The Food and Drug Administration may soon grant full approval to an Alzheimer’s drug. When it does, Medicare will start more widely covering the costly drug — but hurdles to access remain.
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Intermittent fasting is as effective as counting calories, new study finds
Limiting when you eat to a 6- or 8-hour window can help reduce calorie intake. While the weight loss isn’t dramatic, it may be easier to stick to than counting calories.
How careers in public service taught one couple to fight to cure ALS
NPR’s Juana Summers tracks the advocacy efforts of husband and wife Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya as they try and change the landscape for ALS patients.
An Alzheimer’s drug is on the way, but getting it may still be tough. Here’s why
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to grant full approval to the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab by July 6. But access to the drug may still be limited.
‘We’re not doing that’: A Black couple won’t crowdfund to pay medical debt
Kristie Fields, a cancer patient in Virginia was urged to go public to seek help for her medical bills. But she worried about feeding hurtful stereotypes.
The COVID-19 emergency is over. So why are hospital emergency rooms still crowded?
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks to American College of Emergency Physicians head Dr. Aisha Terry about why U.S. emergency rooms are overcrowded even after the end of the COIVD emergency.
Cyberattacks on hospitals ‘should be considered a regional disaster,’ researchers find
When hackers attack a hospital, it can be deadly. But doctors and patients at nearby hospitals suffer, too, according to a new study from the University of California San Diego.
A year after Dobbs and the end of Roe v. Wade, there’s chaos and confusion
With states empowered to regulate abortion, doctors say they’re trapped by vague laws that criminalize care. And ongoing court battles make it hard to keep up with the procedure’s legal status.
‘Dobbs’ forced a clinic to close. But it hasn’t stopped the owner from opening more
The Dobbs abortion ruling was centered on the Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Mississippi. That clinic was forced to close. But owner Diane Derzis is now opening new clinics in other states.
‘Roe’ has been gone for a year. Here’s how it has changed things for doctors daily
A year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, new state abortion bans have changed how doctors work on a day-to-day basis.
