announced the approval of the fast-acting, super-potent opioid tablet as an alternative to IV painkillers used in hospitals. (Craig Sherod Photography/AcelRx Pharmaceuticals via AP)
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FDA OKs powerful opioid pill as alternative to IV painkiller

In one study, the pill provided about the same pain relief to patients as IV morphine.

7 years ago

Nina Ajdin has spent years battling eczema, a chronic skin condition that affects roughly 30 million Americans. (Image courtesy of Ajdin)
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Can skin become addicted to topical steroids?

Inside one woman's experience with topical steroids — and why she says the cure was worse than the disease.

7 years ago

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Open enrollment for 2019 health plans begins Nov. 1 on HealthCare.gov and on most state insurance exchanges. (Healthcare.gov via Screenshot by NPR)
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Looking for ACA health insurance for 2019? Here’s what to expect

Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act coverage starts Thursday across most of the country.

7 years ago

Kiana Wallace is a part of a new movement on social media called ‘skin positivity.' (Rachel Ishikawa/For The Pulse)
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‘Skin positivity’ confronts acne stigma

A new movement on social media is trying to change the way we think about acne.

7 years ago

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Janet Winston stands in her rose garden in Eureka, Calif. Testing revealed she is allergic to numerous substances, including linalool. Winston still can handle roses, which contain linalool, but she can't wear perfumes and cosmetic products that contain the compound.
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Bill of the month: A $48,329 allergy test is a lot of scratch

A study recently published in Health Affairs found that consolidation in California has caused health care costs to spike for both patients and insurers.

7 years ago

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Philly’s best and worst nursing homes, according to government data

New quality measures are shining a light on troubled nursing homes covered by Medicare and Medicaid.

7 years ago

A general look of the marquee outside of the Wanaque Center For Nursing And Rehabilitation, where New Jersey state Health Department confirmed the 18 cases of adenovirus, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Haskell, N.J.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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State sending training teams to centers amid fatal outbreaks

The teams will assess infection prevention practices and deploy beginning in November, according to Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal.

7 years ago

Beth Carroll, of New Castle, Del., has been a registered nurse for 16 years. Today she works at a surgery center with regular hours. But that was not always the case. At other healthcare facilities, she frequently had to work overtime and overnight shifts. She’s says that’s because of a national shortage of nurses. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Health

Delaware nurses, health care experts, discuss national, state, nurse shortage

While many individuals are looking for nurse practitioner positions, there aren’t enough RNs and licensed practical nurses.

7 years ago

Families affected by pre-existing conditions attend a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pre-existing conditions shape election debate over health care

Republican U.S. Representative Scott Perry took to Facebook Live last Thursday to talk pre-existing conditions.

7 years ago

The Penn Votes Project is a volunteer-run initiative out of Penn Medicine that secures absentee ballots for hospitalized patients (Penn Votes Project)
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A prescription for Philly voters hospitalized on Election Day

Volunteers help Philadelphia patients confined to their hospital rooms cast their votes.

7 years ago

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Living in Philly without English

Guests: Orlando Almonte, Nelson Flores, Alicia Fernandez  The United States doesn’t have an official language, ...

Air Date: October 25, 2018 10:00 am

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Philadelphia Health Commissioner Tom Farley uses a map to illustrate primary care shortages in neighborhoods in the city's Northeast and Southwest. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
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Health by zip code? Some Philly neighborhoods are ‘primary care deserts’

A report released Tuesday focused on several shortage areas in primary care access for Philadelphians.

7 years ago

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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, (center), accompanied by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, (left), Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, (right), and President Donald Trump, (right), speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
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Wolf administration rejects Trump ACA option

2019 ACA insurance open enrollment begins in less than two weeks.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
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The ACA and the politics of health care

Guests: Julie Rovner, Sabrina Corlette There’s some good news around the Affordable Care Act: premium prices ar ...

Air Date: October 23, 2018 10:00 am

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Man injects insulin
Health

Minnesota sues two N.J. drugmakers over ‘deceptive’ insulin price hikes

Minnesota’s top law enforcement official has sued two New Jersey pharmaceutical giants for “deceptive, misleading, and misrepresentative” price hikes on insulin.

7 years ago

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