Critical data gaps on doctor-assisted deaths in Oregon amid rise in participants
Physician-assisted suicide, as it's formally known, has been legal in the U.S. state of Oregon since 1997 under the Death with Dignity Act.
Oct 3, 2023
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Physician-assisted suicide, as it's formally known, has been legal in the U.S. state of Oregon since 1997 under the Death with Dignity Act.
Oct 3, 2023
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"COVID is not pretty in a nursing home," said Deb Wityk, a 70-year-old retired massage therapist who lives in one called Spurgeon Manor, in rural Iowa. She twice contracted the disease and is eager to get the newly approved ...
Sep 28, 2023
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Rick Jaenisch went through treatment six times before his hepatitis C was cured in 2017. Each time his doctors recommended a different combination of drugs, his insurer denied the initial request before eventually approving ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Incorporating targeted food and nutrition strategies into health care on a national level will improve health and quality of life, reduce work for hospitals, and cut health care costs, according to experts studying Food is ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Americans seeking out the new COVID boosters are finding themselves held back by insurance entanglements and supply delays.
Sep 22, 2023
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Changes in how COVID-19 vaccines are paid for has already caused some confusion for the first recipients who rushed to take a shot.
Sep 22, 2023
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The United States is experiencing an alarming wave of congenital syphilis, and one southern state saw a 1,000% rise in babies born with the infection between 2016 and 2022.
Sep 21, 2023
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In one pivotal instant your life has changed and there will be no turning back. How will you accept, adjust and adapt to being "someone who has cancer"?
Sep 21, 2023
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The latest report from University of Michigan public health researchers studying how COVID-19 affected Michiganders found that the severity of illness or negative impact of the pandemic is strongly linked to where one lives.
Sep 19, 2023
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The risk of death from breast cancer is 43% higher for women who had at least one treatment interval longer than the recommended treatment timeframes, according to new research.
Sep 18, 2023
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