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Mehnaz sits inside her home in Abbottabad, northern Pakistan. She has one son and six daughters. She has also had three abortions, fearing she would have more girls. (Diaa Hadid/NPR)
NPR
Health

Why the abortion rate in Pakistan is one of the world’s highest

Most of the women who seek abortions are married, poor and already have children.

7 years ago

In this Nov. 1, 2018 photo, Polly Varnado looks at her daughter's Medtronic insulin pump in Destin, Fla. Medical device manufacturers and experts say insulin pumps are safe. But an AP investigation found that insulin pumps and their components are responsible for the highest number of malfunction, injury and death reports in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s medical device database.  (Holbrook Mohr/AP Photo)
Health

Insulin pumps have most reported problems in FDA database

Insulin pumps and their components are responsible for the highest overall number of malfunction, injury and death reports.

7 years ago

More than half of all counties in the 39 states that rely on the federal HealthCare.gov exchange for ACA health insurance are experiencing a 10 percent price decrease, on average, for their cheapest plan for 2019. (Patrick Sison/AP)
NPR
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Many who buy ACA health plans for 2019 find lower prices and more choice

7 years ago

Ochsner Baptist Hospital in New Orleans hasn't needed device reps' help since it started using technology from a company called Sight Medical that handles inventory management.
(Courtesy of Sight Medical)
NPR
Health

Sales reps may be wearing out their welcome in the operating room

In the operating room, surgical masks and matching scrubs can make it hard to tell who's who — at least for outsiders.

7 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney talks about soaring health care costs before signing an executive order in his Wilmington office. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delaware executive order aims to limit health care costs

As states around the country search for ways to rein in health care costs, Delaware Gov. John Carney has signed an executive order design ...

7 years ago

Officers at the Cumberland County Prison walk the halls in Carlisle, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. Department of Corrections to provide costly hepatitis C treatment to nearly 5,000 inmates

Pa.'s DOC has agreed to treat the state’s nearly 5,000 inmates with hepatitis C over the next three years.

7 years ago

Becky Shaw's first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage in 2014. The following year, she and her husband, Ben, had Parker, their
NPR
Health

Michelle Obama’s miscarriage story may help other women share theirs

7 years ago

Philadelphia Councilman Curtis Jones has introduced a bill that would regulate medical marijuana dispensaries in his district — including the Overbrook Farm and Roxborough neighborhoods — as well as across the city. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

‘NIMBY does apply sometimes,’ says Philly councilman Jones on cannabis dispensaries

In parts of Pennsylvania, local politicians and community groups have been extracting donations in exchange for zoning changes.

7 years ago

Preventable hospital admissions are down 25 percent in the University of Pennsylvania Health System. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Health

Penn Medicine and IBX say they cut readmissions 25 percent

Harlan Krumholz ...

7 years ago

Roxborough Memorial Hospital emergency entrance.
Money

ER doctors worked without pay for weeks as three Philly area hospitals changed management

At the end of October, Lower Bucks, Roxborough Memorial and Suburban Community hospitals abruptly ended their contract with the staffing ...

7 years ago

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Expensive gene therapies could change the way we pay for medicines, such as making incremental payments over time (Katherine Streeter for NPR)
NPR
Money

A search for new ways to pay for drugs that cost a mint

Researchers expect that three dozen new drugs will come on the market over the next few years with astronomical prices — some likely topping a million dollars per patient.

7 years ago

Army veteran Chuck Schretzman was diagnosed with ALS in April 2015, six months after her retired from his 26-year military career. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philly veteran’s battle with ALS highlights troubling trend

Studies suggest that military veterans have a higher risk of developing ALS, though it's unclear why that's the case.

7 years ago

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Carol Erzen (right) of Merakey Allegheny Valley School in Pittsburgh trains special-needs caregivers in how to identify signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia and adjust a patient’s surroundings accordingly. (Merakey Allegheny Valley School)
Health

Special-needs caregivers learn how to spot, treat dementia

Those with special needs are living longer, but that means they are more susceptible to age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's

7 years ago

A pediatrician holds up a measles
Down the Shore
Health

Officials: 2 more cases reported in Ocean County measles outbreak

New Jersey health officials have confirmed two more cases of measles in a central New Jersey community, with another seven people also suspected of having the virus.

7 years ago

A change in hospital culture can help prevent serious complications and death during delivery, according to clinicians who work in the field. (Ian Hoot/Science Photo Library/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

How hospitals can tackle the maternal mortality crisis

7 years ago

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